New JISC resource showcases improved access to services

Posted on Wednesday, 22 December 2010

With the increasing pressure on budgets and performance in UK colleges and universities, now is a good time to really think about improving access to your organisation's internal services through effective access and identity management.

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JANET Certificate Service now accessible through WAYFless URL

Posted on Monday, 13 December 2010

The JANET Certificate Service enables the automated processing of certificate requests, for all .ac.uk and .gov.uk domains, along with the ability to monitor and manage new certificates that are issued. And now, it is even easier to access: simply create a "WAYFless URL" for your own institution and save it for later use.

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New WAYF (Central Discovery Service) Interface

Posted on Thursday, 25 November 2010

On Wednesday 1st December 2010, the UK federation WAYF service (now known as the 'Central Discovery Service') will be given an improved user interface based on the results of user experience testing.

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New Version of Shibboleth IdP (v 2.2) Released

Posted on Thursday, 30 September 2010

Version 2.2 of the Shibboleth IdP software has been released.

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New editions of technical documents published

Posted on Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Technical reference documents for the UK federation are available here.

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Completion of UK federation customer satisfaction survey

Posted on Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Earlier this year JANET(UK) commissioned Prodata, a UK-based independent research company, to carry out a survey of the UK federation service. The survey was carried out during April and May, and the executive summary of the report is now available.

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Bookings now open for FAM10

Posted on Wednesday, 11 August 2010

On behalf of Nicole Harris, we are happy to announce that bookings for FAM10 are now open. For more information, see the website, or sign up here.

The programme will be launched very shortly - we are currently in the process of confirming slots with speakers. However, you can expect:

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Thumbs up for Shibboleth!

Posted on Thursday, 8 July 2010

The UK federation website gives access to several Case Studies. These are available via the 'Info Centre' (see the right-hand orange link at the top of the page).

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Contributed case studies

Posted on Thursday, 17 June 2010

The UK federation website gives access to several Case Studies. These are available via the 'Info Centre' (see the right-hand orange link at the top of the page).

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UK federation customer satisfaction survey

Posted on Tuesday, 20 April 2010

The UK Access Management Federation was launched in November 2006 and now has almost 800 members. To ensure that the federation continues to meet the requirements of its members and to help focus service enhancements, JANET(UK) has commissioned a survey of a sample of federation members. read more... Edited by SteveGlover