As a Foundational HESS Enterprise Software Partner, you must be one of the major software solution providers – Anthology, Ellucian, Jenzabar, Oracle or Workday. These partners have dedicated board cohort representatives, have a HESS user cohort with regular meetings and special sessions and activities at HESS national conferences. These companies also have dedicated discussion spaces on the HESS OLC as well as a user group listserv.
The relationship with our foundational enterprise software partners is pivotal to the success of our member institutions and to the HESS Consortium. Our cohort teams work with these companies to drive engagement with HESS member customers for discount pricing and pricing/support programs, facilitate communications, conduct regular cohort meetings, information posts on the HESS OLC and cohort listservs and coordinate other activities for collaboration among the members of these HESS cohort groups. The activities of our enterprise systems cohort groups work independently or in tandem with our contract partner and discount affiliate programs and are driven by our cohort leadership, the cohort members and the HESS Consortium.
There is no annual fee for being listed as a foundational enterprise software partner but all of these partners are encouraged to be engaged with their cohort groups and be presenters and sponsors for our conferences & events.
Our HESS Consortium Business Partners & Business Affiliates
Our HESS Consortium Business Partners and Business Affiliates are crucial to help educate, inform and provide the best technologies our national membership of private, non-profit colleges and universities. Our business partners are selected and invited by the HESS Consortium based on the references and recommendations of our members, extensive research, evaluated value and excellence in pricing. HESS business partners are done by invitation only and range from a number of product and service groups in consulting, hardware / peripherals, SaaS products as well as other technology related areas. We have three (3) levels of business relationships: HESS Consortium Foundational Enterprise Solution Partners, HESS / Coalition Contract Business Partners and HESS / Coalition Business Affiliates.
The full listing of HESS Business Partners and Affiliates information, contacts and discount information can be found on our HESS Online Leadership Community (HESS OLC) closed social media site (member login required). A short list of these partners can be found here.
Strategic Partnership with the Coalition for College Cost Savings for Private, Non-profit Colleges & Universities
In 2022, a major new strategic partnership was formed with the Coalition for College Cost Savings (the Coalition). This partnership is unique in that both the Coalition and the HESS Consortium serve the needs of only private, non-profit colleges and universities. This new collaboration brings more savings, collaboration, subject matter expertise to both of our organizations while focusing on the unique contract needs of private institutions nationwide. HESS is proud of our new partnership with the Coalition and plans many new partnered contracts for our collective member institutions in the future.
Always identify your institution as a HESS / Coalition member institution and request pricing discounts when talking with our business partners!
Current HESS Consortium Business Partner Programs
HESS Consortium Business Partner Programs
HESS members have a variety of discount programs that are available from our ERP and Cloud systems providers. All of our ERP partners offer HESS members discounts on software and services. These ERP partners include: Anthology, Ellucian, Jenzabar, Oracle, and Workday. While discounts are available from all of our ERP business partners, we have established full cooperative contracts with some of these companies, listed below, in cooperation with E&I Cooperative Services and our newest business partner contract strategic partner, The Coalition for College Cost Savings. Like HESS, The Coalition for College Cost Savings specializes in master service agreements that serve the private, non-profit college and university community. The following are our business partner and affiliate programs through HESS and the Coalition. To register to be a partner at one of these levels, scroll down to see the buttons below.
HESS / Coalition Contract Partners
Our HESS / Coalition Contract Partners include our top partners in enterprise software, hardware and services. Being a contract partner means that a company has signed our partnered master service agreement (MSA) that ensures that our members get the best pricing and terms and conditions as researched, recommended and evaluated by HESS and its member institutions. These business partners experience member engagement on a whole new level through quarterly communications, webinars, website information, microsites and special discount offers and incentives. These partners could also be invited to becoming partners in programs in educate and innovate with our members through the Consortium’s member cohort groups. There is a revenue share involved in this program that is used to support HESS and our member programs. Contract Partners are by invitation only. For more information, please contact us.
HESS / Coalition Discount Business Affiliates
Business Affiliates that offer basic discounts to our members through our HESS Online Leadership Community (OLC) Business Partner Wiki. These business affiliates offer our members discounts on various hardware, software and services. Business Affiliates also have access to participate in the HESS Consortium National Conferences each year for sponsorship, displays and events as well as one or two HESS webinars with our members annually. Business Affiliates are also included in our HESS OLC Business Partners Wiki microsites. There is a small annual cost involved in this program that is used to support HESS and our member programs.
For more information, please contact us or to request to be a business affiliate, use the link below.
If you are interested in becoming a HESS Consortium / Coalition Discount Business Affiliate, please send the following in the form of a formal proposal to HESS for review:
1.) Documentation on your company with history and leadership information
2.) A full product list lineup with all products and services your company offers to its customers
3.) Your full list pricing for all products and services your company offers with the HESS member discount your company proposes to offer with the length of term this offer is available.
4.) Any incentive offers and term they will be available as a promotion of the new HESS Business Affiliate status
Please submit this information by clicking the button below to register as a HESS/Coalition Partner or Business Affiliate.
Become a HESS Business Partner
The relationship with our foundational enterprise software partners is pivotal to the success of our member institutions and to the HESS Consortium. Our cohort teams work with these companies to drive engagement with HESS member customers for discount pricing and pricing/support programs, facilitate communications, conduct regular cohort meetings, information posts on the HESS OLC and cohort listservs and coordinate other activities for collaboration among the members of these HESS cohort groups. The activities of our enterprise systems cohort groups work independently or in tandem with our contract partner and discount affiliate programs and are driven by our cohort leadership, the cohort members and the HESS Consortium.
As a Foundational HESS Enterprise Software Partner, you must be one of the major software solution providers – Anthology, Ellucian, Jenzabar, Oracle or Workday. These partners have dedicated board cohort representatives, have a HESS user cohort with regular meetings and special sessions and activities at HESS national conferences. These companies also have dedicated discussion spaces on the HESS OLC as well as a user group listserv.
There is no annual fee for being listed as a foundational enterprise software partner but all of these partners are encouraged to be engaged with their cohort groups and be presenters and sponsors for our conferences & events.