University of Houston Portal Committee Presentation October 19, 2001.

University of Houston

Portal Committee PresentationOctober 19, 2001

Introduction

• John Dunn– Vice President Services

• Tom Smith– Senior Director of Sales, Western Region

• Josh Horner– Technical Sales Engineer

• Paula Wright– Sales Executive

Agenda

• Introductions• Agenda Review• University of Houston Direction• Who is Campus Pipeline?• What does Campus Pipeline do?• Product Demo• Results and References• Why Campus Pipeline?• Q & A

Where is the University of Houston going?• Manage the distributed environment• Customization• Integrate disparate systems• Single format• Secure• Communications across the “enterprise”• Build communities (groups)• Branding/Marketing• Information available 24/7• Easy to use (broad appeal)

Who is Campus Pipeline?

Campus Pipeline• Founded in 1998; based in Salt Lake

City, Utah

• Solid leadership team

• 170 employees in U.S. & Canada

• $87 million in funding from strategic investors

• Strong technology partnerships with industry leaders

• Upside magazine—one of the top 100 private companies, May 2001

• Exclusively focused on higher education with mission to unify the digital campus

Proven by 100+ Schools

What does Campus Pipeline do?

The Campus Pipeline Web Platform enables rapid development, assembly, and deployment of scalable Internet applications and services

for higher education.

This Campus Pipeline solution allows colleges and universities to

Unify the Digital Campus

What is Campus Pipeline?

Unifying the Digital Campus A typical campus experience

• Diverse organizations• Disconnected systems• Numerous processes• Decentralized

experience• Diverse constituents &

needs

Unifying the Digital Campus

• Better service to all constituents

• More effective communication

• Richer experience

• Increased efficiency, productivity & cost savings

Campus Pipeline Web Platform integrates people and systems

A unified digital campus powered by the Campus Pipeline Web Platform provides:

Enterprise Software“Campus Pipeline is a leading provider in the enterprise portal market with solutions focused on bringing all enterprise components together into one seamlessly integrated approach. The main differentiating factor between enterprise and learning portals is that enterprise portals focus on bringing the enterprise community of students, administrators and alumni together and cross many functional areas rather than focusing on one specific function of the enterprise such as providing e-learning content.”

KPMGPortal White PaperOctober 2000

We Unify the Digital Campus

Campus Pipeline is the single source for the four required elements of a unified digital campus:

•Integration platform•User management services•Web application services•Customized portal

Integration Platform

• The Campus Pipeline platform is a sophisticated infrastructure of services including:– directory services– security services

– integration services

• All University of Houston campuses will realize immediate improvements in the technical environment with centralized data administration, data integration and single sign-on/session management with institutional databases and all existing and future systems and applications.

Unified User Management

• Enterprise LDAP Directory Service– Supports role as centralized database of user, group and

authentication information

• Group Management– Central Store to maintain groups and associations

• Delegated Administration– Granular access controls for site administration and

maintenance

• Single Sign-on and Session Management– Proven integration protocol for “plug in” external systems

and applications

Web Applications• Support infrastructure for

the University of Houston’s existing and future Web applications and services.

• Market leading, integrated Web applications including:– Email– Calendar– Targeted Messaging– Secure Community

‘rooms’– Course Consolidator– Threaded

Discussions/Chat

Customized Portal• GUI driven

administration of all aspects of user interface.

• Add new channels• All content, logos, colors

and image and object references are delivered based on role.

• Unique ‘portals’ for all groups, departments, schools, et cetera.

Product Demonstration

Results & References

Recommended Success Formula

A set of service offerings that assess your institution’s needs and deliver the most effective solution.

Assessment of the institution’s state of affairs with regard to a unified digital campus

A Visioning Workshop and Planning session with key decision makers on campus

Training Certification

Technical planning, consulting and training

AssessAssess

PlanPlan

ImplementImplement

Comm

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Support

Recommended Success Formula

Campus Readiness Review

Technical Planning Workshop

Digital Campus Visioning

Workshop

Project Planning Workshop

Remote Installation / Migration

System Administration Training

CPIP Training

Train the Trainer

Instructor Orientation

1st Month 2nd Month 3rd MonthService Module

ResultsGoal:

• Provide a high-quality, one-stop service environment

• Cultivate relationships with extended campus constituents

Results: • Delivered grades to students

5 days faster • 100% use of e-grading this

fall (80% volunteer adoption in spring 2001)

• October 2001 Converge Magazine chronicles faculty adoption successes

ResultsGoal:

• Unify PeopleSoft HR, finance and accounting, and student information systems with communication and course tools

• Create a “one-to-one relationship” with students

Results: • Smoothed implementation

of new PeopleSoft systems by introduction through the Web Platform

ResultsGoal:

• Create a single sign-on e-community that leverages existing Web-based systems

• Create a more immediate relationship between students and faculty members

Results:• 40% increase in course Web sites

and 20% increase in faculty office hours

• 15-20% increase in hits to Web sites incorporated within "Miner Pipeline"

• 20% increase in official UTEP email usage

• Dramatic reduction in help desk calls

Tom Gaylord

VP of Information Technology & CIO

University of Akron

[email protected] <or> (330) 972-7757

Mr. Gary Ham

Chief Information Officer

North Shore Community College in Danvers, MA

978.762.4000 <or> [email protected]

Mr. Dave Harris

Manager, MIS

Okanagan University College in British Columbia

250.762.5445 x4541 <or> [email protected]

Mr. Fran DiSanti

Director of Information Systems

St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA

610.660.1506 or <[email protected]>

Elijah Hall

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Information Systems

Tennessee Board of Regents

1415 Murfreesboro Rd.

Nashville, TN 37217

615-366-4451 <or> <[email protected]>

[Mr. Hall is out of the office until October 15]

References

Why Campus Pipeline?

Why Campus Pipeline?

Integration• Real Time Data Integration

– More than ERP Systems– Single messaging layer with central application logic– Proven integration with all major Higher Education

applications• Single Sign-On

– Flexible implementation– Complete and documented protocol

• Authentication Integration– Integration modules for NDS, LDAP, Kerberos, NT

Applications• Integrated Email• Integrated Calendar• Comprehensive communications suite

– Targeted Messaging– Chat– Message boards

• Community Tools that provide campus groups with a collaboration environment

• Group Maker capabilities that allow targeted messaging based on multiple attributes

Why Campus Pipeline?

Customization• Role-based content

– Each institution can control the appearance of its constituents’ user interface while allowing centralized administration

– Allows different views and content to be rendered to students, faculty members, staff and alumni

• Content Management– Content can be tailored to the needs and preferences

of individual constituents– Tools allow for non-technical users to create and

publish content

Why Campus Pipeline?

References• Identifiable results from over 100 schools

• Proven implementation methodology

• Proven success with extended campus groups– Prospective Students– Alumni– Adjunct Faculty

• Higher Education focus

Why Campus Pipeline?

QUESTIONS?

3.x Platforms: Windows NT sp5(6a)/Solaris 2.8

iWS

Client(s)Netscape/IE 4.0+

Java ServletEngine

(Java Servlet API)

HTTP ‘packets’

CP objectsJava (JRE 1.3)IIOP

Java Method Calls

C O R B A

iDS(LDAP)

- User/Group - ACL- Auth.- ‘hashed’EAS credentials

OS File System[DocTemplate System]

Call MethodsInclude Statements PSS

Example User Secrets:External email credentialsCPIP credentials* Encrypted using login password credentials

128-bit encryptionRC4 Algorithm

MYSQL 3.22

• Http.1• Multi-threading• SSL accelerators

• Identification and Authentication Services (IAS)• External Authentication Services (EAS)• Message Protection Services (MPS)• Access Control Services (ACS)• Core Cryptographic Services (CCS)

Campus Pipeline Security

XML XSL

PeopleSoft

Adapter Reads Events- Users- Courses- Registration

CourseMgmtSystems

Logic

SCT

XML XSL

Logic

XML XSL

Logic

iWS

PDS/PSS

CP Objects(Java)

Servlet Engine

Exposed API

UI TemplatesiMS(Mail_Server)

iCSCal_Server

IMS

Data Integration with Administrative Systems

XML XSL

Logic

System 1

System 4System 3

System 2

Campus Pipeline Platform

1. User clicks link to external system (destination URL).

4. CP appends the pickup URL to the original

URL, then sends the

combined URL to the browser.

3. External system authenticates or creates the

user and sends a pickup URL, which will associate that user

with the browser.

2. CP sends user request to external system, using the authentication URL or

create URL.

5. Browser uses the combined URL to access the external system, then frames external system’s content

under the CP toolbar.

ExternalWeb

Application

CPIPConnector

CampusPipeline

CPIPProtocol

CPIP Single Sign-On and Session Management

• Open, standard, time-tested platform with proven infrastructure

• Proven Integration with Administrative Databases

• Proven Integration Protocol for single sign-on, session management and UI integration for all existing and future systems and applications • Centralized data and system administration via web based console and distributed access controls

• World class technical services and consulting

Summary of Technical Benefits