About Unicon

Unicon is the open source services company for education

Unicon is a consulting and systems integration company that provides educational institutions with ‘best-fit’ open source solutions to IT business challenges.  The company’s focus is enterprise deployments of open source software for campus portals, collaboration, learning, calendaring, email and integration technology for higher education.  Institutions confidently select Unicon for achieving the maximum benefit for their open source investment.  Unicon provides expert guidance necessary to meet the unique needs of institutions through faster implementation, increased flexibility and reduced risk. At Unicon, our first priority is to understand your institutions vision for the future as well as your current challenges.  We work closely together to create a roadmap that addresses those challenges while realizing your unique vision.

The Advantages of Unicon

Domain Expertise in Higher Education

Unicon understands technology. Since 1993, Unicon has provided learning technology services and solutions to over 175 clients, including some of the largest and most prestigious colleges and universities, Fortune 100 companies, and global publishers.  With the right products, know-how and experience, Unicon plays a critical role in the technology-driven transformation of higher education.

Commitment to Open Source

More than a provider of services for open source and community source solutions, Unicon participates and contributes to various community organizations.  Our Services and Support Teams are code contributors and collaborators in community wikis and email lists.  As a leading Commercial Affiliate of both Sakai and uPortal, Unicon maintains an established presence in these communities and a broad network in open source for higher education.

Experienced People

Unicon is committed to hiring and retaining qualified and seasoned talent.  Our employees are our greatest assets.  Their diverse backgrounds and experience from major institutions and corporations bring proven abilities for large scale projects.  Our Services and Support Teams include architects, developers, integration consultants, and administrators who are open source systems experts with deep community and project knowledge.  Leveraging experience gained from hundreds of open source framework implementations, Unicon’s Services and Support Teams can help your institution design, implement, and maintain your learning technology solutions.

Large Company Abilities, Small Company Values

Unicon provides large-scale consulting firm professionalism and capabilities, but offers the agility, personalized service, and relationships of a small company.  At Unicon, our first priority is to understand your vision for the future as well as your current challenges.  Together we will create a roadmap to accomplish your goals.

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Open Source Projects

Unicon provides professional services and support for the following open source projects.

Sakai Services

Evaluate, implement, and customize Sakai with the help of Unicon’s Services Team. Find out more.

uPortal Services

Rely on Unicon’s expertise to integrate channels and portlets, creating a personalized gateway for your online campus. Find out more.

CAS Services

Draw from Unicon's professional guidance and services to integrate CAS as your single sign on authentication service. Find out more.

Zimbra Offerings

Discover how Zimbra can be used to integrate email, contacts, shared calendar, VoIP, as well as online document authoring and sharing. Find out more.