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Datatel, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1968
Headquarters Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Key people John Speer, President/CEO (2006-present)
Industry Higher Education Technology Solutions
Revenue $128.8 Million USD (2008)
Employees 560
Website www.datatel.com

Datatel, Inc. is a private company that provides fully-integrated enterprise information management software and professional services for higher education. Founded in 1968 by Tom Davidson and Richard Steffy, it was originally a data processing service company, but has focused solely on higher education since 1979. Datatel focuses on building Strategic Academic Enterprises for colleges and universities that support five cross-functional domains essential for achieving institutional and student success: Strategic Enrollment Management, Strategic Planning, Institutional Advancement and Marketing, Teaching and Learning, and Performance and Operational Management. [1] Datatel is headquartered in Fairfax, VA, with regional branches in Buffalo, NY and San Francisco, CA. With 533 employees, Datatel has more than 770 client institutions located in the United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Bermuda.[2] Datatel was acquired in December 2009 by private equity company Hellman & Friedman.[3]

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History

Datatel was founded by Tom Davidson and Richard Steffy in 1968 as a data processing service bureau. The company began in the mezzanine of a suburban office supply store outside of Washington, DC. 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. 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.[4] While remaining involved with the company to this day, Davidson went on to co-found the Balance Bar food company in 1992 [5] and Kendrick is a managing partner and co-owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team. In 2004, Datatel acquired the LiquidMatrix Corporation [6], a Buffalo-based provider of student recruiting and alumni outreach Web-based software.

Timeline

  • 1972: Datatel released their first product, the Silent 700, a programmable data terminal
  • 1975: Became the first East Coast Microdata dealer [7]
  • 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 [8]
    • Development of Colleague began
  • 1986: San Francisco office opened
  • 1987: Moved to current headquarters in the Fair Lakes area of Fairfax, Virginia
  • 1988: Sold 100th Colleague client
  • 1989: Changed to multiplatform UNIX
  • 1990: Datatel Scholar's Foundation established
  • 1991 Announced products on IBM and Sequent
    • First Canadian client - University of Waterloo
  • 1996: Introduced Client/Server
  • 2002: Datatel Center for Institutional Effectiveness(DCIE) formed
  • 2004: Acquired LiquidMatrix Corporation
  • 2005: Management buyout of founders
  • 2007: Datatel reached 39th year of consecutive growth [9]
    • Datatel's releases ActiveCampus Portal, built on Microsoft SharePoint [10]

Awards

Products

  • 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:
    • Student
    • Finance
    • Financial Aid
    • HR
    • Advancement
  • ActiveAdmissions - an e-recruitment system
  • ActiveAlumni - a Web-based alumni relations system
  • ActiveCampus Portal - an enterprise work environment and collaboration system

Professional Services

  • Training and Education
  • Strategic Planning and Project Management
  • Web Site Design
  • Professional Executive Services
  • Datatel Center for Institutional Effectiveness (DCIE) - provides strategic planning programs for administrators in higher education

Related information

Datatel Users' Group, or 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.

Notes

  1. ^ "Datatel and WealthEngine.Com Sign Partner Agreement," Datatel News and Events, 2008
  2. ^ "Datatel, Inc." Google Finance Profile, 2008
  3. ^ "Hellman & Friedman Acquires Datatel" Datatel Press Release, 2009
  4. ^ "Datatel Executive Team Announces Management Buyout of Datatel, Inc., Backed by Thoma Cressey Equity Partners and Trident Capital," Business Wire, March 18, 2005
  5. ^ Balance Bar CO Proxy Statement, February 5, 1999
  6. ^ "Datatel Completes Acquisition of LiquidMatrix; Union Makes it Easy for Universities and Colleges..." AllBusiness, 2004
  7. ^ "Then ... and Now: Datatel - From Original Microdata Dealer to Today's Top-Notch Provider of Solutions for Higher Education," International Spectrum, 2005
  8. ^ "Join a Stable Client Community," 2008
  9. ^ "Datatel Posts Record Revenue in 2007," Business Wire, April 14, 2008
  10. ^ "Datatel Selects Microsoft SharePoint for Its Next Generation ERP Solution; Technology to Help Datatel Build the Optimum User Experience," Business Wire, 2005
  11. ^ "Washingtonian Magazine Again Selects Datatel as a 'Great Place to Work,' Company Makes List a Third Time," Business Wire, October 24, 2005
  12. ^ The CARE Awards Honor Roll 1992-2006
  13. ^ "Datatel's Quality Milestones
  14. ^ "University of Maryland Honors Datatel with 2008 Smith Digital Economy Award," 2008
  15. ^ "Datatel Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Information Worker Solutions, Portals, and Collaboration," 2008

Additional References

  1. Company website
  2. "Datatel Offers Web-Enabled Management Software," Campus Technology, August 12, 2002
  3. "Company Profile for Datatel, Inc." Reuters, 2008
  4. "Great Places to Work: The List," Washingtonian magazine, 2005
  5. "Microsoft Announces 2008 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners," 2008
  6. "Great Places to Work: Where to Feel at Home," Washingtonian magazine, 2007



Datatel

Solutions for higher education

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Datatel is a private company, established in 1968 that help higher education institutions to be more effective by providing them with the finest IT solutions that in turn offer the best user experiences for all of their constituents. Datatel is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with branch offices are in Buffalo, NY and San Francisco, CA. The company markets to higher education institutions in North America.

John F. Speer, III is the President and Chief Operating Officer. Datatel’s products and services include Datatel Colleague®, Datatel ActiveCampus® Portal, Datatel ActiveAdmissions™, Datatel ActiveAlumni™, consulting services, and Web page development services. Datatel counts more than 740 higher education institutions as clients.

Datatel’s expertise is derived from more than 25 years of exclusive focus and work in higher education. In addition to a valuable information management system, Datatel provides professional consulting services and Web services to all higher education institutions. In fact, more than 60 percent of Datatel’s consultants have held positions in higher education, so clients can draw upon this wealth of knowledge to help develop sound business practices and maximize returns on technology investments.


Acknowledgments



  • Selected as one of the “Best Places to Work” by the Washington Business Journal, 2007
  • Winner of the Northern Virginia Family Service 2006 Torchbearer Award
  • Positioned in the GartnerGroup’s “Magic Quadrant”, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006
  • Selected as one of “50 Great Places to Work” by Washingtonian Magazine, 2001, 2003, and 2005
  • Recipient of the 2003 Business Ethics Award as presented by the Society of Financial Service *Professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region.
  • Recipient of the 2003 CARE Award for mid-sized companies as presented by the Northern Virginia Family Services organization.
  • Recipient of Human Resources Professional Excellence Award – Susan Koch
  • Recipient of the 1997 Medallion of Excellence, U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality




    • -- 15:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)








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