ORACLE CLOUD APPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

"Our core requirement for this project was to minimize the workload impact on our technical staff Sierra-Cedar met and exceeded these requirements with just the right amount of touchpoints and collaboration with my team to influence key decisions. My staff appreciated being able to provide input and approve progress at critical checkpoints along the way — without having to dedicate an excessive amount of their time to the project. Sierra-Cedar’s effective Transition-to-Cloud process played a significant role in helping the University meet its requirements and deadlines.”

"Moving to a managed services platform was strategic for Coppin State. Our IT staff now concentrates on initiatives that impact student success while Sierra-Cedar makes sure our applications are up to date.”

"Like most community colleges, NPC is always looking for ways to achieve more with fewer resources. With Sierra-Cedar handling NPC's PeopleSoft-related tasks, our IT team now has the bandwidth to make progress on NPC's mission-critical initiatives.” 

"Sierra-Cedar is our trusted partner for all things PeopleSoft. They are professional, knowledgeable, and provided excellent support while working within a very tight timeline.”

"Working with Sierra-Cedar has been a standout experience for us. Their comprehensive planning and deep understanding of the student life cycle were crucial, but what truly set them apart was their ability to execute and maintain project discipline, especially as we navigated the challenges of being an early adopter. They integrated organization change management seamlessly and even conducted internal project audits to ensure we stayed on track, which provided us with added assurance without extra cost. Their cultural fit and instinct to help us navigate Oracle’s functionalities made them the perfect partner for our journey, and their collaborative feedback loop with Oracle has benefited not just us, but other early adopters as well."

"This migration further disaster-proofs critical systems that help the University care for our employees and run day-to-day.”

"As part of our recent CS 9.2 upgrade project, we included improving User Experience (UX) for students and faculty as one of our top goals. Partnering with Sierra-Cedar and following their UX methodology helped us to navigate the process while taking advantage of their design expertise. We were able to involve students and faculty early on in the process through discovery sessions and other outreach methods and have continued their involvement through multiple rounds of usability testing. We feel confident going into deployment that we will have improved end-user experience for our students and faculty."

“The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) has 23 colleges and over 200,000 students. VCCS operates using three Oracle PeopleSoft pillars (FMS, HCM, SIS-Campus Solutions). We partnered with Sierra-Cedar to complete a vendor-failed upgrade of our FMS to 9.2.  We engaged in a multi-year strategic effort to modernize and streamline systems and processes across the VCCS. We partnered with Sierra-Cedar because of their expertise and quickness to learn our complex organization skills. Their team of experienced higher education consultants engaged hundreds of stakeholders across the VCCS to partner in business process review and redesign efforts in HR, Payroll, and Student. Together we coordinated sessions across all 23 colleges with representation from each area. The team collaborated to review and prioritize more than 520 discrete business processes, helping the VCCS leadership team plan an upgrade roadmap with unique projects for the highest priority items. We love working with vendor partners that treat their customers as “family,” Sierra-Cedar is an organization that fits into your own “family” organization. They are knowledgeable, professional, and laser-focused on our success."

"Working with AWS and Sierra-Cedar, the College of the Holy Cross has scaled our infrastructure to meet our peak period requirements during student enrollment. Course enrollment confirmations that previously took up to a minute are now completed for students in seconds running on AWS.”

"We had a tight timeline and limited resources for our cloud project. Sierra-Cedar's skilled consultants and agile methodologies helped Bowie State migrate from PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud seamlessly and efficiently.”

"We have simplified the Financial Aid experience for our students with the SFP Student Portal allowing them to focus on academic success with the goal of graduating in four years."

"Sierra-Cedar joined the Pitt team as a true partner, helping us understand the system fully and jumping in when needed to help solve a problem, take on extra work, or review options with us. Their expertise and support were a huge part of our success.”

“Florida A&M University (FAMU) chose Oracle's Student Financial Planning (SFP) application as a proactive approach to utilize technology for positive change to better serve our students. Sierra-Cedar collaborated with FAMU to reexamine business processes that would allow our financial aid team to allocate more time to advise students and parents rather than running manual processes."

"I attribute our success to strong internal project management, a cooperative partnership with Sierra-Cedar, excellent consultants, and a dedicated project team. Without any one of these, the project could have faltered. Sierra-Cedar’s consultants have become like “family,” and they are as committed to our success as we are."

"Sierra-Cedar has been an important partner in helping ASU make significant progress toward our goal of enabling student success in ASU’s ongoing evolution toward the New American University by successfully migrating ASU’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and Human Capital Management systems to the AWS Cloud. Sierra-Cedar’s ERP and AWS expertise and their high level of professionalism made it easy to complete the migration ahead of schedule."