Unicon Announces Fall Webinar Series on Open Source

Presentations on Open Source Portals, Learning Management Systems, and Identity Management

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unicon, Inc., a leading provider of software consulting services and open source solutions for the education market, today announced its fall webinar series of presentations about open source applications in higher education. The presentations will focus on open source portals, learning management systems, identity management, and other open source applications, platforms, and technologies. CIOs, administrators, and IT personnel from higher educational institutions are invited to attend at no charge. Seating is limited. Information about these webinars is listed below.

Webinars Include:

New uPortal Administration Portlet

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific)

Gary Thompson, Unicon's User Experience Leader, and Jen Bourey, Software Developer with Unicon, will describe the functionality and benefits of the new Administration Portlet.

Real-World Identity Management Solutions

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific)

Originally presented at Campus Technology 2009, John Lewis, Unicon's Vice President of Higher Education, will explore real, tactical things that can be done now to start solving the identity management issues in enterprises.

Enterprise Portals as the User Interface of Services-Oriented Architecture

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific)

John Blakley, Unicon's CEO, along with Andrew Petro, Senior Software Developer with Unicon, will explain how Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides tangible benefits in making the enterprise more responsive to needs for new and innovative capabilities. This webinar will discuss strategies for delivering an effective SOA UI via the portal.

Reducing TCO with Hosted, Learning Management Systems

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific)

Discover how learning management systems (LMS) can be a viable solution to the intersection of exploding enrollments, increasing needs for scalable technology, and reduced budget challenges at colleges and universities.

Unicon will also be providing open source educational presentations at EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

November 3-6, 2009

Denver, CO

Colorado Convention Center

Unicon is providing presentations for attendees to discover choices with open source enterprise applications including portals, learning management systems, authentication, and email. Unicon will be presenting live demos of various open source projects in booth #475. See Unicon's booth presentation schedule to help plan your conference itinerary.

See the full list of Unicon's upcoming events here.

About Unicon

Unicon, Inc. is a leading provider of IT consulting services for the education market. Unicon works closely with colleges, universities, and corporations to find the best solutions to meet their business challenges. Unicon specializes in using open source technologies to deliver flexible and cost-effective systems in the areas of enterprise portals, learning management systems (LMS), identity management, calendaring, email, and collaboration. Unicon is a contributing member of the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Jasig partner and authorized Solution Provider for both CAS and uPortal, a Liferay Service Partner, a member of the Oracle Partner Network, and a Sakai Commercial Affiliate for the community source Collaboration and Learning Environment. For more information, visit: www.unicon.net.

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