Washington campuses pencilling 30-yr-old legacy parts

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, USA: Ciber has been chosen to implement and maintain Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that will modernize computing and processes at all 34 campuses of the Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges (SBCTC) system.

In a competitive bid, Ciber worked with the Oracle license sales team and will deploy Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, PeopleSoft Human Capital Management, PeopleSoft Financial Management, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management applications at SBCTC.

Ciber, as a press note adds, will provide its expert application hosting and managed services for the duration of the project. Called ctcLink, the system project replaces a 30-year-old legacy solution and unites all campuses under a common computing platform, which facilitates standardization. Automation will enable replacement of labor-intensive manual processes, providing for significant leaps in efficiency.

Convenience, as claimed, will improve, as well. Students, faculty and staff associated with multiple campuses will have a single online ID and common set of processes to navigate.

The five-year contract is one of Ciber's largest engagements to date. 

"This opportunity leverages some of Ciber's greatest strengths: higher education background, Oracle expertise and managed services delivery," said Mike Dillon, Ciber's higher education vice president and Oracle practice leader. "We're gratified to have earned this contract despite competition from heavy hitters in the industry."