Emerson College Technographics
Emerson College Technographics, Software Purchases, AI and Digital Transformation Initiatives
Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by Emerson College and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 1700 Emerson College employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that Emerson College has purchased the following applications: Workday Financial Management for ERP Financial in 2019, Canvas LMS for Learning and Development in 2022, Google Workspace (Formerly Google G-Suite) for Collaboration in 2017 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems Emerson College is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with Workday , Instructure , Google or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
We have been analyzing Emerson College revenues, which have grown to $263.0 million in 2024, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for Emerson College intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.
Emerson College Tech Stack and Enterprise Applications
Emerson College ERP
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Previous System |
Application |
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Market |
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Insight |
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| Workday | Legacy | Workday Financial Management | ERP Financial | ERP | n/a | 2019 | 2019 |
In 2019 Emerson College implemented Workday Financial Management. Workday Financial Management is deployed as the institution's ERP Financial backbone to centralize core finance and payroll processes across its administrative and academic support functions.
The implementation emphasizes core financial modules typical of ERP Financial systems, including general ledger controls, accounts payable and receivable workflows, budgeting constructs, and institutional reporting. Emerson configured Workday Financial Management to produce dashboards, composite and advanced reports, worksheets and discovery boards for cost center managers, vice presidents and administrative staff, leveraging Workday Pro Financial Reporting and advanced reporting capabilities described by institutional support staff.
Operational integration includes support for Workday Payroll and connections with the institution's Workday Human Capital Management footprint, using Workday integration capabilities to maintain employee financial and payroll data consistency. A centralized support model based in Boston is led by the Director and Sr Director of Business Intelligence, who provide day to day troubleshooting, report development, security oversight and coordination for system enhancements.
Governance and runbook activities are organized around semi annual upgrades, formal training and communications, security administration and project management for iterative enhancements. The support organization manages access governance, reporting standards and operational handoffs between finance, payroll and administrative teams to sustain the Workday Financial Management ERP Financial environment.
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Emerson College HCM
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Market |
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Insight |
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| Instructure | Legacy | Canvas LMS | Learning and Development | HCM | n/a | 2022 | 2022 |
In 2022, Emerson College deployed Canvas LMS from Instructure as a web-accessible learning platform. Canvas LMS is used on the Emerson College website to support Learning and Development functions, providing the institution with a centralized environment for faculty-led course delivery and student engagement.
The implementation emphasizes core Learning and Development capabilities typical of an institutional LMS, including course authoring and content delivery, assessment and gradebook management, enrollment provisioning and role-based access controls, and learning analytics for course performance. Canvas LMS is surfaced on public and authenticated pages of the Emerson website for direct course access and student interaction, with course publishing workflows and access governance coordinated through academic technology and instructional design processes to manage course lifecycle and departmental delivery.
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Payroll | HCM |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Emerson College Collaboration
Vendor |
Previous System |
Application |
Category |
Market |
VAR/SI |
When |
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Insight |
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| Legacy | Google Workspace (Formerly Google G-Suite) | Collaboration | Collaboration | n/a | 2017 | 2017 |
In 2017, Emerson College deployed Google Workspace (Formerly Google G-Suite) to centralize institutional email and productivity under a cloud based Collaboration platform. The implementation encompassed enterprise Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs and Sheets collaborative editing, and Google Meet video conferencing as primary functional modules, with provisioning and administrative control routed through the Google Admin console.
Google Workspace (Formerly Google G-Suite) was configured with organizational units and group management to reflect faculty, staff, and academic department boundaries, and Drive and Docs were used to create shared workspaces for departmental collaboration. Administration workflows used role based admin settings and user provisioning through the Admin console, and site signals indicate Emerson College’s web presence integrates Google Workspace services. Governance centered on domain level administration and standardized sharing and access controls to support administrative and academic business functions under the Collaboration category.
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Emerson College Content Management
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Content Management | Content Management |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Emerson College CRM
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Customer Experience | CRM |
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2018 | 2018 |
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Customer Support | CRM |
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2015 | 2015 |
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Customer Support | CRM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Donor and Fundraising Management | CRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Marketing Automation | CRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Emerson College ITSM
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Application Performance Management | ITSM |
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2017 | 2017 |
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Incident Management | ITSM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Emerson College PaaS
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Transactional Email | PaaS |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Emerson College IaaS
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2018 | 2018 |
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2016 | 2016 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Database Management | IaaS |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Digital Workspace | IaaS |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Emerson College CyberSecurity
Vendor |
Previous System |
Application |
Category |
Market |
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Insight |
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EMM / MDM / MAM | CyberSecurity |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) | CyberSecurity |
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2018 | 2018 |
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IT Decision Makers and Key Stakeholders at Emerson College
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Apps Being Evaluated by Emerson College Executives
| Date | Company | Status | Vendor | Product | Category | Market |
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| 2025-05-15 | Emerson College | Evaluated | Workday | Workday Student | Student Information | ERP Services and Operations |
| 2025-02-23 | Emerson College | Evaluated | Cardknox | Cardknox | Payment Processing | ERP |
| 2024-11-05 | Emerson College | Evaluated | Workday | Workday Adaptive Planning (ex Adaptive Insights) | EPM | EPM |