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Schools Can Engage Families More Effectively and Improve Enrollment Through Strategic Technology Use, Says Info-Tech Research Group

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With increasing competition in K-12 Education to attract and retain students, a recently published blueprint from Info-Tech Research Group will provide schools with a clear path to optimizing enrollment management. By focusing on key areas such as improving operational efficiency, reducing administrative workload, and enhancing family engagement, the global research and advisory firm’s new resource is set to equip schools with the tools needed to streamline processes and make informed decisions when it comes to leveraging the power of emerging technologies. With data-driven insights and practical strategies, IT leaders in schools can select the right enrollment system, ensuring long-term success and a better overall experience for students and families.

TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – The K-12 educational sector is facing increasing competition as schools seek to attract and retain students while managing complex administrative tasks. Enrollment management systems play a critical role in addressing these challenges, yet schools often struggle to evaluate and implement the solution that best fits their unique needs.

Info-Tech Research Group released its latest blueprint, Optimize Enrollment Management for K-12 Education, to equip school IT leaders with the guidance they need to seamlessly integrate modern technology, enhance operational efficiency, and strengthen family engagement, ultimately optimizing enrollment strategies for sustained success.

“The educational sector is rapidly transforming as schools and districts invest in technology to enhance their enrollment processes,” says Mark Maby, principal research director at Info-Tech Research Group. “Enrollment management systems offer comprehensive tools to simplify various aspects of the enrollment process, including application management, automated workflows, centralized data management, personalized communication, and document review.”

Info-Tech’s data-backed resource highlights common challenges schools and their districts encounter when evaluating and selecting an enrollment management system. Many institutions fail to fully recognize the long-term value these systems can provide, resulting in missed opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and improve the student and family experience. The process of selecting the right vendor adds another layer of complexity, as schools must carefully weigh features, costs, and scalability in their decision-making process.

“Automated workflows manage tasks such as lotteries and wait lists, while centralized data management ensures secure and accessible student information,” explains Maby. “Cloud-based solutions provide scalability and accessibility, allowing administrators to manage processes from any location.”

To ensure schools are equipped to overcome these challenges, the firm recommends a proactive approach that includes evaluating system scalability, automating processes, and aligning enrollment goals with broader institutional objectives. By assessing specific capabilities and future needs, schools can select enrollment management systems that offer both immediate and long-term benefits, ensuring smooth operations and a positive experience for students and their families.

Key Benefits of Effective Enrollment Management:

In the Optimize Enrollment Management for K-12 Education blueprint, Info-Tech highlights the following three key advantages of effective enrollment management that can significantly transform operations for educational institutions:

Improved Efficiency: Automating enrollment processes reduces administrative burdens while centralized data management ensures that all relevant information is secure and accessible from a single location. This approach results in streamlined communications and the elimination of redundant tasks, helping schools operate more smoothly while saving time and resources.Enhanced Family Engagement: A user-friendly interface, automated notifications, and personalized communication options all culminate in an advantage that fosters stronger connections with families, ensuring they are informed and involved throughout the enrollment journey. This approach also promotes equitable access to essential resources, ensuring that families have all the information they need at their fingertips.Data-Driven Decision-Making: Schools can leverage advanced reporting and analytics tools to monitor and gain actionable insights into enrollment trends, performance metrics, and areas for improvement. This data-driven approach enables better decision-making, allowing institutions to track and monitor progress effectively and adjust strategies as needed.

By leveraging Info-Tech’s comprehensive blueprint, schools and their districts can make well-informed decisions about selecting and implementing an enrollment management system tailored to their unique needs. With a focus on increasing operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and long-term growth, this guide will equip school IT leaders with the necessary tools to enhance their enrollment strategies and create a more streamlined and engaging experience for students and families.

For exclusive and timely commentary from Mark Maby, an expert in the educational sector, and access to the complete Optimize Enrollment Management for K-12 Education blueprint, please contact pr@infotech.com.

About Info-Tech Research Group
Info-Tech Research Group is one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms, proudly serving over 30,000 IT and HR professionals. The company produces unbiased, highly relevant research and provides advisory services to help leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. For nearly 30 years, Info-Tech has partnered closely with teams to provide them with everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

To learn more about Info-Tech’s divisions, visit McLean & Company for HR research and advisory services and SoftwareReviews for software buying insights.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.

For information about Info-Tech Research Group or to access the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and X.

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TCL CSOT Highlights IJP OLED Innovations at the Omdia Korea Display Conference

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SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — At the recent Omdia Korea Display Conference, Mr. Ming-Jong Jou, Chief of the Technology Planning Center at TCL CSOT, shared the advantages of IJP OLED technology and outlined TCL CSOT’s strategic focus in this field. TCL CSOT continues to redefine display technology, focusing on delivering exceptional performance and sustainability.

During the keynote titled “IJP OLED Status and Future Prospects,” Mr. Jou discussed TCL CSOT’s advancements in next-generation printed OLED displays. Looking ahead, OLED has significant growth potential. In particular, TCL CSOT has achieved comprehensive breakthroughs in image quality, power consumption, and lifespan, elevating its performance to the level of mainstream display technologies. TCL CSOT has also leveraged the inherent advantages of IJP OLED technology in terms of cost, flexible production, and future potential.

Mr. Jou highlighted recent advancements in IJP OLED, including better image quality achieved through more accurate printing and a side-by-side RGB structure, which ensures clear and vibrant visuals. The technology also boasts lower power consumption, with materials efficiency doubled, a 50% reduction in light loss due to internal reflection, and a 1.5 times improvement in light output efficiency. Lifespan has also been significantly enhanced, with an aperture ratio three times larger and material lifespan improved tenfold. Additionally, IJP OLED delivers cost competitiveness, with a 20% reduction in total cost, flexible production that shortens the product development life cycle by 30%, and a low-carbon footprint, cutting EL process carbon emissions by over 20%.

Currently, TCL CSOT’s efforts in IJP OLED technology are concentrated on medium-sized display applications, such as commercial monitors, laptop displays, and specialized products in medical. IJP OLED can be used across various production areas (TV/MNT/NB/TB) due to its simple product structure and easy fabrication process. TCL CSOT is utilizing IJP OLED to develop new display products, while continuously optimizing specifications and expanding notebook and tablet applications. Among these is the TCL CSOT 14″ 2.8K Hybrid OLED display. With a 2.8K resolution, over 99% DCI-P3 color gamut, and adaptive refresh rates ranging from 30 to 120Hz, this display provides seamless transitions ideal for gaming, design, and video editing. The lightweight design with Hybrid OLED technology and the new Oxide compensation circuit further enhances its flexibility, making it perfect for business and mobile productivity. With over 11 years of experience in printed OLED technology and the largest number of invention patents globally in this field, TCL CSOT continues to lead the industry in this innovative technology.

About TCL CSOT:

TCL CSOT (TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology), established in 2009, is committed to developing innovative technologies in the display industry. TCL CSOT’s business encompasses producing display panels from 1 to 115 inches. From LCD to OLED to MLED, TCL CSOT offers solutions across a wide array of applications, including TVs, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, monitors, automotive displays, XR (Extended Reality) devices, wearables, commercial displays, and other fields. The company leads the market in several of these areas and is dedicated to ongoing technological innovation, providing high-end products for customers and building a vibrant display industry ecosystem.

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BRI Partners with Nium to Expand Real-Time Cross-Border Payment Solutions

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JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, is thrilled to announce a partnership with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) to provide Indonesian customers with real-time international money transfer capabilities. This collaboration aims to enhance the cross-border offerings for BRI’s individual and corporate customers, delivering more accessible and cost-effective financial services across Indonesia.

This partnership empowers more than 150 million BRI account holders, including those in remote regions of Indonesia, to access modern, real-time cross-border payment services. The offering includes a variety of real-time payment mechanisms, supporting bank account destinations, a global electronic card network, and digital wallets. These innovations are closely aligned with BRI’s ongoing mission to provide affordable and customer-focused financial products, particularly for traditionally underserved communities.

BRI’s Corporate Secretary, Agustya Hendy Bernadi, emphasized BRI’s dedication to constantly improving customer convenience through innovations in its global network and cross-border transaction services. “This collaboration reflects BRI’s continuous efforts to enhance productivity and efficiency by expanding its digital payment channel network to meet the growing demand for global transactions,” he said. Agustya added that the partnership with Nium aligns perfectly with BRI’s vision to be Southeast Asia’s most valuable banking group and a champion of financial inclusion by 2025. “With Nium’s global transaction network, BRI strengthens the digitalization of its business processes and enhances retail banking capabilities in line with our 2025 strategic vision.”

Anupam Pahuja, General Manager and Executive Vice President for Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa at Nium, shared his excitement about the partnership, highlighting BRI’s extensive presence across Indonesia’s 17,000 islands. “By integrating Nium’s advanced technology into BRI’s platform, we are dedicated to providing BRI’s customers, no matter where they are, with access to exceptional financial services. This partnership will remove the risks associated with cash handling and provide faster, more cost-effective transactions—whether individuals are sending money to family members abroad or businesses are making international payments.”

Cross-border payments are projected to grow significantly in Indonesia, with a forecasted year-on-year increase of 15% through 2025, driven largely by the digital transformation in financial services (Statista, 2024).

This partnership between BRI and Nium is expected to transform the way Indonesians engage with global financial services, meeting the rising demand for modern payment infrastructure and enhancing the overall experience for BRI’s customers in their international transactions.

About Nium 

Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 40 markets. Nium’s growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.  

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Hot topics set for discussion in Beijing

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BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A report from China Daily:

A prestigious financial event is to commence on Friday in Beijing, where senior government officials, along with experts, scholars and representatives from global financial institutions, will deliver keynote speeches.

The Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2024, running until Sunday, is co-hosted by the Beijing government, the People’s Bank of China, the National Financial Regulatory Administration, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xinhua News Agency and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

This year’s event is to attract more than 500 distinguished guests from more than 30 countries and regions around the world.

Over the course of three days, participants will engage in discussions on current economic and financial hot topics, aiming to enhance mutual trust, deepen win-win cooperation and share development opportunities.

The theme of this year’s forum is “Trust and Confidence — Work Together to Promote Financial Openness and Cooperate for Shared Economic Stability and Growth”.

“Trust is the cornerstone of international cooperation and confidence is the support for economic development,” said Liu Dongwei, executive secretary-general of the forum’s organizing committee and head of Beijing’s Xicheng district.

“This theme fully reflects the deep consensus among the forum’s organizers, financial institutions and industry insiders, highlighting the development concepts of co-consultation, co-construction, co-governance and co-sharing.

“It also showcases the inclusiveness, the role of demonstration and leadership of the Financial Street Forum,” he added.

This year’s forum is structured around a main forum plus parallel forums and a fintech conference. It features 25 thematic activities and three investment and financing matchmaking events.

The main forum includes opening and closing ceremonies, as well as six thematic activities focusing on such topics as improving the modern central banking system, deepening capital market reforms, empowering industries through finance to lead high-quality development, and enhancing mutually beneficial international trade and investment cooperation.

The activities will also provide authoritative interpretations of international and domestic economic development trends and financial regulatory policies.

Additionally, the international level of this year’s forum has been enhanced. It has set up three sub-venues in Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Tokyo, inviting local governments and enterprises to participate. And, for the first time, it has invited the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council to host thematic activities in Beijing.

The closing ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Hong Kong sub-venue, inviting representatives from the governments and institutions of Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to participate in an in-depth discussion on the theme of “green finance”, promoting financial exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese capital and the SAR.

Also, it will continue to host high-level dialogues with former central bank governors from major global economic and financial countries, like China, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

The parallel forums will focus on “strengthening economic and financial cooperation for coordinated development” and “finance supporting sustainable economic development”, setting up a series of professional, cutting-edge and in-depth activities.

The fintech conference, serving as a specific segment of the forum, will run until Tuesday. It will feature 17 events, focusing on artificial intelligence plus financial innovation; data elements plus financial applications; fintech development and achievements; and bridging the digital divide through fintech.

Liu highlighted five major features of this forum, one of which is the richer thematic setting. For instance, the forum has, for the first time, invited the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and centrally-administered and State-owned enterprises to host themed activities. These aim to emphasize the forum’s role as a platform for positive interaction between finance and the real economy.

The forum has also innovated the path of sci-tech transformation by creating a fund-themed forum and holding corporate roadshows and industry-finance matchmaking meetings.

This year, the forum offers a variety of supporting activities, making it not only a professional exchange platform for financial industry practitioners but a grand event for the public.

For example, during the forum, a large-scale cultural performance will be held at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, covering various art forms such as dance, song, music and opera.

In addition, the forum will conduct a large-scale series of shopping activities. Starting from Oct 1 and lasting nearly a month, these activities are taking place mainly at Beijing’s Seasons Place luxury shopping mall and its surrounding areas.

They include a coffee market, auto shows, electronic product roadshows and outdoor dining experiences. There will also be a global product launch and sale event, offering substantial discounts and consumption vouchers to the public.

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