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18
Jan.
2023

Software Shibboleth

Shibboleth Success Story: We Love a Deployment!

By Apryl Motley, InCommon Communications Lead

Tim Hansen When members of the InCommon community achieve their goals, we achieve ours. We love hearing how our training and other resources help research and education institutions overcome obstacles and turn them into opportunities. Recently, we heard from a past attendee of InCommon Academy’s Shibboleth training. He wrote…

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06
Jan.
2023

Academy Software

New Year. New Resolve. Get Your IAM in Better Shape.

By Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director

Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director According to a recent Statista Global Consumer Survey, the most common New Year’s resolutions for 2023 among adults (18 – 89 years old) are to exercise more (52%), eat healthier (50%), and lose weight (40%). In other words – living healthier by getting in better…

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02
Nov.
2022

midPoint Academy

InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: Making the Most of midPoint

By Apryl Motley, CAE, Communications Lead, InCommon

With our next virtual midPoint Basics workshop coming up November 7–10, we asked instructor Ivan Noris,  an expert identity engineer at InCommon Catalyst Evolveum, to share his insights on its benefits. (Register for training with Ivan now.) What do you hope attendees will learn…

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22
Aug.
2022

Academy COmanage Grouper midPoint Shibboleth

InCommon Academy Offers the Best Options Available for IAM Training This Fall

By Apryl Motley, InCommon Communications Lead

New season. New skills to learn and master. InCommon Academy is your one-stop connection to the best options for your team’s identity and access management (IAM) training this fall. Consistently rated 4.5 out of 5 stars, InCommon Academy workshops aren’t your run-of-the-mill training classes. …

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09
Aug.
2022

BaseCAMP Academy

Lightning Strikes Twice: Select BaseCAMP 2022 Videos Available Through IAM Online

By Apryl Motley, InCommon Communications Lead

BaseCAMP 2002 (held June 6-10) featured four fabulous Lightning Talks. These YouTube videos are now available through our IAM Online platform. Below is what you can expect to learn from each presentation. DevOps in 10Presenter: Dave Shafer, DevOps Manager, Trust and Identity, Internet2Learn how tools…

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22
Jun.
2022

BaseCAMP Academy

Learn. Share. Belong. Building Better Connections at BaseCAMP 2022

By Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2

Kevin Morooney Learn. Share. Belong. This has become the theme of InCommon BaseCAMP since we started it four years ago. And it makes sense because these verbs have been the cornerstone for over 20 years of conversations about trust and identity in the Internet2 and InCommon communities. This year’s…

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21
Jun.
2022

COmanage Academy

InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: The Flexibility of COmanage for the Win

By Apryl Motley, CAE - Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Services

Just ahead of kicking off our next COmanage Class, June 28–30, we caught up with co-instructors Shayna Atkinson and Laura Paglione, both partners with Spherical Cow Group, to get their take on what attendees can expect from the workshop and what they hope their major takeaways will be. (There’s…

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16
Jun.
2022

BaseCAMP

Bits & Bytes from InCommon BaseCAMP 2022: Our Lessons and Our Thanks

By Erin Murtha, Director of the InCommon Academy

Lessons Shared Tents assembled; eyes and ears opened. InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 attendees came ready to learn and help others do the same. Here are some examples of the great lessons shared during our 20-plus hours together (June 6–10, 2022): The goal is to learn, share, and have fun. “If…

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18
May.
2022

Academy

Right Place. Right Time. SLAC’s Bruce Vincent Shares Insights on Joining the InCommon Collaboration Success Program

By Apryl Motley, CAE - Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Service

Bruce Vincent Where do you turn for community and collaboration as your institution launches a multiyear identity and access management (IAM) modernization program? For Bruce Vincent, director of identity and middleware services at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the answer was the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). CSP was the…

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22
Feb.
2022

Software COmanage Grouper midPoint Shibboleth

Time for InCommon Academy Spring Training 

By Erin Murtha, Director of the InCommon Academy

90% of participants would recommend InCommon Academy training courses to a colleague. That’s a .900 batting average and any major league club (or aspiring Little Leaguer) would be proud to boast those stats! Now is the perfect time to brush up on your skills (and hit the batting cages) or…

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