IRIS Ed:gen releases Welsh language version
13 March 2024
IRIS Software Group have become the first MIS provider to announce that they have released a full Welsh language version of their MIS product..
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Spring Term 2024 update
13 March 2024
The spring term has been hectic for us at WhichMIS? and we thought as we rapidly approach the end of term it might be a good idea to offer a refresh on what we’ve been up to for the past few weeks.
MIS Provider Interviews at BETT 2024: #4 of 4 – Chris Kirk from Bromcom
23 February 2024
3 months in to his new role as Chief Commercial Officer at Bromcom, we asked Chris to outline the Company’s priorities as he sees it, to what extent their latest contract win will put strain on their current customers, what they are doing to ensure they retain existing business.
MIS Provider Interviews at BETT 2024: #3 of 4 – Phil Roberts from ParentPay Group (ESS SIMS)
21 February 2024
Phil Roberts took on overall commercial responsibility for ParentPay Group, which owns ESS SIMS, back in April 2023. We asked Phil about the journey the Group has been on as a whole since he joined the business, the progress being made with SIMS Next Gen and the key challenges they face as an organisation. Watch the video >>
MIS provider interviews at BETT 2024: #2 of 4 – Louise Raw from Satchel
20 February 2024
Show My Homework has been used in secondary schools across the country for many years – so what prompted Satchel to move into the MIS market? How is Satchel:One different to the rest, and what advice would they give to schools intent on changing their provider?
Bromcom provide ‘backup’ in their argument with ESS SIMS around MIS data migration.
19 February 2024
Whilst ESS argue that there are easy and approved methods for migrating school data when changing from SIMS to another provider, schools, MATs, Support Teams and other MIS providers all argue that these methods are not the best way to handle the data migration and that the use of a SIMS backup file for this purpose has been ‘industry standard’ for many years.
ESS SIMS responds to concerns over data migration
15 February 2024
We have posted two articles recently around concerns raised over ESS SIMS’ warning to schools and to other MIS providers around using the SIMS backup files for data migration purposes. In this post we let you hear what ESS SIMS have to say about this subject.
Interviews with MIS providers at BETT 2024: #1 of 4: Fergal Moane of Bromcom
13 February 2024
At the recent BETT 2024 event, we took the opportunity to interview some of the key personnel from the MIS providers that were exhibiting.
The first video interview is with Fergal Moane, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Bromcom.
Pressure on all fronts!
12 February 2024
Bromcom had already taken the lead in this battle and had fired the first shots offering a full indemnity to schools and by applying to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to halt what they describe as ‘this anti-competitive behaviour by ESS Ltd.’
Key considerations when thinking of changing your MIS
9 February 2024
Changing MIS can be a daunting task with many differing viewpoints, so if you are thinking of a change, there are several considerations you should make…
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