Corporate Members Leverage Shibboleth
Internet2 corporate member EBSCO Information Services has incorporated Shibboleth technology into commercially-available products and services to provide attribute-based, privacy-preserving access to controlled resources. In addition, corporate member ProQuest Company laid the groundwork for delivering Shibboleth functionality to the company’s clients.
Chief Information Officer
EBSCO Information Services
Director of Advanced Information Technologies
ProQuest Information and Learning
EBSCO Information Services, one of the largest publishers of online information, incorporated Shibboleth into its research service, EBSCOhost, which provides online access to more than 120 databases, 11,000 electronic journals, and 5.1 million articles. EBSCO has worked with the Internet2 community to develop and test Shibboleth since the very early stages of the project. Working with Internet2 member Ohio State University, EBSCO was the first online resource provider site to implement Shibboleth. In 2004, EBSCO announced full Shibboleth support as one of the array of authentication mechanisms supported for accessing EBSCOhost.
Internet2 corporate member ProQuest Company, a leading publisher of information solutions for the education, automotive, and power equipment markets, prototyped and completed a functional implementation of the Shibboleth resource provider component, with assistance from the University of California, San Diego, an Internet2 university. This work set the stage for implementing Shibboleth across their online information services.