Press Release - ArbiterSports and SchoolDude _ December 17 Final
1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ArbiterSports and SchoolDude Announce Strategic Alliance
Companies join forces to integrate the process of scheduling games, facilities and
transportation into one seamless experience
December17, 2012 (Sandy, UT & Cary, NC) —ArbiterSportsand SchoolDude.com, todayannounceda
premierstrategicalliancetointegrate the ArbiterGame schedulingsolutionandthe SchoolDude facilities
(FSDirect) andtransportation(TripDirect) solutionsintoone seamlessuserexperience. ArbiterSportsis
the establishedleaderingame managementsolutionsand ispart of the NCAA Spectrum. SchoolDude is
the marketleaderineducationenterprise assetmanagement,deliveringSoftware-as-a-solution
applicationstohelpbothsmall andlarge institutionsbettermanage theirfacilities,ITandbusiness
operations.
“AthleticDepartmentshave todeal withalotof chaosin the normal processof schedulingathletic
events,”saidClaire Roberts,CEOof ArbiterSports. “Thisdevelopmentpartnershipwill alleviate someof
that chaos andpreventminorgame schedulingdetailsfromturningintomountainousproblemsatthe
lastminute.”
Sixtypercentof schoolsexperience wastedtime due todouble dataentryanddouble bookingof facility
and transportationresourcesforschool events. Withstaff andbudgetscontinuingtoshrink, schools
can’t affordthese communicationandcoordinationproblemswhenschedulingathleticevents,school
programs,communityactivitiesandfieldtrips.
Withthe integration,AthleticDepartmentswill be able touse ArbiterGame toschedule anathleticevent
and thenthroughSchoolDude,schedulefacilities,transportationandotherservicerequests,without
havingto worryabouthow the twosystemscommunicate witheachother. The integrationwillallow all
schoolsto:
Eliminate double dataentryanddouble booking
Easilyshare eventcalendars,resourcesandassetsacrossdepartments
Improve communicationandeventcoordinationacrossthe district
Efficientlymanage facilityuse requestsandeventschedulesonlinewithSchoolDude’sFSDirect
Easilyschedule vehiclesanddriverassignmentsonline withSchoolDude’sTripDirect
“We wantto integrate the twoworldssothat AthleticDirectorsandtheirstaff don’thave toworry
aboutdoingthingsdifferentlyorrelearninganew system,” saidKentHudson, CEO and Co‐Founder of
2. SchoolDude. “By tyingourtwo systemstogether,we are able toeliminate alarge portionof the
redundanteffortthatiscurrentlytakingplace andmake the overall processmore efficient.”
The companiesanticipate thatthisintegrationwillbe completedbythe springof 2013 and move into
betatestingthroughthe endof the yearbefore beingbroadlyavailable.
About ArbiterSports
ArbiterSports,the leadingproviderof game managementsolutions,helpsathleticdepartmentsand
sportsleaguesdramaticallysimplifythe processof schedulinggames, assigningofficials andpayingall
participants. The complete productsuite,whichincludesArbiterOne,ArbiterGame,RefPay,ArbiterLive,
Arbiter360, ArbiterWorks,RefPay,andArbiterConnected, deliversunprecedented control and visibility
overthe entire game managementprocess. ArbiterSportsproductsare builtona powerful web-based
systemthatallows secure accessfromanywhere andprovides seamless integrationandeasy-to-add
features. Sportsassociations,commissioners,assignersandgame officialsrelyon ArbiterSportstodo
theirjobsmore effectively. Visitarbitersports.com orcall 1-800-576-2799 today for more information.
About SchoolDude
For the past 13 years,SchoolDude hasservedasthe marketleaderineducation enterpriseasset
management,deliveringSoftware-as-a-solutionapplicationstohelpbothsmall andlarge institutions
bettermanage theirfacilities,ITandbusinessoperations. More than1 millioneducationprofessionals
frommore than6,000 educational institutionsare usingSchoolDude productstostreamline
maintenance workorderandIT helpdeskmanagement,schedule preventive maintenance andplanfor
capital replacements, increase inventoryaccountability,maximize after-hoursfacilityuse andutility
consumption. We helpclientsstretchbudgetsbymanagingsupportserviceseffectivelyandefficiently,
makinga differencebyhelpinginstitutionsimprove andenhance the inthe teachingandlearning
environment.Formore information,visit www.schooldude.com
PressContact:
ArbiterSports SchoolDude
Bruce Law Nicholas Mirisis
VP of Marketing Director, Marketing & Business Development
bruce@sproutmarketing.com nick@schooldude.com
801-201-3667 (877) 868‐3833