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Building on some work by Owen Stephens, Roy has created a list of library APIs, or APIs of potential interest to library applications. It is in early stages and he welcomes suggestions for addition.

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A senior-management buyout will enhance Datatel's competitiveness in the fluctuating higher-education marketplace. Customers should request specifics of Datatel's financials and its plans to make board-level changes.

Higher-education institutions are concerned about the acquisition of SunGard Data Systems by a consortium of seven private investment firms, especially the 1,300 institution using SCT products and services.

Oracle's purchase of PeopleSoft and its post-acquisition strategy will have profound effects on the procurement of new higher-education administrative systems.

Higher-education organizations are anxiously waiting to see how Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft will affect support of student information systems. We assess six possible scenarios facing colleges and universities and offer recommendations.

Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft could signal the company's commitment to its higher-education applications business. Higher education was PeopleSoft's largest vertical industry, and it represents a potentially rich source of the long-term maintenance revenue that was key to the acquisition.

To attend to the unique needs of its many users, UC Merced has started automating its user provisioning processes. By assigning an electronic identity to each individual, the university will be able to manage user access and keep up with any role and status changes.

Despite worldwide weak business confidence during the first half of 2004, strong emphasis on security issues and improving customer service and choice is fueling solution spending and the use of IT services.

After a period of retrenchment during the post-boom budget crunch, higher education is positioned again to make strategic investments in new technologies. The richest area of innovation will be e-learning.

Although the traditional leaders continue to dominate the Higher-Education Administrative Suites Magic Quadrant, challenges from other vendors are getting stronger.

In 2003, the e-learning content market will grow, particularly in the custom content area. Demand is fueled by more enterprises needing to migrate classroom courses to an e-learning delivery medium.

Demand for learning management systems increased in 2002, and so did the number of vendors competing in the space. A number of large "powerhouse" vendors are poised to compete in the LMS market in 2003.