Partners and resources for higher education technology leaders.
KANE works best as part of a larger ecosystem. These organizations and networks can help members connect with peers, strengthen infrastructure and cybersecurity, and make smarter technology and purchasing decisions.
KANE Partners
BoodleBox
BoodleBox gives higher-education teams a shared workspace for working with multiple leading AI models, building assistants, and collaborating around secure, responsible AI adoption. KANE has partnered with BoodleBox to explore practical AI use across member institutions.
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Fantasy Drone Shows
Fantasy Drone Shows has helped KANE create memorable shared experiences for its higher-education technology community. Led by Don “Wiz” Wisnieski and Brian Anderson, the team has supported KANE events with creative, high-impact drone entertainment and hands-on event collaboration.
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Nelnet
Nelnet has been a strong friend and partner to the KANE community, including hosting KANE’s 2024 gathering at its Lincoln facilities. Through Nelnet Campus Commerce, the company also brings deep higher-education experience in payments, campus technology, security, and service.
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Shamrock Tech Solutions
Led by Mary Hunter, Shamrock Tech Solutions brings ServiceNow solution consulting and platform expertise to KANE. Shamrock has supported KANE’s ServiceNow work and helps connect the consortium with practical tools, partners, and implementation experience.
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ServiceNow
ServiceNow helps higher-education institutions modernize service management and digital workflows across IT and other campus functions. KANE’s consortium relationship gives members a shared path to explore the platform, compare practices, and pursue greater collective value.
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Tandem
Tandem helps organizations manage information security and compliance programs with practical tools for policies, risk, audits, vendor management, business continuity, and ongoing cybersecurity oversight. It gives KANE members another practical resource for strengthening institutional security programs.
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E&I Cooperative Services
E&I helps higher education institutions use cooperative purchasing and strategic sourcing to reduce cost, improve procurement, and access competitively awarded contracts.
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EDUCAUSE
EDUCAUSE is a major professional association for higher education technology, with research, communities, professional development, and sector-wide resources.
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Internet2
Internet2 connects higher education and research institutions nationally through advanced networking, cloud, security, and community programs.
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KANREN
Kansas Research and Education Network connects education and research institutions with advanced networking services and a strong regional technology community.
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Nebraska Information Technology Commission
NITC brings together public-sector technology leaders across Nebraska. Its councils and working groups create useful connections around infrastructure, cybersecurity, policy, and shared technology priorities.
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Network Nebraska
Network Nebraska supports high-capacity connectivity and collaboration for education and public institutions across Nebraska.
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REN-ISAC
REN-ISAC supports cybersecurity collaboration, threat intelligence, and incident response across the research and education community.
Visit REN-ISAC →Know a partner or resource KANE should include?
This page is meant to stay practical and useful. If there is a partner, regional network, cooperative, cybersecurity resource, or association the KANE community should know about, send it our way.
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