The Blockchain for Education Awards were announced at the 2018 Blockchain Essentials in Education Conference on May 16th at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. Awards were presented in four categories: Blockchain Vendor Integration, Blockchain for Education Vision, Blockchain for Education Collaboration and Blockchain Education Champion.
N2N Services was awarded the Blockchain Vendor Integration Award during a ceremony held on May 16, 2018. Michael L. Mathews, AVP for Innovation and Technology at Oral Roberts University, presented the award to N2N’s Founder and CEO Kiran Kodithala. “Companies like N2N are instrumental in integrating all the pieces across the campus that make Blockchain viable to transform education” said Mathews.
The Blockchain Vendor Integration Award is given to the vendor who has completed a Blockchain application for education whereby it integrates to the Student Information System and awards a credential, certificate, diploma and/or degree while showing a value on future investment or significant return on investment.
“I am excited about leading companies like N2N who are ushering in the Fluidity of education to personalize education,” says Kathaleen Reid-Martinez, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Oral Roberts University. “Blockchain and AI with innovative integrations through N2N give me every hope of transformation on a global scale.”
This award emphasises the commitment and investment N2N has made in innovative technologies that promote the advancement higher education systems. “Our current education systems are dated, we still use outdated constructs like transcripts, credit hours, and sage on the stage. These outdated systems are making education expensive and out of reach for a majority of students.” said Kodithala. “N2N is committed to leveraging technology innovations for the success of every student worldwide. N2N believes that Blockchain technology, powered by AI and VR can truly transform education”
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The Blockchain Essentials for Education Conference was hosted by Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Conference enables education professionals to understand how blockchain technology such as cryptocurrency, smart contracts, distributed databases, and public ledgers are, and will continue to transform higher education. For more information visit: https://www.blockchain-education18.com/
On May 16th, 2018 N2N’s CEO and Founder Kiran Kodithala headed to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma for The Blockchain Essentials for Education Conference. Kiran was a featured speaker at the event where he presented “Blockchains and their Impact on Higher Education.” Kiran discussed his vision on Blockchain’s impact on education and participated in the closing panel discussion of Short-term and Long-term views of Blockchain technologies.
The Blockchain in Education Conference enabled education professionals to understand how blockchain technology such as cryptocurrency, smart contracts, distributed databases, and public ledgers are, and will continue to transform higher education.
According to Oral Roberts AVP of Innovation and Technology, Michael L. Mathews, “We predict along with many other national thought leaders that Blockchain will have the greatest impact on campus operations and SIS/ERP systems over the next five years, and have little to on the transcript itself. The true value of Blockchain will come from the streamlining of all the processes that formerly produced the academic steps necessary to get transcripts and a diploma/degree. This will include the freedom of people from anywhere in the world the ability to digitally unlock academic content, in order to operate in a newly created ‘trusted’ ecosystem of academic and competency access. The Blockchain for education will ultimately become the Digital Vending Machine in the Cloud. The question will be … which institution was ahead of the curve to capture the digital credits assigned through a trusted Blockchain world.”
The collaboration within the conference included 30 Universities, the Oklahoma Board of Regents CIO, the President of TouchNet, Blockchain companies, and executive leaders from N2N, Carousel Industries, Salesforce, Workday, Oracle, Ellucian, JobZology, OneNet, TrustedKey, 3Dream Studios, and many more.
DIG SOUTH, located in Charleston, South Carolina was held April 25-27, 2018 at the Charleston Gaillard Center. DIG SOUTH connects leading global brands like Oracle, IBM and Salesforce to the top tech leaders and entrepreneurs in the South. DIG Focuses on 3 core tracks: Technology, Business and Marketing. Attendees include, the top 500 tech companies in the South plus leading C-level innovators and disruptors, entrepreneurs, startups, and virtually every level of technologist who get together to share the latest digital trends and build relationships.
On Thursday April 26, N2N Founder and CEO Kiran Kodithala was featured in a fireside chat sponsored by Oracle entitled From Startup to Enterprise: the Path to Rapid Growth and moderated by Loren Feldman, Senior Editor for Entrepreneurship, Forbes. In this discussion Kiran recounted how he started N2N with a mission to create an interoperable enterprise that would support customers, vendors, administrators, and other staff. Kiran also discussed his decision to switch from Amazon to Oracle as a technology partner and how this decision helped N2N significantly cut costs and build a better business foundation that gives the company the upper hand while supporting an aggressive growth strategy.
Five members of the N2N team headed out west for Ellucian Live 2018 in sunny San Diego, California. The conference was expected to host 8,000 attendees from 43 countries representing 1,300 higher education institutions and is billed as the largest user event in higher education technology. We were thrilled to join the conference this year as an Ellucian Alliance partner.
The Networking
The N2N team connected with hundreds of existing customers and prospects over the course of 3 days. We demoed the new Illuminate 2.0 platform from our exhibit hall booth and offered attendees a 3 month free trial subscription. If you missed us at the conference don’t worry, we’d be happy to schedule a demo or provide you a free trial account, just let us know: sales@n2nservices.com. On Monday evening N2N hosted a reception to celebrate our Ellucian Partnership and the launch of Illuminate 2.0 and we want to thank all who joined us for a fun evening.
The Platform
N2N recently launched Illuminate 2.0, our API integration and management platform. Illuminate 2.0 expands upon existing features in 1.0 with an upgraded user experience. The Illuminate infrastructure has also been upgraded and moved to the Oracle Cloud. Existing customers still using Illuminate 1.0 were excited to see the new platform and eager to upgrade.
The Swag
Because everyone at a conference loves good swag! N2N sponsored this year’s exhibit hall tote bag, over 5000 bags were handed out to conference attendees. We were thrilled with the sea of teal bags that could be seen walking through the hall each day.
Those who stopped by the booth for a visit were able to snag an Illuminate light bulb (stress ball) or other assorted items.
And the Winner is….
At the booth visitors were able to enter for a chance to win a 1 year subscription to Illuminate Spectrum, valued at $60K. We had well over a hundred entries for the random drawing and the lucky winner is …..
Lenell Hahn of Southeast Missouri State University
Congratulations Lenell!
We’d like to thank everyone who joined us at the conference and we’ll see you all next year!
N2N’s Illuminate Platform has been recognized by leading analyst firm Ovum for SaaS integration and rapid API creation and management. N2N was featured in Ovum’s latest”On the Radar” publication. “On the Radar” is a series of research notes about vendors bringing innovative ideas, products and business models to the market. “On the Radar” vendors bear watching for their potential impact on markets.
According to Ovum, “Integration is the lifeblood of digital economy and APIs are flexible interfaces to digital business services. N2N has developed its Illuminate platform from the ground up as a cloud-based application and data integration platform offering rapid API creation and API management capabilities.”
“N2N Illuminate offers a simple, API-led integration approach for a range of use cases, particularly for the higher education vertical and a good “price-performance” proposition for SaaS integration and rapid API creation and API management for SMEs”, said Saurabh Sharma, Principal Analyst at Ovum.
Ovum recommends the Illuminate Platform to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and “institutions looking for a cloud-based integration platform for application and data integration, and legacy modernization.”
“Ovum highlights the integration challenges SME’s are experiencing in the market today and the need for simplified API management,” saidKiran Kodithala, CEO and Founder of N2N. “The report also recognizes the current trajectory of N2N as a company along with our product roadmap and validates the strategic growth we are hoping to achieve over the next two to three years.”
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