JASIG NEWSLETTER - JULY 2010
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JASIG FALL UNCONFERENCE
- Registration is Open for the Jasig Fall Unconference!
JASIG PROJECTS
Central Authentication Service (CAS)
- Jasig ClearPass Extension for CAS 1.0.5.GA Release
- Security Releases: CAS Server 3.4.2.1 and CAS Server 3.3.5.1
uPortal
- uPortal 3.0.6 Released
- uPortal 3.1.3 Released
- uPortal 3.2.2 Released
- uPortal Documentation .... Coming Along!
Bedework
- Bedework Update
AROUND JASIG
- Kuali Days Call for Proposals
- Contegix Becomes Newest Jasig Partner
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
- 2010 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference - Anaheim, California (October 12-15, 2010)
- Kuali Days 2010 - San Diego, California (November 8-10, 2010)
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The costs are low. The learning opportunities are incomparable!
REGISTER NOW:
- Registration fee for the October 2010 Jasig Unconference: $225/Members, $275/Non-Members
- Nightly rate at Harrah's Hotel: $88.99
- Two-and-a-half days talking, learning, teaching, planning, designing, coding, and hanging out with your peers: Priceless!
DATES:
October 18-20, Unconference sessions
October 20-21, Developer/Implementer meetings
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Yes, I know ... you thought it could never get done ... … but it's happening!
The documentation is coming along very nicely thanks to many of you who have been sending me feedback. You may have already noticed each week I am sending the community mailing-lists emails on special topics to keep on task and focused. Please continue sending me content, ideas, screenshots, or pin-pointing bad grammar and misspellings (which is equally important) as the documentation will be most successful if built by the community.
The main goal of the documentation, besides content, is the organization. We really wanted to create a manual that can be followed by EVERYONE...EVERYONE….a developer/programmer should not be required to get uPortal up and running. The manual is being created to be a step-by-step process that builds from the requirements of uPortal all the way up to "Yea, I have uPortal installedinstalled…....Now What?!" . Well, the next phase of the manual "Configuring uPortal" will be based on configuring uPortal for YOUR institution, which will house different customization options such as Authentication, Themes, and Layouts. Other manuals including, Site Administration, Systems Administration, and the Developer's Manual will also be worked on once the core of the manual has been completed.
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On another note, the Unconference is being planned and is something you should definitely try to attend. We will be including a new documentation track where you can participate in creating or editing content. This event will be a really great way to get together with other uPortal users and tackle a subject. Don't worry you don't have to be a developer...wedeveloper…we'll find work for you 
In fact, we want the documentation to be less developer-centric so editors are desperately needed.
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- Calendaring as an app/platform
- Integration with other applications - uPortal, CAS , Sakai, R25, you name it
- Authentication - – Shibboleth, CAS, etc
- CardDAV and addressbooks
- Personal calendaring
- Database
- Installation and configuration
- Internationalization
- Documentation
- Bedework and calendaring clients
- BW and the cloud
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Contegix will be providing hosting and managed support of the Jasig Internet infrastructure. This will allow the organization to focus on its core business - – the development of their software products and support of the growing community. The new Jasig infrastructure is built on Contegix's Contegix’s stable platform and is fully managed 24x7 by Contegix engineers. Thus, it will greatly reduce the time spent doing troubleshooting and support internally.
"A few years ago, many people still questioned the use of open source software in higher education," says Matthew Porter, CEO and Co-Founder of Contegix. "Organizations such as Jasig are showing that through collaboration amongst institutions and commercial parties, open source software and related projects can enable future advancements in the higher education environment. Jasig's Jasig’s projects enable many global educational institutions to benefit from the contributions of a highly technical community and we are proud to support this endeavor."
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Contegix is a technology firm known for delivering exceptional customer service and internet infrastructure intelligence. Their dedicated staff of engineers provide solid solutions to complex business challenges in the areas of hosting, cloud computing, co-location and infrastructure management services. Founded in 2004, Contegix was listed as the Linux Journal's Reader's Journal’s Reader’s Choice Award for Favorite Linux-Friendly Web-Hosting Company, and has built a solid industry reputation entirely based on delivering peace of mind to valued clients. They serve clients in range of industries - from innovative technology start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
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"In the realm of higher education information technology, no other event brings together more powerful, creative minds in the field than the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference...Conference…
CONNECT with colleagues and explore solutions to today's today’s common higher ed IT challenges.
EMPOWER action by uncovering new ways to enhance your campus's campus’s resources and policies.
REVITALIZE and ignite ideas that help you navigate and shape our ever-changing future.
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