Datatel, Inc. was a private company that provided fully integrated software and professional services to build enterprise education platforms for higher education until it combined with its competitor SunGard Higher Education to form Ellucian in 2012. Datatel was headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.
Datatel was founded by Tom Davidson in 1968 as a data processing service bureau. The company began in the mezzanine of a suburban office supply store outside of Washington, D.C. A few years later, Datatel began performing data processing for banks. In 1973, the company grew substantially when Davidson merged Datatel with Data Technology Corporation, owned by Ken Kendrick. Datatel focused on higher education since 1979.[2]
Beginning in 1992, the company was led by Russ Griffith, who died on August 7, 2006. Under Griffith's leadership in 2005, Datatel's executive team—backed by Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, and Trident Capital—signed an agreement to acquire the company from Davidson and Kendrick.[3] Davidson went on to co-found the Balance Bar food company in 1992,[4] and Kendrick became a managing partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team. In 2004, Datatel acquired the LiquidMatrix Corporation,[5] a Buffalo-based provider of student recruiting and alumni outreach Web-based software.
Datatel was acquired in December 2009 by private equity company Hellman & Friedman.[6]
In March 2012, Datatel merged with SunGard Higher Education to form Ellucian.[7]
Timelineedit
1972: Released the Silent 700, a programmable data terminal
1975: Became the first East Coast Microdata dealer[8]
1976: Began development of TOPS, the Total Office Product System, later to be known as ASSETS
1979: Became first PRIME information dealer and began selling solutions for colleges and universities
Willamette University became first Datatel client [9]
Development of Colleague began
1986: Opened San Francisco office
1987: Moved to current headquarters in the Fair Lakes area of Fairfax, Virginia
2012: Merged with SunGard Higher Education to form Ellucian[7]
Awardsedit
Recipient of the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA) for Virginia in 1997
Selected as one of the Washingtonian magazine's Great Places to Work in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007[14]
Recipient of the 2003 CARE Award for mid-sized companies as presented by the Northern Virginia Family Services organization[15]
Recipient of the 2003 National Capital Business Ethics Award from The National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professional [16]
Recipient of the University of Maryland's Smith Digital Economy Award in 2008[17]
Top finalist for Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Information Worker Solutions, Portals, and Collaboration in 2008[18]
Named Microsoft Public Sector Education Partner of the Year 2009, developing an enterprise CRM solution, expanding into the Teaching and Learning market segment, and introducing a mobile application for administrative and academic information on the go[19]
Productsedit
Datatel Colleague, an administrative software suite based on a single-source technology approach, coupled with data-driven, rules-based architecture. The five components of Colleague are:
CORE
ST (Student)
CF (Colleague Finance)
CA (Colleague Advancement)
HR (Human Resources)
Datatel Mobile Access (MOX), powered by DubLabs
Datatel Portal
Datatel Recruiter
Datatel WCMS
Datatel Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP)
Professional servicesedit
Administrative and application management
Consulting
Datatel Center for Institutional Effectiveness (DCIE) - provides strategic planning programs for administrators in higher education
Institutional effectiveness
Professional executive services
Strategic planning and project management
Support and self-service
Training and education
Web site design
Related informationedit
Datatel Users' Group (DUG) is a professional association of members from Datatel's client institutions. DUG holds annual and regional conferences.
In 1990, Datatel formed the Datatel Scholars Foundation to award scholarships to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students attending Datatel client institutions. The Foundation has awarded over 3,700 scholarships totaling more than $5.5 million.[20]
^"Datatel and WealthEngine.Com Sign Partner Agreement," Datatel News and Events, 2008
^"Datatel Executive Team Announces Management Buyout of Datatel, Inc., Backed by Thoma Cressey Equity Partners and Trident Capital," Business Wire, March 18, 2005
^"Balance Bar CO, Form DEF 14A, Filing Date Apr 5, 1999". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^"Datatel Completes Acquisition of LiquidMatrix; Union Makes it Easy for Universities and Colleges..." AllBusiness, 2004
^ ab. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
^ ab"Ellucian: New Company Name Announced for Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Combination". Business Wire. March 26, 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
^"Then ... and Now: Datatel - From Original Microdata Dealer to Today's Top-Notch Provider of Solutions for Higher Education," International Spectrum, 2005
^. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^"Russ Griffith, Datatel CEO, Dies at 59; Vernon Hollidge Named Interim Chief Executive Officer". Business Wire. 2006.
^"Datatel Posts Record Revenue in 2007," Business Wire, April 14, 2008
^"Datatel Selects Microsoft SharePoint for Its Next Generation ERP Solution; Technology to Help Datatel Build the Optimum User Experience," Business Wire, 2005
^. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
^"Washingtonian Magazine Again Selects Datatel as a 'Great Place to Work,' Company Makes List a Third Time," Business Wire, October 24, 2005
^The CARE Awards Honor Roll 1992-2006 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
^. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^"University of Maryland Honors Datatel with 2008 Smith Digital Economy Award," 2008[permanent dead link]
^"Datatel Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Information Worker Solutions, Portals, and Collaboration," 2008[permanent dead link]
^"Datatel Honored as 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards Winner in Public Sector, Education Partner of the Year," 2009 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
^. Datatel. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008.
Additional Referencesedit
"Datatel Offers Web-Enabled Management Software," Campus Technology, August 12, 2002 Archived January 18, 2013, at archive.today
"Company Profile for Datatel, Inc." Reuters, 2008 Archived 2013-02-01 at archive.today
"Great Places to Work: The List," Washingtonian magazine, 2005
"Great Places to Work: Where to Feel at Home," Washingtonian magazine, 2007
January 01, 1970
datatel, private, company, that, provided, fully, integrated, software, professional, services, build, enterprise, education, platforms, higher, education, until, combined, with, competitor, sungard, higher, education, form, ellucian, 2012, headquartered, fair. Datatel Inc was a private company that provided fully integrated software and professional services to build enterprise education platforms for higher education until it combined with its competitor SunGard Higher Education to form Ellucian in 2012 Datatel was headquartered in Fairfax Virginia Datatel Inc Company typePrivateIndustryHigher Education Technology SolutionsFounded1968 56 years ago 1968 FounderTom DavidsonFateMerged with SunGard Higher EducationSuccessorEllucianHeadquartersReston VirginiaKey peopleLaura Ipsen CEORevenue 138 0 Million USD 2009 Number of employees533Websitewww ellucian com With 533 employees Datatel had more than 799 client institutions located in the United States Canada Guam Puerto Rico American Samoa and Bermuda 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Timeline 2 Awards 3 Products 4 Professional services 5 Related information 6 Notes 7 Additional ReferencesHistory editDatatel was founded by Tom Davidson in 1968 as a data processing service bureau The company began in the mezzanine of a suburban office supply store outside of Washington D C A few years later Datatel began performing data processing for banks In 1973 the company grew substantially when Davidson merged Datatel with Data Technology Corporation owned by Ken Kendrick Datatel focused on higher education since 1979 2 Beginning in 1992 the company was led by Russ Griffith who died on August 7 2006 Under Griffith s leadership in 2005 Datatel s executive team backed by Thoma Cressey Equity Partners and Trident Capital signed an agreement to acquire the company from Davidson and Kendrick 3 Davidson went on to co found the Balance Bar food company in 1992 4 and Kendrick became a managing partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team In 2004 Datatel acquired the LiquidMatrix Corporation 5 a Buffalo based provider of student recruiting and alumni outreach Web based software Datatel was acquired in December 2009 by private equity company Hellman amp Friedman 6 In March 2012 Datatel merged with SunGard Higher Education to form Ellucian 7 Timeline edit 1972 Released the Silent 700 a programmable data terminal 1975 Became the first East Coast Microdata dealer 8 1976 Began development of TOPS the Total Office Product System later to be known as ASSETS 1979 Became first PRIME information dealer and began selling solutions for colleges and universities Willamette University became first Datatel client 9 Development of Colleague began 1986 Opened San Francisco office 1987 Moved to current headquarters in the Fair Lakes area of Fairfax Virginia 1988 Sold hundredth Colleague client 1989 Changed to multiplatform UNIX 1990 Established Datatel Scholar s Foundation 1991 Announced products on IBM and Sequent platforms Acquired first Canadian client the University of Waterloo 1996 Introduced Client Server 2002 Formed Datatel Center for Institutional Effectiveness DCIE 2004 Acquired LiquidMatrix Corporation 2005 Management buyout of founders 2006 Longtime president and CEO Russ Griffith died 10 2007 Reached 39th year of consecutive growth 11 Released ActiveCampus Portal built on Microsoft SharePoint 12 2009 Acquired in December 2009 by private equity company Hellman amp Friedman 6 2010 Announced 2009 revenues of 138 million 13 2012 Merged with SunGard Higher Education to form Ellucian 7 Awards editRecipient of the U S Senate Productivity and Quality Award SPQA for Virginia in 1997 Selected as one of the Washingtonian magazine s Great Places to Work in 2001 2003 2005 and 2007 14 Recipient of the 2003 CARE Award for mid sized companies as presented by the Northern Virginia Family Services organization 15 Recipient of the 2003 National Capital Business Ethics Award from The National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professional 16 Recipient of the University of Maryland s Smith Digital Economy Award in 2008 17 Top finalist for Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Information Worker Solutions Portals and Collaboration in 2008 18 Named Microsoft Public Sector Education Partner of the Year 2009 developing an enterprise CRM solution expanding into the Teaching and Learning market segment and introducing a mobile application for administrative and academic information on the go 19 Products editDatatel Colleague an administrative software suite based on a single source technology approach coupled with data driven rules based architecture The five components of Colleague are CORE ST Student CF Colleague Finance CA Colleague Advancement HR Human Resources Datatel Mobile Access MOX powered by DubLabs Datatel Portal Datatel Recruiter Datatel WCMS Datatel Intelligent Learning Platform ILP Professional services editAdministrative and application management Consulting Datatel Center for Institutional Effectiveness DCIE provides strategic planning programs for administrators in higher education Institutional effectiveness Professional executive services Strategic planning and project management Support and self service Training and education Web site designRelated information editDatatel Users Group DUG is a professional association of members from Datatel s client institutions DUG holds annual and regional conferences In 1990 Datatel formed the Datatel Scholars Foundation to award scholarships to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students attending Datatel client institutions The Foundation has awarded over 3 700 scholarships totaling more than 5 5 million 20 Notes edit Datatel Inc Google Finance Profile 2008 Datatel and WealthEngine Com Sign Partner Agreement Datatel News and Events 2008 Datatel Executive Team Announces Management Buyout of Datatel Inc Backed by Thoma Cressey Equity Partners and Trident Capital Business Wire March 18 2005 Balance Bar CO Form DEF 14A Filing Date Apr 5 1999 secdatabase com Retrieved May 14 2018 Datatel Completes Acquisition of LiquidMatrix Union Makes it Easy for Universities and Colleges AllBusiness 2004 a b Hellman amp Friedman Acquires Datatel Datatel Press Release 2009 Archived from the original on 2009 12 14 Retrieved 2010 02 15 a b Ellucian New Company Name Announced for Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Combination Business Wire March 26 2012 Retrieved 20 April 2012 Then and Now Datatel From Original Microdata Dealer to Today s Top Notch Provider of Solutions for Higher Education International Spectrum 2005 Join a Stable Client Community 2008 Archived from the original on 2008 07 05 Retrieved 2008 07 18 Russ Griffith Datatel CEO Dies at 59 Vernon Hollidge Named Interim Chief Executive Officer Business Wire 2006 Datatel Posts Record Revenue in 2007 Business Wire April 14 2008 Datatel Selects Microsoft SharePoint for Its Next Generation ERP Solution Technology to Help Datatel Build the Optimum User Experience Business Wire 2005 Datatel Finishes 2009 Strong with Record Revenue Datatel Press Release 2010 Archived from the original on 2011 07 08 Retrieved 2010 04 12 Washingtonian Magazine Again Selects Datatel as a Great Place to Work Company Makes List a Third Time Business Wire October 24 2005 The CARE Awards Honor Roll 1992 2006 Archived 2008 06 16 at the Wayback Machine Datatel s Quality Milestones Archived from the original on 2008 07 05 Retrieved 2008 08 04 University of Maryland Honors Datatel with 2008 Smith Digital Economy Award 2008 permanent dead link Datatel Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Information Worker Solutions Portals and Collaboration 2008 permanent dead link Datatel Honored as 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards Winner in Public Sector Education Partner of the Year 2009 Archived 2011 07 08 at the Wayback Machine Datatel Scholars Foundation Datatel Archived from the original on June 11 2008 Additional References editCompany website Datatel Offers Web Enabled Management Software Campus Technology August 12 2002 Archived January 18 2013 at archive today Company Profile for Datatel Inc Reuters 2008 Archived 2013 02 01 at archive today Great Places to Work The List Washingtonian magazine 2005 Microsoft Announces 2008 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners 2008 Great Places to Work Where to Feel at Home Washingtonian magazine 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Datatel amp oldid 1201942233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
