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[Maarten Kremers <>]

Hi Heather,

Sounds very nice. Let's give it a shot! :-)

Cheers,
 Maarten


On 12-02-13 02:21, Heather Flanagan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Feedback on this session proposal for the New and Improved Internet2
> meeting?  I would like to get this submitted and the WG session
> cancelled by Wednesday of this week.
> 
> Thanks!
> Heather
> 
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> Integrating the Campus Enterprise and the Researcher
> 
> Supporting the IT needs at a campus-wide scale while still being
> responsive to the unique needs of the academic is a challenge found at
> institutions of all levels.  But what if CIOs could securely and easily
> let researchers configure the services they need with the identity
> management and collaboration tools already in place?  What if CIOs could
> offer a platform that allowed researchers to create ad hoc research
> groups of both on- and off-campus members and then self-select the tools
> most useful to their collaboration?  What if this could all happen with
> minimal hands-on support by central IT services?  This session will
> demonstrate just such a platform under development: CoCoA.
> 
> CoCoA is a blending of two open source collaboration management
> platforms, COmanage and OpenConext.
> 
> The COmanage Project, funded by the National Science Foundation and
> Internet2, is a platform that allows small groups to meet their research
> objectives without building their own stand-alone identity management
> infrastructures. By leveraging federated identity management services
> and standard group and registry tools, authentication and authorization
> are handled in a single, efficient process that integrates a mix of
> collaboration attributes and each member's home organization attributes
> into all of the various applications that serve a collaboration community.
> 
> OpenConext was developed by SURFnet as part of the SURFworks and
> GigaPort3 programme.  It is an open source technology stack for creating
> and running collaboration platforms and creates a powerful front end for
> users to choose for themselves and their workgroups the right
> applications for their collaborations.  When combined with the COmanage
> Registry service, collaborations have a complete solution from front to
> back for identity management and collaboration needs.
> 
> 
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