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# Private Institutions Working Together Creating a Sustainable Path for Administrative Systems & Operations

[ Download the Guide Book ](https://www.hesscollective.info/hubfs/HESSCollectiveGuidebook.pdf?hsLang=en)

## The HESS Consortium Collective

An Exclusive Market Leading Enterprise Cloud Applications Platform & Services Offer

The HESS Collective offers its members an affordable market leading enterprise cloud application platform, professional services, ongoing support and contract vehicle, all bundled together.

This exclusive offer provides features and functionality that historically has only been accessible to the largest institutions, and now it is available to you.

![all pillars](https://www.hesscollective.info/hs-fs/hubfs/all%20pillars.png?width=1764&name=all%20pillars.png)

 

## History of the Collective

Chief information officers and technology leaders from a group of 33 HESS Consortium member institutions created an extensive HESS Collective Program RFI and chose Oracle Cloud for Higher Education as its new, common cloud-native enterprise systems platform with partners, Mythics, Drivestream and E&I.

RFIs, RFPs, and an extensive review of the vendor/system landscape, when approached by a single institution, are helpful in understanding what is possible and which software could best meet your needs. However, these processes are expensive to conduct for the institution and its community.

 

The HESS Consortium has taken a great deal of the burden out of your decision path. Having already validated the choice of Oracle Cloud, Drivestream, Mythics and E&I with a process engaging 33 of our private college members, your campus can move directly to validating the Oracle Cloud solution and how it can work for your institution. Your institution can immediately take advantage of the HESS Collective Program's negotiated pricing, contract terms and conditions, our standards methodology, and our collaborative cohort-based implementation options.

 

A pre-negotiated, exclusive group program provides our members with a host of benefits beyond what a single institution can achieve on its own.

## Benefits of the Collective Bundle

Designed and packaged by your peers   
Built with market leading Cloud Applications  
Services that support you for the entire life of the subscription

Access to online community created specifically for the members   
Exclusive discounts that makes the bundle affordable for private institutions

Sharing of support service hours across the Collective

Trusted procurement vehicle

[ LEARN MORE & REQUEST PRICING ](https://www.hesscollective.info/benefitsoverall?hsLang=en)

## Testimonial from a Steering Committee Member

        While the idea of sharing enterprise system resources across a multitude of independent institutions is not new, the advent of today’s multi-tenant cloud-based systems coupled with the HESS Consortium’s ingenuity in developing partner relationships and its vision of a grassroots efforts is a powerful combination.

### Gene Spencer, CIO Ursinus College

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