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[Dean Woodbeck <>]

Unicon Becomes First InCommon Affiliate

ANN ARBOR, Michigan – May 7, 2010 – Unicon, Inc., a leading provider of 
information technology consulting services for the education market, has 
become an InCommon Affiliate. 

InCommon is the U.S. trust federation, operated through Internet2, that 
provides a privacy-preserving, secure method for accessing online resources, 
including single sign-on convenience, for faculty, researchers, students and 
staff at higher education institutions. The Affiliate Program provides the 
research and education community with a way to connect with partners able to 
help build the necessary underlying infrastructure that supports federated 
access. 

“Unicon is proud to be the first company to join the new InCommon Affiliate 
Program,” said John Blakley, CEO of Unicon, Inc.  “Market needs around 
identity management are stronger than ever.  With the increasing amount of 
cross-institutional collaboration, we see federated identity becoming more 
essential every day.”

Unicon, Inc. provides services for authentication solutions, including 
Shibboleth Federated Single Sign-On Software, offering implementation 
planning, branding, installation, configuration, custom development, 
mentoring and support.  Unicon can implement and customize Shibboleth for 
uPortal, Sakai, and other enterprise applications. The company also offers 
solutions for Jasig’s CAS Single Sign-On (Central Authentication Service), 
and VASCO’s two-factor authentication solutions. 

“Shibboleth and core identity management infrastructure are key for a large 
majority of our participants,” said John Krienke, chief operating officer of 
InCommon. “We’re pleased to welcome Unicon and their extensive experience 
with Shibboleth implementations.”

For more information, and a list of current affiliates, go to 
www.incommon.org/affiliate.

ABOUT 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 (LMS), authentication, video, calendaring, email, and 
collaboration.  Unicon is a Sakai Commercial Affiliate; an InCommon 
Affiliate; a member of Internet2 and the Oracle Partner Network; a Jasig 
partner and authorized Solution Provider for both CAS and uPortal; a services 
partner of Kaltura, Liferay, VASCO, and Zimbra; and a contributing member of 
the IMS Global Learning Consortium. For more information, visit: 
www.unicon.net. 

ABOUT INCOMMON
The InCommon Federation, operated by Internet2, provides a 
privacy-preserving, secure method for higher education institutions and their 
partners to offer access to online resources, including single sign-on 
convenience, to their faculty, researchers, students and staff. Through 
InCommon, individuals no longer need to maintain multiple passwords and 
usernames and online service providers no longer need to maintain user 
accounts. The educational institution manages the level of privacy and 
security for its constituents. For more information, see www.incommon.org.