Badr Islamic Institute is a week-end Islamic education institute in London, UK. The school was seeking an affordable SIS solution with parent portal. They chose openSIS cloud hosted solution because of the features and the attractive pricing. Badr’s SIS was up and running in three days from the day they signed up. The quick implementation time was particularly appreciated by Badr’s management.

WIS is a British standards school in Karachi, Pakistan. They were seeking a comprehensive web based student management solution. After evaluating several applications, the school board selected cloud hosted version of openSIS as the most suitable and flexible system for the school. Since openSIS is open source and is customizable for each instance, WIS management was particularly receptive. The fact that openSIS will be integrated to Moodle 2.0 in the Fall of 2010 was an added attraction for WIS.

Covenant Preparatory School is an independent, tuition-free middle school for boys from under-served families in the City of Hartford. The school provides a challenging and supportive learning environment, where motivated students of all faiths are offered an intellectual, cultural, physical and moral education.

LCA was looking for a cost effective student information system with strong parent communication features. openSIS with EasyCom parent notification system was an ideal solution for the school. LCA opted for the cloud hosted openSIS because they don’t want the hassle of maintenance and upkeep of the system.

Oregon State Hospital system was in the look out for a patient education system with a robust scheduling functionality. After going through an RFP process they selected a customized version of openSIS that fulfilled their requirements to the tee. It was possible because openSIS is open source and OS4ED is always willing to customize the system to fit a client’s specific need.

The Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi is a private, not-for-profit, independent, research-driven institute developed with the support and cooperation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Institute offers Masters and (eventually) PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, with a focus on advanced energy and sustainable technologies.

MIST wanted a customized version of a student information system that would fulfill their specific higher education requirement. OS4ED was able to customize openSIS with web based student application facility, applicant processing features and Active Directory integration for user maintenance.

Mercy Ships is a global charity that has operated hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor by mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving all people without regard for race, gender, or religion.

CLI is a career focused institution that offers healthcare education programs to help individuals quickly enter the workforce with the skills necessary to be successful. It’s an adult education trade school.

Upward Bound is a college preparatory program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It provides young students with the skills they need to be successful in college. Participants receive academic, personal and cultural enrichment to prepare them for higher education. The Upward Bound Program at South Plains College serves 50 students from six schools in Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, and Terry Counties. Upward Bound, a Trio Program fully funded by the US Department if Education, is a NO COST program to its participants.

Realizing that Focus SIS was not meeting their needs, South Plains College Upward Bound turned to openSIS to manage their students. They are using openSIS with the Discipline and EasyCom modules to manage and communicate with the parents and students who participate in their program each year. South Plains Upward Bound easily transitioned from Focus SIS to openSIS and has successfully completed another program year with no issues.

Adventist International Mission School (AIMS) in Sararubi, Thailand joins the openSIS family as our first international client. AIMS was seeking an affordable solution to replace the Rediker Administrators Plus student management system. Administrator Plus is a proprietary system running on proprietary software requiring licensing fees for Novell/Microsoft servers, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Database Server with workstations required to be Windows XP SP 2. Additional fees include client access licenses for Windows Server and possibly Microsoft SQL Server. AIMS stands to realize significant cost savings as it eliminates these additional costs over time and still enjoy the same functionality at a fraction of the total cost.

Summit needed a centralized SIS available via the web to manage its geographically disperse student population. The SIS had to fit into a very limited budget and have the flexibility to manage programs, degrees and courses.Summit had tried other open source SIS solutions only to find them to be buggy and unreliable. Additionally, the other solutions did not have the ability to manage programs and degrees.

ACA needed a reliable SIS partner who could provide a quality product hosted at a secure facility with reliable help desk support.ACA had tried other open source SIS offerings and found them to be buggy and unreliable. Getting help was a challenge as well. After managing their own hosting, ACA decided it needed an education partner who could provide them with a reliable, well supported and hosted solution.Not finding this with the Focus SIS group, ACA turned to OS4Ed for help.

After a recent district rezoning, PCS needed a web based student reservation with wizard guided workflows that took into account all of the rules associated with IEP’s, grandfather rights and sibling rights for enrollment. PCS needed a web based system with complex workflows to accommodate the IEP, grandfather and sibling rules associated with rezoning. The solution had to be simple and easy for parents and provide clear guidance on completing the reservation and enrollment.

The Consortium of Catholic Academies (CA) is a group of four inner-city Catholic schools dedicated to serving the children and families in some of the neediest neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. CA are members of the larger Washington Archdiocese and are partnering with the archdiocese in the implementation of openSIS.