Federated access management: ongoing support arrangements confirmed

August 19th, 2008 | Connectivity, Content Management, FE & Skills, Further Education, Higher Education | No comments

As part of the ongoing commitment to the implementation of federation access management within the further and higher education and research sectors, JISC has confirmed the support arrangements for institutions.
The UK Access Management Federation provides the first port-of-call through the JANET helpdesk, which is fully supported by a team of access management technical experts. [...]

UK federation regional event - 28th October 2008

August 14th, 2008 | Connectivity, Content Management, Events (All) | No comments

UK FEDERATION REGIONAL EVENT – LEEDS
Explore your options and share experiences with your peers!
JANET (UK) will be hosting a regional UK Access Management Federation event on the 28th October 2008, at Weetwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Leeds.
The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for delegates to identify and discuss the anticipated challenges [...]

An opportunity to share your experiences of FAM

July 25th, 2008 | Connectivity, Content Management | No comments

JANET(UK) would like to develop a portfolio of case studies on organisations which have deployed federated access management. The case studies would be done through a series of interviews with key individuals at the institutions and can be anonymous if the organisation wishes not to be named.
It is hoped that the case studies will [...]

An Introduction to the UK federation course

July 2nd, 2008 | Content Management, Events (All), Training | No comments

There are a few places remaining on JANET Training’s An Introduction to the UK federation course on the 10th July in London.
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of what is required of organisations wishing to join the UK Access Management Federation. The course will include suggested ways of deploying federated access [...]