InCommon News - August 8, 2011
In This Issue:
- Pennsylvania System, InCommon Develop Template Agreement
- Federated Research.gov Proves Popular
- InCommon Email Lists Change Names
- New Participant, Affiliate Logos Introduced
- Joe St Sauver to Manage Certificate Service
- New Participants in July
Pennsylvania System, InCommon Develop Template Agreement
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), a consortium of 14 universities, has developed a standard participation agreement with InCommon. Read the full story at https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/kJSKAQ.
Federated Research.gov Proves Popular
Since announcing the availability of federated access to its Research.gov portal, the National Science Foundation reports that 11 universities have completed the relatively simple integration process, with more than 20 in various stages of the process. Federated access allows researchers to log into Research.gov with their university credentials and then connect seamlessly to FastLane. To receive details about partnering with NSF, email feedback@research.gov.
InCommon Email Lists Change Names
InCommon has changed the names of several email lists in an effort to simplify list names and clarify list purposes. https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/sZmKAQ
New Participant, Affiliate Logos Introduced
InCommon has developed new logos, including one for use by any InCommon participant and one for use by InCommon affiliates. https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/3JiKAQ
Joe St Sauver to Manage Certificate Service
Joe St Sauver, an active participant and well-known name in higher education security circles, has joined InCommon to manage the InCommon Certificate Service and support the development of additional trust services. https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/GJOKAQ
New Participants in July
Higher Education
- A.T. Still University (www.atsu.edu)
- Chapman University (www.chapman.edu)
- McNally Smith College (www.mcnallysmith.edu
- St. Louis University (www.slu.edu)
- University of Idaho (www.uidaho.edu)
- University of Kentucky (www.uky.edu)
- University of Wisconsin-Superior (www.uwsuper.edu)
Research Organizations
- GENI (www.geni.net)
- Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) (www.lternet.edu)
Sponsored Partners
- CollegeNet (www.collegenet.com)
- Nolij (www.nolij.com)
- UHC (www.uhc.edu)
About CollegeNet
CollegeNET, Inc. is a leading developer of Web-based systems for higher education and nonprofit organizations, serving more than 1,300 clients worldwide. The company helps institutions improve efficiencies, reduce paper consumption and cut costs by providing advanced tools for managing resources, streamlining information, and better serving students and prospects. As an InCommon Federation participant, CollegeNET enables convenient authentication for users of its Shibboleth-compatible systems, including the 25Live® event management and e-commerce system, the Admit® online admissions application evaluation system, and the What·Do·You·Think?® online course and instructor evaluation system. For more information, visit corp.collegenet.com or contact sales@collegenet.com.
About Nolij
Nolij Corporation has been innovating and delivering enterprise content management (ECM) solutions to the higher education market since 1999. The latest version of Nolij Web, with its zero footprint Java framework, capable of running securely in any browser and on any platform - including native support for all popular mobile devices - has the features and functionality that leading institutions demand today. Hundreds of colleges and universities world-wide rely on Nolij technology to improve the capture, input, availability and flow of information within and throughout their enterprise. Now part of InCommon, Nolij Web offers a wide variety of federated features including:
• document scanning, viewing, and indexing with automatic full text capture
• live integrated data forms
• built-in, robust workflow
• tight integration with all major enterprise email systems
Federation participants can now license a fully web-based enterprise content management system - as a SaaS solution deployed via the cloud or as a self-hosted solution deployed on-site - that operates across all popular mobile and desktop platforms (e.g. Mac, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Palm) and comes standard with the security and convenience of the InCommon Single Sign On configuration.
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