Agresso to provide Harvard Law School with agile student information system

Agresso, the leading provider of agile Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software has announced an agreement to provide Harvard Law School with Agresso Education, a state of the art student information system.  The school was seeking a solution that could manage ongoing changes as their requirements evolved in the future, and this unique solution serves the specialized needs of higher education facilities and seamlessly integrates the business and financial functions that dynamic, forward-thinking institutions require.
 
Harvard Law School will receive a full suite of capabilities; registration and academic records, transcript management, program completion and degree audit, student accounts, curriculum planning, faculty information, clinical and public services job placements, class rosters and anonymous grading.  In addition to the functionally-rich modules included in the software, Harvard Law School has engaged Agresso to enhance the software further to serve the special requirements of the School’s community.  A unique feature of Agresso Education is its capacity for modification as requirements change, with minimal cost and disruption, even after implementation is complete. Enabling this distinctive ability is Agresso’s underlying VITA architecture.

“Our evaluation of the student information system market uncovered that while there are several good solutions on the market, Harvard Law School requires a level of flexibility and specialized functionality beyond what most platforms support today,” remarks Dan Kaplan, manager of client services*. “What we were looking for was fundamental agility in the platform, and the ability to integrate additional business functions together within a single system.”

“We are delighted that Harvard Law School selected Agresso Education and we are confident that our post-implementation agility will deliver all the immediate and long-term advantages Harvard Law School was seeking,” says Shelley Zapp, president of Agresso North America. “The higher education market has been underserved by modern, innovative software and Agresso brings a sophisticated alternative that integrates higher education functions with best-of-breed business tools. Many institutions are faced with growth, rising student expectations, shifting revenue targets, and a host of other changes. Agresso is focusing on these types of institutions and offering the best solution to serve their current and future needs.”

* The statements herein by Harvard Law School staff reflect their personal experience and do not officially represent views of the University or any of its units or officers.

About Agresso

Formed in 1997, Agresso (part of Unit 4 Agresso) is a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) company and one of the top five providers of ERP solutions for professional services and public sector organisations in the world. Agresso offers a uniquely integrated data/process/delivery architecture designed specifically for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC) ™.  Positioned as ‘the ERP market’s definition of agility’, Agresso offers a fully-integrated suite of ERP solutions for organisations that are characterised by frequent and dynamic business change. It allows an unlimited amount of ongoing, post-implementation changes without the typical external IT costs and intervention that nets billions of dollars in revenue to the market leaders. More than 2,750 public and commercial sector organisations in over 100 countries use Agresso Business World for both operational support and strategic management.

For more information, please visit: www.agresso.co.uk

About Unit 4 Agresso

Headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands Unit 4 Agresso was founded in 1980. Today, Unit 4 Agresso is the 4th largest ERP solution provider in the world (500- 4999 FTE), according to analyst IDC (2008). Its teams deliver business and financial software to a wide range of professional services and public sector organisations across the globe. The group has 3,500 staff in 14 European countries, 5 countries outside Europe and sales activities in other countries around the world. It is also publicly quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam(Symbol: U4AGR).

About Harvard Law School

Founded in 1817 and located in Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Law School is the world’s leading institution of legal education in law.  Approximately 1,900 students—hailing from every state in the U.S. and more than 70 countries around the world—take part in a vibrant intellectual community that includes 18 research programs and 29 clinics dedicated to the excellence in scholarship, advocacy, the advancement of justice and the rule of law.

For more information or to arrange a briefing please contact:
 
Hilary Goodband
UK PR Manager - Agresso
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