Unicon Wins Campus Technology Magazine’s 2006 Innovator Award
Unicon Recognized for "User Centric Campus Infrastructure" Work at University of California-Merced
Phoenix, AZ - July 31, 2006 - Unicon, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise portal, collaboration, learning, and integration technology for higher education institutions, has been selected as one of Campus Technology magazine's 2006 Innovators to be featured in the August issue. The magazine selected 16 winners in several diverse categories, and after thoroughly reviewing and deliberating some 480 proposals, editors recognized and awarded Unicon in the "User Centric Campus Infrastructure" category for their technology partnership work at the University of California-Merced.
"We are very pleased with the results of our expanded online campus portal that was implemented in conjunction with Unicon," stated Rich Kogut, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, University of California-Merced. "The project was completed on time and within our budget. Unicon's technology expertise was top notch and they worked closely with us to understand and meet our goals."
"Unicon is extremely honored to receive this award and recognition from the editors of Campus Technology magazine," stated John C. Blakley, CEO of Unicon, Inc. "I want to personally congratulate our employees because this award is a direct result of their world-class technology expertise, deep understanding of higher education organizations, and industry-leading customer support."
About Campus Technology
The Campus Technology franchise consists of the monthly Campus Technology magazine, its web site, www.campus-technology.com, electronic newsletters (News Update, IT Trends, SmartClassroom, C-Level View), conferences, and targeted list rental opportunities. Campus Technology magazine is sent each month to 50,000 senior-level management readers and contains feature articles, case studies, product reviews, and profiles of technology use at the individual, departmental, and institutional level. Featured topics include advanced networking, administrative systems, portals, security, electronic publishing, presentation technologies, course management systems, technology infrastructure, and strategic IT planning. Our regular columnists and contributing editors, who are recognized experts in higher education technology, write monthly on cutting-edge trends and issues on campus.
About Unicon
Unicon is a provider of enterprise portal, collaboration, learning, and integration technology for higher education institutions and is the leading commercial supporter of the uPortal open source Web portal initiative. Unicon solutions are based on open source and community source technologies to increase productivity while reducing costs. The company is the developer of the Academus Enterprise Portal and Web Content Management Solution and creator of the Academus Open Campus Web site www.academusopencampus.com, which allows academic instructors and IT personnel to try new online technologies, products, and services in a low-cost and risk-free environment. Unicon is also a Sakai Commercial Affiliate. More information about Unicon, Inc. is available at www.unicon.net.
