Jamestown Community College Switches from iGoogle® to myCampus Web 2.0 Campus Portal

June 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Jamestown Community College (JCC), a State University of New York institution located in Jamestown, New York, recently selected CampusEAI Consortium's myCampus, a Software-as-a Service (SaaS) Web 2.0 campus portal solution that provides students, faculty and staff with access to their academic and social information all in one place.

Jamestown Community College's myCampus portal will support the institution's strategic plan of improving the University's operational effectiveness in spite of funding challenges and provide integrated communication and collaboration services that will enhance the student experience and contribute to student success.

Jamestown Community College's myCampus includes the following features:

•QuickLaunch - Single-Sign-On Integration to systems such as:

◦SunGard® Banner®
◦SunGard® Banner® Self-Service
◦Blackboard® Angel®
◦Google® Apps®

•Targeted Alerts - Notifies users of campus announcements through:

◦Portal
◦E-Mail
◦SMS alerts

•Web 2.0 Social Networking including:

◦Community and Person Profile Pages
◦Blogs
◦Wikis
◦Friend Walls
◦Google® Gadgets® Integration

Jamestown Community College also selected to host myCampus on the CampusEAI Consortium's Cloud, a 24x7x365 high-performance computer cluster, to eliminate up front capital expenditures, to reduce the utilization of the university's technical resources and to ensure high performance, availability, stability and security.

"We are pleased that Jamestown Community College selected myCampus," said Anjli Jain, Executive Director of the CampusEAI Consortium. "It is an honor to be a part of delivering on the University’s mission and we look forward to supporting the growing needs and requirements of the campus community through myCampus."

Jamestown Community College also received an in-kind grant from the CampusEAI Consortium of more than $1 million worth of products and services over the next five years to develop and support the myCampus portal.

For further information on the CampusEAI Consortium or myCampus, members can contact their account manager. Non-members seeking further information can contact hollie_rybak@campuseai.org or visit the CampusEAI website at www.CampusEAI.org


Jamestown Community College

Jamestown Community College is a two-year college in the SUNY system. JCC has two campuses in Chautauqua County, New York, located in Dunkirk and Jamestown. A third campus serves Cattaraugus County in Olean. A fourth site is located in Warren, Pennsylvania. The college offers degree and Certificate programs in many areas. Founded in 1950, Jamestown Community College was the first community college in the State University of New York.For more information, please visit http://www.sunyjcc.edu

About myCampus

myCampus is the most widely deployed campus portal and web content management solution in higher education, provides prospective students, students, faculty and staff, and alumni with single sign-on access to their academic and social information.  For more information on myCampus, click here.

About CampusEAI Consortium

CampusEAI Consortium is a global not-for-profit information technology services and consulting provider focused on helping its members implement enterprise IT solutions cost-effectively and timely. More than 260 members belong to the CampusEAI Consortium, including University of Montana, Albany State University, Southwestern Community College, Georgian College (CAN), Australia National University (AUS) and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (PRC). For more information, visit www.campuseai.org



1CampusEAI is not a partner, affiliate nor does an agency relationship exist between Google® Gadgets® , SunGard® Banner® or Blackboard® Angel® , Google® Apps® and CampusEAI. CampusEAI does not develop market or distribute Google® Gadgets® , SunGard® Banner® or Blackboard® Angel® , Google® Apps® solutions or services. Google® Gadgets® , SunGard® Banner® or Blackboard® Angel® , Google® Apps® does not endorse the products or services of CampusEAI. CampusEAI does not endorse the products or services of the Google® Gadgets® , SunGard® Banner® or Blackboard® Angel® , Google® Apps® .

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CampusEAI Consortium creates myCampus, a Web 2.0 SaaS Campus Portal, Web Content Management, Alumni Portal, and Prospective Student Portal solution. myCampus is used by over 250 K-12 and higher education institutions worldwide.