Over the past 15 years, information technology has become an integral part of nearly every facet of educational services. From managing student data, to opening new pedagogical opportunities, it's hard to imagine education without a complex systems infrastructure. The time has come to reassess those systems, usually developed incrementally, and identify ways to streamline and integrate them. Currently, too many systems rely unnecessarily on labor-intensive, repetitive human input and updating. Furthermore, additional administrative functions may now be accomplished through innovative uses of new technology tools, freeing resources to direct at the organization's central mission of teaching and research. Symplicity provides the tools to ensure that information technology is always a servant, never a master. By streamlining and rationalizing information infrastructure and processes, Symplicity leverages its technological tools to enable educators to perform their vital functions with greater ease and efficiency.