Jon-S

Hi, Thanks for the replies. For the moment at least it looks as if both MIS's connect in a 'similar' fashion and what I hear from colleagues is a little of 'the grass is greener'. Could I trouble you all and ask a couple of extra things? I spoke with Serco late last year and understand that they are progressing with SIF, but how far is it off from implementation in the marketplace? And I'm not just referring to Serco - I mean for all the different products that will utilise it. and To Phil Neal - could I ask if this return link will be limited to certain types of data, such as assessment, and is it for Fronter only or is/will it be available for all your partner organisations to link into your system? Thanks again for your replies, it's much appreciated. Regards Jon

Hi, Just a quick question regarding data transfer from MIS to Fronter. We use Facility CMIS in school which connects to Fronter via Serco's Facility Connect API. This, in terms of Fronter, is a one way transfer where student, staff and teaching group data is automatically uploaded to Fronter to create and change rooms etc. There is no return path implemented to update the Facility database in any way, e.g. assessment results. My question is for SIMS users - What sort of connection exists between SIMS and Fronter, is it automated and dynamic and is the data transfer two way allowing for the population of data in both SIMS and Fronter as apposed to Fronter only with Serco. I am often told by colleagues that Serco doesn't seem to support the link sufficiently and that with SIMS-Fronter there is a fully integrated MLE in place. I hope that you will be able to provide me with some insight as I finding it difficult to defend Serco's position. Thanks in advance. Jon