Unicon Announces Services for Liferay Portal

Services to support escalating demand from the higher education market

Phoenix, AZ - December 8, 2009 —Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider, specializing in open source for the education market, today announced it will expand its expertise in delivering enterprise portals with the addition of services for Liferay Portal, one of the world’s leading open source portal and social collaboration software platforms. The company’s partnership with Liferay will enable Unicon to deliver authorized services for Liferay Portal Enterprise Edition to meet the growing demand for higher education portal platforms.

Unicon services for Liferay Portal projects will include:

• Implementation Planning
• Installation and Configuration
• Branding
• Consulting and Mentoring
• Customization and Integration

Since 1999, Unicon’s consulting group has provided over 175 colleges and universities with enterprise portal services and support for their online campus deployments.

“Unicon understands the demand for portal frameworks within higher education,” said John C. Blakley, CEO of Unicon, Inc. “The extensive functionality and ease-of-use features make the Liferay Portal technology a good fit for Unicon and the education market."

Higher education demands for innovative infrastructure continue to grow and are supporting these efforts with open source solutions. “Liferay’s portal and social networking capabilities provide an ideal platform for higher education and Liferay is pleased to have Unicon as a valuable partner to address this market”, said Paul Hinz, CMO of Liferay, Inc.

About Liferay, Inc.
Liferay, Inc. is the provider of leading enterprise open source portal and collaboration software products, recognized by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant and used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide, including Allianz, AutoZone, Benetton Group, Cisco Systems, Lufthansa Flight Training, The French Ministry of Defense, and the United Nations. Liferay, Inc. offers professional services, technical support, custom development and professional training to ensure successful deployment in the most demanding IT environments. For more information, please visit www.liferay.com.