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Prove the Value of Your Tech Stack: Making the Case to Upgrade Your Fragmented Data Stack

Independent research from Hobson & Company reveals the hidden costs of outdated, decentralized, or custom-built analytics platforms in higher ed. As institutions grapple with financial constraints and AI-enabled speed of innovation, data leaders are well-positioned to justify the ROI to modernize their campus data architecture.

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How institutions are improving student outcomes while reducing costs

This research report explores how institutions using a purpose-built data analytics platform are improving enrollment and retention outcomes, streamlining reporting and data governance, and modernizing their analytics infrastructure. Based on independent research conducted by Hobson & Company, a representative large university modeled positive cash flow achieved in just 4.7 months with these improvements. 

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  • The Hidden Drag on Staff Capacity: Discover how standard institutional data prep processes can consume massive staff hours weekly, trapping IR teams in routine compilation and operational reporting rather than strategic or advanced predictive analytics.
  • The True Total Cost of Ownership of Homegrown Infrastructure: Evaluate the multi-year financial impact of building vs. buying a cloud-native data architecture, including the direct cost of specialized engineering talent.
  • The Impact of Ongoing “Data Friction:” See how lack of data governance and a single source of truth contributes to the opportunity cost of delayed decision-making when institutional definitions aren’t standardized across departments and systems.

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"With HelioCampus we got to where we wanted to be quicker and in a more sustainable way than attempting to do it ourselves. Building in-house would have required selecting and deploying a full technical stack, staffing specialized expertise, and integrating data. It would’ve taken years."
VP, IT, and CIO
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"We no longer spend half of our meetings figuring out whose numbers are right. Everyone is looking at the same numbers with the same definitions."
Sr. Associate Provost for Institutional Success
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"As a result of the HelioCampus insights, the team moved up student engagement timelines and targeted the right students which helped reduce summer melt and improve yield."
Associate Provost
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