uPortal

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uPortal Meteor Tying It All Together

• June 4, 2001
• Jon Kroehler

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CommonLine

• Common Data Formats (language)
• Common Communications Method
• Good foundation
• batch files
• e-mail send / receive

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Web Based Products

• Laureate
• NetWizard

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Web Based Products

• Laureate
• NetWizard
• Strong Adoption by Schools
• Link from School Site to SallieMae Server
• Heavy Duty Lender and Guarantor Business Logic
  Likely to Remain at that Business
• Real-Time Linkage of Computers

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Future Products

• Industry Initiative Commitment
• Laureate and NetWizard become WOW-Thats-Great!
• Meteor Inside
• Merging of Competition and Cooperation

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FAMS Initiatives

• Understand which FAMS is used by each school
• Detailed understanding of FAMS peculiarities
  (human expertise, database)
• CommonLine and Readiness Testing
• Cooperative Training
• Partner for Tighter Integration in Future

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Next Steps?

• Can online instructions become clickdownload
  easy?

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Next Steps?

• Can online instructions become clickdownload
  easy?
• Common, Industry-Wide Solutions