Weidenhammer Acquires CIMS Finance and CIMS Student from Pearson School Systems.Companies Will Extend Education Technology Relationship by Offering Complementary Products for K12 Customers READING, Pa. & FOLSOM, Calif. -- Weidenhammer Systems Corporation today announced the acquisition of CIMS CIMS Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (New York University) CIMS Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (Rochester Institute of Technology) CIMS Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry ([R]) Finance and CIMS Student from Pearson School Systems. Weidenhammer has been a valued Pearson associate since 1988. The two companies share a vision to provide customers with the most effective, complementary financial and Student Information Systems in the education marketplace. "This sale is strategic for both Pearson and Weidenhammer," said Mary McCaffrey, president of Pearson School Systems. "CIMS customers will benefit from Weidenhammer's ongoing support and development of this excellent product suite and our continuing relationship enables us to offer our K12 customers unique synergies between Pearson's market-leading SIS products and the best in K12 financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. software." John Weidenhammer, President of Weidenhammer Systems Corporation, said, "As a long-time Pearson School Systems certified business associate, Weidenhammer has been working with school administrative solutions for finance and students for almost 30 years. We are very pleased to add the CIMS products to our portfolio and further bolster our vision of providing integrated finance and Student Information System solutions to our existing customers and the education industry." Weidenhammer's vision of building a nationally branded and deployable financial application suite designed specifically for schools is another step closer with acquisition and ongoing support for both CIMS solutions. Recently, the Company purchased Information Design, Inc. (IDI IDI ICC (International Cricket Conference) Development International Conference) IDI Israel Democracy Institute IDI I Doubt It IDI Initial Domain Identifier IDI In-Depth Interview ), makers of SAGE--a full functioning, graphical financial software, deployed on an Oracle database. Weidenhammer will offer CIMS Finance customers an optional migration path to SAGE and will work with Pearson School Systems to provide CIMS Student customers with an optional migration path to PowerSchool([R]), Pearson's web-based Student Information System. Effective immediately, Weidenhammer will be offering employment to CIMS staff who will continue to support CIMS customers. Weidenhammer will assume relationships with existing CIMS certified business associates to ensure continued support for CIMS customers. About Pearson School Systems Pearson School Systems is advancing student learning through its highly interoperable enterprise solutions for student information management. As the market leader in K12 technology innovations, Pearson School Systems supports about 20 million students with a product lineup that includes PowerSchool([R]) Premier, Chancery SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ([R]), Mac School([R]), Win School([R]), and SASI (Shugart Associates Systems Interface) A peripheral interface developed by Shugart in 1981 that evolved into the ANSI SCSI standard in 1986. It was renamed SCSI because ANSI does not allow corporate names in its standards. See SCSI. ([TM]). Pearson Inform[TM], the achievement data analysis and decision support tool rounds out a solution set designed to provide administrators, teachers, students, and parents with comprehensive software options that are easy-to-use and can be customized to meet a wide range of end-user needs. All Pearson School Systems products are fully supported with training and the finest customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in the industry. Pearson School Systems is a business of Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. , the world's leading integrated education The Integrated Education movement in Northern Ireland is an attempt to bring together children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all company. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ), the international media company. For more information, please visit: www.pearsonschoolsystems.com. About Weidenhammer Systems Corporation Weidenhammer, founded in 1978, is a provider of leading-edge Information Technology solutions for the education and commercial marketplace. In addition to its headquarters in Reading, PA, Weidenhammer maintains 5 branch offices in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Colorado, and has 150 professionals on staff. The company has core competencies in consulting, software development, systems integration and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , as well as school district administrative solutions. Weidenhammer has strategic relationships with Pearson School Systems, Cisco, School-Link Technologies, Microsoft, HP, Edustructures, and Computer Automation. For more information about Weidenhammer contact Jim Bitler at 610.378.8600 ext 8455 or visit www.hammer.net. |
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