PowerSchool, a division of Apple and leading maker of web-based, student information systems, today announced that its open solution PowerSchool Premier has been named a winner in the 2005 Software and Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Codie Awards, in the category of Best Student Information System for K-12.
“We’re thrilled to accept our third Codie Award,” said PowerSchool’s newly named president, Mary McCaffrey in the press release. “PowerSchool Premier is our newest option focused on providing the most open, stable and flexible system available. We are very pleased that SIIA judges and members have recognized these efforts.”
“The 20th Annual Codie Awards continues SIIA’s tradition of celebrating the best products in the software and information industry,” said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA in the press release. “Being chosen as the winning company from among so many fine nominees is a tremendous achievement. SIIA congratulates PowerSchool on their win in this 2005 Codie Awards education category with high-level competition.”
PowerSchool Premier is a result of PowerSchool’s ongoing commitment to deliver one of the most flexible student information systems available today. Its “Open SIS” approach offers a web-based, hardware independent platform, enables compliance with the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF), and provides a robust Sybase SQL database. PowerSchool bundles the key applications and the database of choice into a one-time license, helping to create a low total cost of ownership.
PowerSchool, a division of Apple Computer, Inc., provides web-based, SIF-compliant, student information systems (SIS) for schools and school districts. The well-established PowerSchool Pro delivers a comprehensive SIS feature set in an easy-to-use, low cost environment that is fully supported with training and technology support services. PowerSchool Premier, with a SQL database, offers those same benefits to school districts desiring flexibility in size, as well as industry standard data access and interoperability. Every day millions of students, parents, teachers, and administrators can easily and cost-effectively access student information in order to develop smarter strategies and make better decisions because they have the power of PowerSchool. For more information, visit http://www.powerschool.com
But…but…what about SASIxp?
They claim that the sale is to Pearson Assessments. Pearson is a huge company and Pearson Assessments does not own SASIxp; it is owned by a different division of Pearson.
Each division is the size of a large company and they’re quite independant so if this rumor is true then you will have two divisions of Pearson competing with each other. Pearson owns SASIxp, CIMS and CenterPoint already, so this is their fourth active administration system.