The uPortal Project

Session Details

Thursday, October 25, 2007
2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
Ballroom 6B

Session Type: Featured Speaker

Speaker(s)

James Farmer, Coordinator, Interoperability Center, Georgetown University
David W. Koehler, Director of Information Systems, CIT, Cornell University
William G. Thompson, Jr., Senior Technologist, Princeton University
Session moderator: Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT, CIO, and Professor, Indiana University
Session convener: Polley McClure, Vice President Emeritus, Cornell University

Abstract

This panel will tell the story of the uPortal project, a community effort to develop a free, sharable, enterprise-wide Web portal specifically for higher education. The flagship project for JA-SIG (the Java Applications Special Interest Group), uPortal has become the most widely used portal in production in higher education.

WINNER: 2007 EDUCAUSE Catalyst Award. Award sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

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More Information

For more information, see:

http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/TheuPortalProject/45359