NEIT2011+OpenSpace4+N

Your SIS: do you love it? do you hate it?

Mary McDowell: Hosted Senior Systems, hand coded website, AlertNow using single export Birch Walthen Lenox: Filemaker, Blackbaud Windward School: Blackbaud, Senior Systems (Admissions, Business), Access DB for SIS --> Blackbaud hosted SIS St. Ann's: Hosted Senior Systems, static site, Blackbaud Connect, Filemaker Lawrence Woodmere Academy: Hosted Senior Systems, Finalsite website, still using Administrators+ for scheduling

NYCIST Wiki: @list of who is using what SIS and other data

Homebrewed:
 * __Pros__:
 * Can tailor anything to whatever you need
 * Cost is cheap or free
 * __Cons__:
 * Labor intensive
 * Lack of support
 * Functionality can hinge on single individual

Blackbaud:
 * Pros
 * Escalation is possible for good customer service
 * High quality services that are not bottlenecked around business cycle
 * Knowledge base
 * Videos for training
 * Cons:
 * Will always say yes, but will always charge (publicly traded company) as profits are a major focus

Senior Systems:
 * Pros:
 * Cons:
 * Service is severely bottlenecked around business cycle
 * Customer service is mediocre to not good
 * E-mails, phone calls, requests for quotes and sales items are very often not returned

Veracross
 * Pros
 * Promises customization, cross-platform and ease of use
 * Cons
 * Unknown vendor in NYC Independent Schools

Blackbaud & Senior Systems are developing .NET applications/platforms that will be able to run hosted/remotely, but cannot run on Chromebooks/Macs/etc well