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- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 11:07:16 -0400
InCommon News June 7, 2011 --------------- In This Issue: * June 15 IAM Online: Grab the Bronze and Silver Ring: Identity Assurance Progress * InCommon Supporting New Metadata Elements * CAMP Coming June 21-23: Registration Still Open * Shibboleth Workshops Slated for July 21-22 in Milwaukee * Steering Approves Refined Assurance Documents * Certificate Service Offers Client (Personal) Certificates * Legacy WAYF Decommissioning Planned for July 6 * New Participants for June * Featured InCommon Affiliate: Aegis USA * Featured InCommon Affiliate: Unicon --------------- June 15 IAM Online: Grab the Bronze and Silver Ring: Identity Assurance Progress June’s IAM Online webinar will look at the refined documents and the process of achieving Bronze and Silver. Weds., June 15, 3 p.m. ET. www.incommon.org/iamonline --------------- InCommon Supporting New Metadata Elements During the week of June 13, InCommon will deploy several new metadata elements aimed at delivering additional information about identity providers and service providers, improving the user experience, and enabling the process of user consent. https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/o4mKAQ --------------- CAMP Coming June 21-23: Registration Still Open Looking for concrete solutions to your most pressing identity-related challenges? Want to know more about the hot topics in federated identity today? Or just want to get an introduction to federated identity management? Come to CAMP! https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/JwBSAQ --------------- Shibboleth Workshops Slated July 21-22 in Milwaukee Need training on Shibboleth installation and support? Leave the Shibboleth Workshops with an installed instance of the identity provider and/or the service provider software. www.incommon.org/educate/shibboleth --------------- Steering Approves Refined Assurance Documents Version 1.1 of the two foundational documents for the InCommon Identity Assurance Program have been approved, clarifying and updating requirements for complying with Bronze and Silver. www.incommon.org/assurance/ --------------- Certificate Service Offers Client (Personal) Certificates The InCommon Certificate Service has rolled out client (e.g. personal) certificates. Unlimited client certificates are part of the base package that includes SSL, EV and, soon, code signing certificates. All are available to the higher education community for one fixed annual fee for all domains you own or control. www.incommon.org/cert --------------- Legacy WAYF Decommissioning Planned for July 6 InCommon rolled out the Discovery Service in February, replacing the old WAYF. A redirect from the WAYF to the DS was installed at that time. That redirect is scheduled to be removed on July 6. You can see the announcement at https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/OgBoAQ --------------- New Participants in May Higher Education
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--------------- Featured InCommon Affiliate: Aegis USA Founded in 2004, AegisUSA is a leading provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM) products and services. AegisUSA offers a broad portfolio of cost-effective open standards-based IAM solutions including: Enterprise IAM Suite, TridentHE IAM Suite (focused on Higher Education), and specialized pre-package IAM Appliances. Part of AegisUSA’s superior solutions includes employing consistent, standards-based implementation methodologies supporting the entire IAM implementation — not just the software. AegisUSA's technology-enabled methodology delivers a significant reduction in implementation costs and timeframes compared to traditional implementations without AegisUSA. For more information, please visit AegisUSA on the web at www.aegisusa.com. --------------- Featured InCommon Affiliate: Unicon Unicon, Inc., is a leading provider of IT consulting services for the education market. Unicon works closely with colleges, universities, and corporations to find the best solutions to meet their business challenges. Unicon specializes in using open source technologies to deliver flexible and cost-effective systems in the areas of enterprise portals, learning management systems, identity and access management, online video, calendaring, email, and collaboration. Unicon is a Sakai Commercial Affiliate; an InCommon Affiliate; an Industry Member of Internet2; a Jasig and VMware Partner; an authorized Solution Provider for CAS, uPortal, and VMware; a services partner and reseller of Kaltura, Liferay, and Zimbra; and a Contributing Member of the IMS Global Learning Consortium. For more information, visit: www.unicon.net. -------------------- InCommon News is published for InCommon participants and other interested parties. InCommon is an LLC of Internet2. Send feedback or comments to . This newsletter is sent to . To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to with one of these messages in the subject: subscribe incommon-announce or unsubscribe incommon-announce. You can also subscribe to the InCommon RSS news feed, which includes this newsletter, by visiting www.incommon.org. |
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