EDUSTRUCTURES HOSTS SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK (SIF®) BOOTCAMP
International Audience of Education Software Developers and Integrators Learn Best Practice Strategies for SIF Success
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—March 5, 2008—Edustructures, the leading provider of Schools Interoperability
Framework (SIF®) solutions for education, today announced the success of the company’s first-ever
SIF Developer and Implementation Bootcamp, held February 20 through 27, 2008 in South Jordan, Utah.
Nearly 40 SIFWorks® Integration Platform users from the US and UK attended the invitation-only event,
resulting in the largest gathering of SIF solution developers and integrators outside a SIF
Association (SIFA) developers’ meeting.
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“Edustructures SIF Bootcamp provided a fantastic training opportunity that will allow Horizon to
really extend the value of SIF to our customers,” said Ryan Martin, senior technical lead for Horizon
Software International. “The content-rich sessions really opened my eyes to the value of SIF and I
want to commend Edustructures for hosting this much-needed and inspiring event.”
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Featured presenter at the Bootcamp was Andrew Elmhorst, chief architect at Edustructures. Andy is
considered one of the industry's leading SIF developers with over 14 years of Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) enterprise application development experience. Tapping Edustructures’ deep bench
of SIF experts, the Edustructures Development, Implementation, Training, and Services teams conducted
hands-on sessions designed to assist Bootcamp attendees in maximizing their SIF initiatives.
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“Edustructures’ strategic objective is to grow and expand the reach of SIF interoperability across
the education marketplace. By making SIF more accessible to pK-12 developers and integrators, SIF
Bootcamp is a key tactic in meeting that goal,” said Steve Curtis, vice president of Edustructures.
“In addition to teaching mission-critical SIF techniques, SIF Bootcamp provided an opportunity for
developers in a variety of situations to move toward a shared vision of the benefits of SIF to
education overall. We’re pleased by the response from our Bootcamp attendees and look forward to
expanding this exceptional best-practice learning event.”
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About Edustructures
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Edustructures is the recognized leader in SIF integration solutions for the pK–12 education market, making it possible for market–leading Student Information, Library, Transportation, Cafeteria and Directory solutions to reliably and securely share data in real–time. Through its SIFWorks® integration platform, comprehensive professional services, and business relationships with technology providers and educators, Edustructures connects the systems that power education. For more information about Edustructures, please visit www.edustructures.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Edustructures
Sandra Richards, 1.877.790.1261 Extension 438
news@edustructures.com
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