UM DART - Mac Compatibility

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool (DART)

Apple Core PresentationApril 17, 2009


What is DART?• Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool –

based on Blackbaud Enterprise CRM

• Replacing the current Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

• Single business management system that integrates all facets of Development

• One-stop-shop for Development information


Why replace DAC?


How did we choose the product?

• Reviewed 3 other products– Oracle “Contributor Relations”– Blackbaud “Infinity”– SunGard “Advance”

• Blackbaud is the most forward looking product

• Technology platform fits with U-M


Who will be impacted?

• Development/fundraising workers – Faculty/Staff with DAC or EIS access– Departments storing donor/alumni

information in separate or redundant systems

• How many in your department are using Macs?

• How many of those are doing development work?


Will DART work for Mac users?

Not currently, but we hope that is changing

What we’ve been told:

•Infrastructure and tooling to support form delivery using W3C standards compliant HTML, CSS and javascript

•Building UIs to W3C standards so they work on all modern, A-grade browsers on all platforms, including Safari on Mac


What we know now:

• Blackbaud’s current BBEC application uses the .NET framework and requires Microsoft OS to run

• The application can be initiated with IE or Firefox which is supported on PC’s with a Plugin.


Q & A

Larry ChaffeeDART Project Manager

[email protected]: 647 2911

www.mais.umich.edu/project_infocenter/dart_home