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Ease M&A Pain with Sierra-Cedar’s PeopleSoft System Readiness Assessment
Have you ever tried to put together a blank puzzle? Like one with 5,000 pieces and no image to guide you? While you may be up for the challenge, the puzzle may be a brutal experience without a clear...
Oracle Cloud Module Spotlight: Procurement Contracts Cloud
Need to stay on your existing PeopleSoft system but want to try out the cloud? Look no further than Oracle Procurement Contracts Cloud. Why? It provides an easy way to transition to the cloud while...
PeopleSoft on AWS: Understanding Design Methods and Scaling Functionality
Moving your PeopleSoft application to the AWS Cloud can be a gamechanger as the benefits can revolutionize your IT department. However, the key to getting the most out of an AWS Cloud investment is...
Free Offering: Automated Class and Enrollment Maintenance Toolset
What do you get when you gather a former college dean, a veteran university registrar, and several college-IT-directors-turned-consultants on a Zoom call during a pandemic? An amazing think tank...
AWS Cloud Migration Strategy: Two Models for Making the Transition
Looking to move your ERP application to the cloud? To get started, it’s important to understand the two most leveraged migration path alternatives that organizations take. In this post, we’ll take a...
Government and the Cloud: 4 Approaches to Migration
For years, maintaining a central, on-premise data center was the norm for organizations with sensitive, proprietary, or top-secret data. Since 2010, though, increasing numbers of government entities...
A Journey to Oracle Cloud Applications Through the Eyes of a Financials Consultant
Talk about trying to teach an old dog new tricks! I have been working with PeopleSoft for more than 25 years, both as a technical and functional consultant. When I found out I needed to learn Oracle...
Lucas County Reaches New Heights with Oracle Cloud Applications: Highlights from the May 21st Webinar
In January 2020, Sierra-Cedar and Lucas County, Ohio brought live Phase One of the County’s Oracle Cloud investment: Oracle Financials, Procurement, and Budgeting Cloud Services. Weeks later...
COVID-19 and Grading Basis Changes
The COVID-19 virus has created a lot of challenges for higher education institutions. A front runner is grading and graduation, particularly with the inclusion of Pass/Fail and Credit/No-Credit...
How Oracle Student Financial Planning Provides Dynamic Flexibility for Higher Ed Institutions Amidst COVID-19
In the ever-changing environment of higher education, updates to financial aid policy are not an uncommon occurrence. However, the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19 have created challenges for this...