Middleware Announcements

[Renee Woodten Frost <>]

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SHIBBOLETH WORKSHOP SERIES
Identity Provider * July 28, 2010 * 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Central Time 
Service Provider * July 29, 2010 * 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Central Time 
Northwestern University  Library * Evanston, Illinois 
incommon.org/educate/shibboleth/ 
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Register Now for the Shibboleth Workshop Series July 28 and 29 in Evanston, Illinois 

Have you decided to deploy a web single sign-on (SSO) system and leverage it to access resources and contracted services in the InCommon Federation? Do you need training on installation and support?

Consider attending one or both:
*  Shibboleth Identity Provider Workshop on July 28
•  Shibboleth Service Provider Workshop on July 29

The InCommon Shibboleth Identity and Service Provider Workshops will provide attendees with technical installation and configuration experience with Shibboleth Single Sign-on and Federating Software, version 2. 

Developed for organizations new to Shibboleth and those with existing implementations interested in upgrading to the v2 release, the workshops will offer attendees the chance to:
•  Install either a prototype Shibboleth identity or service provider in a virtual machine environment.
*  Hear tips for configuring and running the software in production.
•  Learn about integration with LDAP directories and selected packages.

AUDIENCE includes higher education and partner organization representatives with knowledge of identity management concepts and related implementation experience. Organizations are encouraged to send one or two attendees who best represent the following functions:
• System install, integration, and ongoing support staff
• Campus technology architects

REGISTER SOON to reserve a seat at http://www.incommonfederation.org/educate/shibboleth/registration.html. Participation is in both workshops limited to maintain program quality. For those staying overnight, there are hotels within walking distance of the Northwestern campus

RESOURCES: To learn more about Shibboleth, see shibboleth.internet2.edu. Further information on federated identity can be found on the InCommon Federation site:www.incommon.org. 

SHIBBOLETH WORKSHOP SERIES is sponsored by the InCommon Federation in cooperation with Northwestern University Library and Internet2.

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ABOUT INCOMMON (http://www.incommon.org)
InCommon provides the U.S. higher education and research community with the common framework for trustworthy shared management of access to online resources. InCommon facilitates the development of a community-based common trust fabric sufficient to enable participants to make appropriate decisions about the release of identity information and the control of access to protected online resources. InCommon is intended to enable production-level end-user access to a wide variety of protected resources.

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ABOUT INTERNET2 (http://www.internet2.edu)
Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment, and use of revolutionary Internet technologies. Internet2 brings the U.S. research and academic community together with technology leaders from industry, government, and the international community to undertake collaborative efforts that have a fundamental impact on tomorrow's Internet.

Renée Woodten Frost, Director

Internet2

office:  +1-734-913-4293