15 Feb 2022 eduroam InCommon 10 Fun Facts to Celebrate 1,000 eduroam Subscribers in the US By Sara Aly, Senior Communications Manager Estimated reading time: 3 minutes eduroam, the global roaming Wi-Fi service, recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers across colleges, universities, and research facilities in the US. The eduroam service first came to the US in 2009 and has since grown to… Read More
26 Jan 2022 InCommon New Member Appointed, Two Members Reappointed to InCommon Steering Committee for 2022-24 By Sara Aly, Senior Communications Manager Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The InCommon Steering Committee is one of several ways our community comes together to support the research and education mission. Specifically, the committee serves as the high-level governance body establishing policies and general practices,… Read More
19 Jan 2022 InCommon Grouper School, Back by Popular Demand By Maya Gurarie, Digital Experience Specialist Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The Grouper School was so popular last year that we will offer three sessions in 2022. Grouper is the enterprise group and access management system that is part of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform. With Grouper, you can… Read More
13 Dec 2021 In The Media InCommon In the Media: InCommon Q&A with Internet2’s Ann West and Kevin Morooney Published in Campus Technology Estimated reading time: 1 minute Kevin Morooney and Ann West InCommon is a community. It’s infrastructure. It’s software. It’s training. And it’s so much more. Celebrating Internet2’s 25th anniversary this year also calls for a reflection on the origin story and evolution of… Read More
03 Dec 2021 Industry InCommon Catalysts Offer Unique Expertise, Meaningful Contributions to the InCommon Community By Amber Rasche Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Just six months have passed since the InCommon Catalyst community partner program launched in June 2021. And evidence of the Catalysts’ deep, ongoing commitment to the InCommon community is already stacking up. Catalysts are… Read More
17 Nov 2021 InCommon Grab Your Popcorn! Select CAMP Week Videos Now Available Through IAM Online By Netta Caligari, InCommon Community Success Manager Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Ready for an IAM movie night? InCommon + GÉANT’s 2021 CAMP Week is all wrapped up, but the party’s still going! To allow the broader community access to some of the incredibly insightful content from our virtual conference,… Read More
15 Nov 2021 InCommon News from the Grouper Project By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the Grouper Project Estimated reading time: 4 minutes We’re excited to share recent developments in the Grouper project. Grouper is an enterprise group and access management system that simplifies access management by letting you use the same group or role in many… Read More
12 Nov 2021 InCommon Our Leadership Community is Expanding! Advisory Committees Nominations Under Review for 2022 By Netta Caligari, InCommon Community Success Manager Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Engagement is the foundation of how we operate at InCommon. We appreciate the variety of ways our community comes together to develop best practices; guide the adoption of new technologies, and identify challenges to help resolve common issues… Read More
12 Nov 2021 InCommon The Time to Meet InCommon Baseline Expectations 2 Requirements is Fast Approaching By David St. Pierre Bantz, University of Alaska / InCommon Community Trust & Assurance Board, and Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Service Manager Estimated reading time: 1 minute InCommon Participants established the InCommon Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation in 2018 as a means to increase trust and interoperability among InCommon federation participants and to define what they expect of each other, and of InCommon Operations. Read More
12 Nov 2021 InCommon InCommon Members Support NIH Security Measures By Tom Barton, Internet2 Research Engagement Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In the Fall of 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that they were making changes to increase the security of many of their services to better protect the sensitive data shared with researchers. Among those are… Read More