Postsecondary Portal Market Overview and Forecast 2005

Despite a slow recovery in IT spending in recent years, enterprise portal software remains one of the fastest-growing segments within administrative software applications for the higher education space. Eduventures estimates that solutions providers generated $166 million in postsecondary portal sales in 2005. Portals are a valuable tool for institutions, as they present college and university students, faculty, administrators, and other stakeholders with single-point access to integrated information and services.

In this report, Eduventures’ primary and secondary research reveals a number of key findings, including:

• Portal adoption is estimated to reach market saturation in the 2006-07 academic year


• Portals implemented by institutions include both open-source and proprietary vendor applications


• Integration of systems is a key requirement for portal adoption


• Single sign-on, which allows users to move easily between applications, is a primary driver for using portals

For further information regarding the portal market, including future market forecasts, please see Postsecondary Portal Market Overview and Forecast 2005.