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

[Sean Keesler]

other than already being a Sakai Commercial Affiliate, of course....

Sean



On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Sean Keesler
<sean.keesler at threecanoes.com>wrote:

> 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
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> sean.keesler at threecanoes.com
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> 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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