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OSIdM4HE activity
Summary: Participants from a number of organizations have been collaborating on creating a coherent set of open-source Identity and Access Management (IAM) software packages to meet the needs of Higher Education and Research. The activity arose in response to concerns raised by many institutions that current products, both open-source and commercial, are not meeting their IAM needs effectively and affordably. 15 people met on August 9-10 in Chicago to pursue this idea. The workshop resulted in a clearer understanding of the current state of affairs and commitments from all participants to work intensively on further defining a specific set of development and collaboration activities leading quickly to defined, fundable projects. Next-phase reports are due by September 16 2011. For now the activity remains invitation-only.
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