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Unicon Adds Over Twenty New Open Source Projects for CAS, Sakai, uPortal, and Zimbra in Q3 2008

Customers Included Colleges, Universities, and Major U.S. Corporations

Phoenix, AZ - November 18, 2008— Unicon, Inc., the leading provider of open source software consulting services for the education market, today announced that it has completed over twenty new open source services projects in the third quarter of 2008 for numerous colleges, universities, and for U.S. corporations: Cisco, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Pearson Education. These institutions and corporations contracted with Unicon to provide a variety of services for the Central Authentication Service (CAS), Sakai, uPortal, and Zimbra applications. The services included deployment, accelerated development, application and system integration, administration training, consulting, and support through Unicon’s Cooperative Support Program.

“As open source solutions have matured and are now in place at many of the world’s most leading academic institutions, people are recognizing how powerful they have become in terms of functionality, performance, scalability, and security,” said John C. Blakley, president and CEO of Unicon, Inc. “The lower costs associated with deploying and maintaining open source solutions are making it more attractive than ever.”

Since 1999, Unicon’s consulting group has provided over 175 colleges and universities with uPortal as well as related services and support for their online campus deployments. Unicon has also made significant development, technology, and feature contributions to the uPortal platform and community.

Unicon Q3 2008 Customer Projects Include:

  • Art Center College of Design
  • Cisco Systems
  • Brooklyn College - CUNY
  • El Camino College
  • Fort Lewis College
  • Heartland Community College
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Louisiana State University
  • MCNC - North Carolina
  • New Teacher Center @ UC Santa Cruz
  • Nova Scotia Agricultural College
  • Pearson Education
  • Pratt Institute
  • Ozarks Technical Community College
  • Shenandoah University
  • Texas State Technical College System
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Hawaii System
  • University of Hull
  • University of Louisiana at Monroe