Datatel and iStrategy Solutions Partner to Deliver Data Warehouse and Analytical Application Solutions for Higher Education; Companies to Jointly Develop Interface between Datatel Colleague and HigherEd Analytics.

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Datatel(R), Inc., a premier provider of enterprise information management solutions for higher education, and iStrategy Solutions (iStrategy), a leading provider of higher education analytic reporting and data warehouse solutions, today announced a partnership to deliver iStrategy's powerful data warehouse and analytic reporting solutions to Datatel clients.

Through the partnership the companies will jointly develop an integrated data mapping and load interface between the Datatel Colleague(R) enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and iStrategy's HigherEd Analytics(TM) product. The solution will ensure consistent and reliable updates between the institution's ERP system and the provided data warehouse.

"Through our partnership with iStrategy, managers, institutional researchers, and other professionals at Datatel client institutions will be able to cost-effectively analyze and report important information to stakeholders with ease," said John Van Weeren, Datatel technology product manager. "This is a powerful solution that supports the fact-based decision making and business management accountability expected by today's institutional leaders."

The solution fills a market need in analytic student reporting, and delivers capabilities greater than those being offered by other higher education ERP solutions providers, according to Van Weeren. Rather than having to build costly and complex business intelligence solutions from scratch, Datatel clients can benefit from a fully functional, highly extendable data warehouse - one that can be deployed quickly through a low-cost, low risk implementation. Built specifically for colleges and universities, HigherEd Analytics contains a comprehensive library of metrics and analytic reports for Datatel Colleague Student in the areas of admissions, enrollment and retention, class schedule and utilization, graduation, faculty, and student financials.

"Higher education is in the early adoption stage of using advanced business intelligence technology to achieve a competitive advantage," said Mark Max, co-founder, iStrategy Solutions. "HigherEd Analytics provides a strong ROI - improving admissions yields, enhancing retention, and supporting other strategic efforts that require fact-based decision making. With out-of-the-box integration to Colleague, we see a tremendous opportunity for Datatel clients to quickly leverage iStrategy's data models and realize immediate benefits in both reporting and analytics."

HigherEd Analytics is a proven solution deployed at numerous institutions across the country. It is delivered in an intuitive easy-to-use Web environment with industry-standard technologies. Everything is pre-built and ready to load with client data.

About Datatel, Inc.

Datatel is a leading provider of fully-integrated enterprise information management solutions for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company has more than 720 client institutions throughout North America. For more than 25 years, Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities, helping institutions operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com.

About iStrategy

iStrategy Solutions, is the industry's leading provider of higher education analytic reporting and data warehouse solutions. Founded in 1999, iStrategy LLC, is a privately held firm based in Owings Mills, MD. iStrategy's management team has been working in the data warehousing and business intelligence space for over 15 years, designing first class analytic applications in a wide range of industries. The company possesses extensive expertise in the field of business intelligence. For more information, please visit www.istrategysolutions.com.

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