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Why I Was Against Product Comparison Tools (And Why I Finally Changed My Mind) (opens the original)
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In this episode, we dive into how real-world market data is transforming software evaluation by replacing subjective reviews and easily-gamed feature checklists. Discover how verified market facts and implementation data are replacing easily-gamed user reviews and static feature checklists in software procurement. Learn how tracking client composition, 24-month implementation momentum, and vendor churn rates provides true visibility into vendor health and stability. Tune in to see how data-drive
Beyond the Logos: The Multidimensional Spanish-Speaking LMS Market (opens the original)
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In this episode, we look past the surface of the Spanish-speaking LMS market to reveal why "counting logos" is a commercial trap . Analyzing a dataset of 2,150 institutions and 24 million students , we explore: The Enrollment Density Shift: How commercial platforms "punch above their weight class" by capturing high-density universities—with Blackboard tripling its student footprint to 16% and Canvas doubling to 10% . The Business School Canary: Why Moodle's dominance collapses from 74% down to j
Open Source in HigherEd Isn't Going Away (opens the original)
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Is open source dead in the SaaS era, or is it secretly running your campus? In this episode, we dive into data from ListedTech showing that 72% of higher education institutions globally still rely on open-source solutions. We break down the shift from local installations to cloud-hosted managed services, where open and proprietary systems seamlessly coexist. Plus, we examine how the rise of AI, open-weight models, and intense budget pressures are fundamentally changing the strategic playbook for
The Hidden Risk in Higher Education IT: Complexity (opens the original)
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In this episode, we explore a quiet but dangerous vulnerability taking root across higher education: overwhelming technological complexity. Drawing on the Education Digital Resilience Framework, a collaborative research initiative between IDC and ListedTech, we examine how a large university's software portfolio can balloon to an average of 141 distinct systems. We unpack the risky "domino effect" of extreme vendor concentration, where a tiny handful of providers control critical infrastructure
InstructureCon 2026: An Empire Trying to Stay Rebel (opens the original)
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In this episode, we unpack Justin Ménard's insights from InstructureCon 2026 to see how the LMS giant is balancing its massive scale with rapid innovation. We discuss leadership's transparent response to the May 2026 security breach and the stark reality of the educator AI training gap. Finally, discover how their new "Instructure Foundry" division will chase AI moonshots and "Agentic AI" without destabilizing the core Canvas platform Note: This episode is based on a blog post from ListEdTech.co
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