Datatel Mobile Premieres at EDUCAUSE 2009

DENVER -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Datatel will formally introduce and demonstrate its Datatel Mobile^™ app to higher education professionals this week at EDUCAUSE 2009 in Denver. Datatel Mobile, built in conjunction with DubMeNow, is a tightly integrated mobile app for prospective students, students, faculty, staff, and alumni that fully leverages Datatel’s intelligent learning platform and Colleague^® administration system.

Datatel Mobile will be available in Q1 2010 for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, RIM BlackBerry, and Google Android. Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, and Palm Pre will join the list of supported platforms in Q4 2010. To promote institutional affinity, user interfaces on smartphones can be customized and branded by each college or university.

Smartphones armed with Datatel Mobile allow owners to access information such as personal class schedules, including individual class assignments, class rosters, events, announcements, and documents. There’s a student, faculty, and staff directory with important contact information for campus security, the campus health center, and more, all available from the user’s mobile phone.

Other features of Datatel Mobile include the ability to:

• Easily exchange contact information, including email, phone, address, Facebook and LinkedIn profiles, IM, and more from phone to phone;
• Receive automatic address book updates whenever contacts update their info (new email, social network, address, etc.);
• Access information about public and private campus events and about events limited to specific groups such as students, faculty, and staff;
• Receive personalized notifications such as security alerts and library past-due notices;
• Personalize newsfeeds from the institution, and
• Follow a GPS-enabled campus map to classroom buildings and other facilities.

“The percentage of our population using non-voice data applications on their mobile phone is growing at an astounding rate,” said John Speer, Datatel President and CEO. “These constituents will expect higher education institutions to keep pace with this valuable service delivery platform. In working with DubMeNow, we are extending the dynamic user experience of our products and putting it in the hands, quite literally, of our clients’ constituents. This new mobile user interface will provide unequaled and easy access to information — whether it’s a course opening, admission status, test score, transcript request, or contact update — anywhere there’s a cell phone signal.”

“The DubMeNow and Datatel partnership gives colleges and universities across the country the ability to connect hundreds of thousands of students in an innovative manner,” said Manoj Ramnani, DubMeNow CEO and founder. “DubMeNow and Datatel are at the forefront of a transformation taking place in the way people of all ages are communicating because of the anytime, anywhere nature of wireless communications.”

Representatives from Datatel and DubMeNow will be on hand in the Datatel booth (# 304) to answer attendees’ questions and receive their feedback. A short online demonstration of Datatel Mobile can be seen in the video section of the Datatel Newsroom http://news.datatel.com/video.

About Datatel, Inc.

Datatel is the industry’s most experienced provider of technology products, services, and insight to higher education. Colleges, universities, and technical schools across North America partner with Datatel to construct Strategic Academic Enterprises dedicated to achieving student success. The company has focused exclusively on higher education since 1979, and its technology is used by nearly 800 institutions serving more than five million students. For more information, visit www.datatel.com.

About DubMeNow, Inc.

DUB is the first cross-platform application developed by DubMeNow, Inc. for exchanging and updating contact information, including social networks, using a mobile phone. The company has developed applications for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Google Android. DubMeNow has partnered with RIM, Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com and continues to add new partners. For more information, visit www.dubmenow.com or email info@dubmenow.com

©2009 Datatel, Inc. All rights reserved. Datatel, Colleague, and Datatel Mobile are registered trademarks or trademarks of Datatel, Inc. All other names, products, and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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