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

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

About Unicon

Unicon, Inc. specializes in providing software consulting services including software engineering, systems integration, and the delivery of technology solutions and support. The company effectively utilizes open source frameworks, applications, and software to provide enterprise-level portal, collaboration, learning, messaging, and secure authentication solutions for higher education institutions worldwide. Unicon is a Sakai Commercial Affiliate for the community source Collaboration and Learning Environment and also a commercial affiliate of the uPortal open source Web portal initiative. Unicon strives to base its solutions on standards-based, open source technology for increased productivity and reduced costs. For more information, visit: www.unicon.net.

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