CampusEAI Consortium Successfully Launches Sun®Enterprise Identity Management for Antioch University1

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CampusEAI Implements Sun^®EIDM With High Availability And Integration To myCampus Portal, Active Directory^®, Datatel^®, Gmail^®and Sakai^®

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• CampusEAI Consortium's myCampus Portal
• Active Directory
• GoogleApps
• Gmail
• Datatel
• Sakai

Following the initial assessment, In March 2009, Antioch University awarded the CampusEAI Consortium a Professional Services contract to implement Sun^®EIDM and provide the following services:

• Integrate Datatel^®with Sun^®EIDM by implementing CampusEAI's Middleware IDM reference layer
• Integrate Sun^®IDM with Gmail^®
• Enhance performance of user synchronization in Sun^®EIDM
• Define and implement business processes related to the provisioning and de-provisioning services for Active Directory^®, Google^®Apps^®Gmail^®, Sakai^®, Library Services, myCampus Portal and the Sun^®Open Directory Server^®
• Setup and Configuration the Sun^®EIDM infrastructure to support Development, QA and Production environments
• Integrate Sun^®Open Directory Server^®LDAP to serve as the Centralized User Repository for myCampus Portal, Sakai^®and Library services
• Configure Sun^®Open Directory Server^®High Availability with multi-master replication implementation to achieve redundancy
• Centralize user creation, modification and disabling for all university services through Sun^®EIDM
• Centralize Password Management to maintain user security throughout the EIDM system
• Configure Password Synchronization to enable user password changes from local domain machines
• Implement a highly available Hardware Load Balancing solution in front of the LDAP servers to better scalability

With a dedicated CampusEAI Identity Management team comprised of three Senior IDM Consultants, a Senior DBA and a Senior Designer, CampusEAI implemented the Sun^®EIDM solution meeting the requirements above and as a result Antioch realized the following benefits:

• Increased User Record Synchronization performance across all Antioch University campuses
• Access to employee and student records accessible from the Datatel^®through Sun^®EIDM
• Automated access for employees and students to different applications including Active Directory^®, Sakai^®and Gmail^®.
• Dynamic role-based access to the myCampus Portal for employees and students
• Effective and efficient management of a Centralized User Identity.
• Decreased administration cost

Following the release, CampusEAI now serves as the primary support provider for Sun^®EIDM and is responsible for upgrades, applying patches and enhancements. Additionally, CampusEAI supporting the integration between Antioch's back-end systems and Sun^®EIDM.

For more information on the CampusEAI Consortium or CampusEAI Consortium Professional Services, contact Anjli Jain atanjli_jain@campuseai.orgto schedule an executive one-on-one session.

About Albany State University

Antioch is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life, and regional or national identity. Together we have developed a new Ph.D. program and a growing number of on-line courses. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information, please visitwww.antioch.edu.

About CampusEAI Consortium

CampusEAI Consortium is a global not-for-profit information technology services and consulting provider focused on helping its members implement enterprise IT solutions cost-effectively and timely. More than 260 members belong to the CampusEAI Consortium, including Albany State University, Curry College, Southwestern Community College, Waynesburg University, Georgian College and The Australian National University. For more information, visitwww.campuseai.org.

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