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Holy Cross Re-Platforms Its PeopleSoft Applications in the AWS Cloud and Implements Improved Student Experience
Holy Cross Re-Platforms Its PeopleSoft Applications in the AWS Cloud and Implements Improved Student Experience
Navigating the 2024-2025 FAFSA Simplification: Essential Insights for Colleges
Welcome to our educational blog! Today, we're diving into the significant updates slated for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in the 24-25 Aid Year. These changes, a result of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), represent a major shift from...
Optimization Program: Client Outcomes
Sierra-Cedar’s Optimization Program is designed to help you realize more value from Oracle Cloud Applications. Download the information to read outcomes and testimonials from a few of our clients. LEARN MORE
Pittsburg State University is Live with Oracle Student Financial Planning
Pittsburg State University is Live with
Oracle Student Financial Planning
Should States Require Completion of the FAFSA for High School Seniors? A Positive Outcome in Alabama
While I have participated in many great technology projects throughout my career, our recent project with the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) was the most impactful and personally gratifying. This project helped to ensure that all students were given the...
AWS Account Factory for Terraform vs. AWS Landing Zone Accelerator
If your organization is setting up a multi-account AWS environment, your first step is to design and configure your base environment. As part of that process, you will face many decisions about what tools and services will enable you to establish the foundation for...
Wright County Reduces Manual Processing by Moving to Oracle Cloud ERP
Wright County Reduces Manual Processing by Moving to Oracle Cloud ERP
Dakota County Modernizes Its Systems with Oracle Cloud Applications
Dakota County Modernizes Its Systems with Oracle Cloud Applications
Bowie State University Streamlines its Financial System and Processes with Oracle Cloud Financials
Bowie State University Streamlines its Financial System and Processes with Oracle Cloud Financials
3 Ways DevOps Helps Achieve Cost Control at Scale
The trend toward cloud transformation continues to build momentum as more companies move their workloads to the cloud in pursuit of increased efficiency, agility, and reduced risk. Gartner forecasts that global spending on public cloud services will grow 20.7% to...
Sierra-Cedar Implements DevOps to Increase Agility and Operational Efficiency for Large Professional Services Company
Sierra-Cedar Implements DevOps to Increase Agility and Operational Efficiency for Large Professional Services Company
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions: How to Get More From Your Investment
Sierra-Cedar discusses optimizing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions with clients.
Financial Aid Transformation with Oracle Student Financial Planning (SFP)
Sierra-Cedar sits down with higher education clients to discuss their experiences implementing Oracle SFP.
Alabama Addresses Worker Shortage & Provides Opportunities for Disadvantaged Students
To address the State of Alabama’s shortage of skilled workers, Governor Kay Ivey set a postsecondary education attainment goal of adding 500,000 degree holders to Alabama’s workforce by 2025. Download our white paper to see how the state is using Oracle Student...
Infrastructure-as-Code Tools: How to Scale Up Your Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform
If you’re deploying public cloud infrastructure at scale in your organization, you’ve likely encountered challenges when addressing issues such as security, policy governance, drift control, and operational efficiency. How do you support infrastructure deployments for...
On Cloud Nine: A Conversation with the City of Stamford, CT
Sierra-Cedar’s Brian Christenson asks Sandy Dennies, Director of Administration, and Chuck Williams, Project Manager, nine questions about the City of Stamford's move to Oracle Cloud.
Migrating PeopleSoft to the AWS Cloud
Higher Education institutions are seeking more agile, cost-effective, and modern enterprise resource management (ERP) systems to transform their business processes. As such, many have turned to the AWS Cloud. At the recent 2021 Educause Annual Conference, we sat down...
Apollo Hospitals Achieves Significant Automation & Efficiency in Performance Management with Oracle Cloud
Apollo Hospitals Achieves Significant Automation & Efficiency in Performance Management with Oracle Cloud