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Article: Software for schools. (software support for AS-400 minicomputers)
- Article from:
- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
- Article date:
- February 1, 1989
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Software for Schools
Publishers of software for the AS/400 series offer some sophisticated packages for use at colleges, universities and K-12 schools. A dozen are worth mentioning by name.
CIMS III
IBM's contribution to education is called AS/400 Comprehensive Information Management for Schools (CIMS) III.
CIMS III consists of nine integrated applications that operate on the AS/400's relational database. Functions performed include student scheduling with automatic reporting of potential conflicts; daily and period attendance tracking; student grading and course credit maintenance; financial management; employee management; ...