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>> Fronter. Helsinki, April 8 th , 2008 Aleksander Pettersen. The Fronter Company. Founded in 1998 45 employees in Norway (90 in total) 12 countries K12 (approx 3000) Higher Education (approx 100) Biggest learning platform in Europe!. "European Seal of Excellence"
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>> Fronter Helsinki, April 8th, 2008 Aleksander Pettersen
The Fronter Company • Founded in 1998 • 45 employees in Norway (90 in total) • 12 countries • K12 (approx 3000) • Higher Education (approx 100) • Biggest learning platform in Europe! "European Seal of Excellence" Gold winner in 2006 and 2004
Fronter installations Stockholm Oslo Helsinki Copenhagen Den Haag London > 1 Million.
LAMP Technology: • Linux • Apache • MySQL • PHP • Hosting partner: • USIT – University of Oslo
> 4 000 000 Licenses sold > 400 000 Unique logins daily Approx. 3000 learning institutions
Fronter Open Learning Platform • Fronter complies with BECTA’s functional and technical requirements IMS ePortfolio IMS Content Packaging IMS EnterpriseIMS Enterprise ServicesIMS Question & TestIMS Tools &Interoperability SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework) API SAML / (Shibboleth) SRU / SRW
Roll out of Fronter In UK only: Approx. 30 new schools every week. All schools need training All schools need MIS-integration All schools need a Single Sign On solution
MIS-Integration • IMS Enterprise • IMS Enterprise Services • SIF (Schools Interoperability Service) • Fronter Specific Import Single Sign On and Authentication solutions • Customer specific SSO • Fronter SSO • Shibboleth • FEIDE
Shibboleth Fronter has joined the LGFLaai federation as: Identity Provider and Service Provider Will join the uk access management federation shortly.
Shibboleth and IDP Requirements: • Two way integrations with MIS • Shibboleth Challenges: • No unique identifier in the UK • Very few schools and Local Authorities with their own LDAP. Solution: • Fronter UAS (User Administrative System) • Direct integration with all MIS • Act as the IDP • The Fronter installations acts as SP
FEIDE TODAY: ldap authentication Moria-authentication will be fully supported by Fronter in 2008 One issue: Fronters Email Client (imap)
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