News and information about InCommon Academy offerings

[Dean Woodbeck <>]

InCommon News
March 3, 2010

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In This Issue

* Six New Steering Committee Members
* Affiliate Program Launched
* First IAM Online Draws Crowd
* CAMP, Advance CAMP Registration Open
* InCommon Online Forum Kicks Off
* Milestone: 200th Participant
* New Participants
* New Sponsored Partners

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Six New Steering Committee Members

The InCommon Steering Committee is responsible for managing the business 
and affairs of InCommon, including oversight and recommendations on 
operation and management  issues. InCommon welcomes six new members to 
Steering:

     Mark Crase, California State University
     Chris Holmes, Baylor University
     John O'Keefe, Lafayette College
     Stephanie Reel, Johns Hopkins University
     Craig Stewart, Indiana University
     Shel Waggener, University of California, Berkeley

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Affiliate Program Launched

InCommon has launched a pilot Affiliate Program to allow participants to 
connect with commercial or non-profit organizations that provide 
software, content, guidance, support, and implementation and integration 
services related to participating in the federation. Proceeds will 
provide funding for the federation’s ongoing programs, including 
outreach, collaboration activities, educational offerings, research and 
development, and technical operations. 
www.incommonfederation.org/affiliate/

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First IAM Online Draws Crowd

More than 100 people attended the first IAM Online, a new monthly series 
offered by InCommon in cooperation with Internet2 and the EDUCAUSE 
Identity and Access Management Working Group. IAM Online delivers 
interactive education, including federated identity management 
essentials, advanced issues in IAM, and hot topics from the EDUCAUSE 
Identity and Access Management Working Group. The first session, an 
introduction to federated identity management, was held February 12. The 
next session - identity proofing remote users – will take place March 
11. www.incommonfederation.org/iamonline.html

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CAMP, Advance CAMP Registration Open

Registration has opened for CAMP (Campus Architecture and Middleware 
Planning) and Advance CAMP, both sponsored by InCommon in cooperation 
with Internet2 and other organizations. CAMP (June 21-23) will focus on 
exploring and supporting federated identity management, while the 
Advance CAMP (June 23-25) features the second identity services summit. 
Both will take place in Raleigh, North Carolina. www.incommon.org/camp

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InCommon Online Forum Kicks Off

The InCommon Online Forum kicked off February 25 with a session with the 
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The monthly forum will include 
interactive sessions with the InCommon TAC, the InCommon Steering 
Committee and InCommon collaborative groups.

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Milestone: 200th Participant

InCommon reached a milestone in February, welcoming Augsburg College in 
Minneapolis as the 200th participant.

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New Participants in February

Higher Education
  - California State University, Stanislaus (www.csustan.edu)
  - University of Cincinnati (www.uc.edu)
  - University of Pittsburgh (www.pitt.edu)
  - Princeton University (www.princeton.edu)

Sponsored Partners
  - e-Academy (www.e-academy.com)
  - eBooks.com (www.ebooks.com)
  - Qualtrics Labs Inc. (www.qualtrics.com)

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New Sponsored Partners

e-Academy - e-academy is the world's leading provider of hosted 
electronic software delivery solutions and software license compliance 
for the education market. Founded in 1997, e-academy is committed to 
maximizing software availability on campuses by reducing the total cost 
of software distribution and license compliance for both educational 
institutions and software vendors.

eBooks.com - eBooks.com sells books in multiple electronic formats in 
all categories. eBooks.com launched in 2000 with just 50 titles, and now 
offers a catalog of over 100,000, and is the leading retailer of 
downloadable books on the web. Users can download books to computers, 
PDAs and mobile phones. They can also read books online, from any 
computer, anywhere, without downloading or installing anything.

Qualtrics - Qualtrics is an online survey program designed to give 
inexperienced and experienced users alike a wide range of flexible tools 
capable of accommodating simple questionnaires to advanced experimental 
designs. Qualtrics has more than 300 university clients. The interface 
is intuitive enough that a researcher with no programming experience 
could design a survey with complex logic, multi-media incorporation, and 
sophisticated reporting measures in a matter of minutes. Qualtrics's 
platform is secure enough to gather personal identifying information 
like medical histories or proprietary trade secrets. For more 
information contact Greg Brassfield at .

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Dean Woodbeck
Internet2/InCommon