Campus Technology Article Features uPortal 3

The September, 2008 edition of Campus Technology features a lengthy article on "5 Best Practices for Building Your Portal in a Web 2.0 World". uPortal 3 is featured prominently, and kudos are given to University of Wisconsin-Madison for their outstanding work, as well as to "open-source guru Unicon," a JA-SIG Commercial Affiliate, for their expertise.

According to Campus Technology, "When JA-SIG, the nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of Java architecures, released uPortal 3.0 earlier this year, open source fanatics at colleges and universities across the country ballyhooed what they called a 'revolutionary step' in the lifespan of open source portals."

There is an excellent sidebar by uPortal Project Steering Committee member, Unicon's Andrew Petro, assessing the "State of the (Portal) Union". uPortal 3 lead developer and release engineer Eric Dalquist, from University of Wisconsin-Madison, is featured in another sidebar, "Open Source Fanatics Embrace uPortal 3". Eric enumerates the new features that have attracted so much attention to the latest uPortal release.JA-SIG Board director and UWMadison Portal Project Manager, Jim Helwig, describes how uPortal has enriched the student experience at the university.

The "5 Best Practices" article may be found on page 41 of the September magazine and online at http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/67076_6/ .



JA-SIG Home Conferences Discussion Lists Clearinghouse Membership Governance Wiki uPortal CAS Portlets		The September, 2008 edition of Campus Technology features a lengthy article on "5 Best Practices for Building Your Portal in a Web 2.0 World". uPortal 3 is featured prominently, and kudos are given to University of Wisconsin-Madison for their outstanding work, as well as to "open-source guru Unicon," a JA-SIG Commercial Affiliate, for their expertise. According to Campus Technology, "When JA-SIG, the nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of Java architecures, released uPortal 3.0 earlier this year, open source fanatics at colleges and universities across the country ballyhooed what they called a 'revolutionary step' in the lifespan of open source portals." There is an excellent sidebar by uPortal Project Steering Committee member, Unicon's Andrew Petro, assessing the "State of the (Portal) Union". uPortal 3 lead developer and release engineer Eric Dalquist, from University of Wisconsin-Madison, is featured in another sidebar, "Open Source Fanatics Embrace uPortal 3". Eric enumerates the new features that have attracted so much attention to the latest uPortal release.JA-SIG Board director and UWMadison Portal Project Manager, Jim Helwig, describes how uPortal has enriched the student experience at the university. The "5 Best Practices" article may be found on page 41 of the September magazine and online at http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/67076_6/ .