[DG: Open Forum] rSmart & SunGard HE Partner on Sakai

[Sean Keesler]

Nate and friends,

It sounds like this could make Sakai a compelling solution to campus
decision makers.
Does this relationship mean that SunGuard would be investing in Sakai
development around the integration between Sakai and Sunguard products?
If so, might it run over into any other facets of Sakai development?

Sean Keesler
130 Academy Street
Manlius, NY 13104
315-682-0830
sean.keesler at threecanoes.com



On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com> wrote:

> Today we announced that rSmart and SunGard Higher Education have
> formed a strategic partnership to support broad adoption of Sakai
> across higher education.
>
> Under the terms of the partnership, SunGard Higher Education will
> encourage customers to adopt the rSmart Sakai CLE and will offer
> services to assist its customers in implementing and expanding the
> rSmart Sakai CLE. rSmart will provide support and hosting services to
> both rSmart’s and SunGard Higher Education’s customers.
>
> Our relationship with our existing customers and our commitment to the
> Sakai community will remain unchanged. rSmart's core expertise and
> passion center on working effectively with community-source software
> projects in higher education.  We will continue to focus on providing
> high-quality, cost-effective services, support, and hosting. We expect
> our contributions to the Sakai community to continue and to grow. The
> rSmart development team has been very focused on contributing defect
> fixes to the community maintenance efforts and developing new
> functionality for the Sakai 2.8 community release. This work will
> continue, as will our contributions to product leadership, the
> teaching and learning group, and other community efforts.
>
> SunGard Higher Education customers within the Sakai community will
> gain the benefit of supported, real-time data integration between
> Sakai and SunGard Higher Education’s ERP systems as an extension of
> already existing community work with the IMS LIS standard, as well as
> strategic alignment between the companies’ future products.
>
> We do expect the partnership to spur significant new adoption of
> Sakai. SunGard Higher Education brings unique resources and expertise
> to Sakai, given the size and diversity of its customer community and
> the strength of its sales force. We hope to see the partnership bring
> new perspectives, investments, and friends into our community.
>
> Should you have any questions about the partnership, please feel free
> to contact me directly, or to continue conversation on the Sakai
> community open forum list (cc'd here). We have also added information
> about the partnership to our website at http://www.rsmart.com/sakai,
> where you can also find details to join one of two virtual meetings
> where we will share additional details and answer questions about the
> partnerhsip.
>
> Sincerely,
> Nate Angell
> Client Evangelist
> rSmart
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