Unicon Announces New Hosting Services for Open Source Learning Management Systems

Services Designed to Reduce TCO and Maximize Productivity for Higher Education

Phoenix, AZ  - August 12, 2009 —Unicon, Inc., a leading provider of software consulting services and open source solutions for the education market, today announced new application hosting services for higher education institutions wanting to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of open source learning management systems Sakai and Moodle.  Unicon’s hosting service fully supports the community source code versions of the open source software and delivers a feature-rich, fully functional learning management solution based on the comprehensive out-of-the box product capabilities available in Sakai and Moodle.  Unicon’s new services are designed to help academic institutions maximize their productivity and reduce TCO through offsite application hosting, outsourced IT services, and the use of open source applications and platforms.  The program will enable institutions to focus their valuable IT resources on core competencies and mission critical internal projects.

“Unicon understands the challenges higher education institutions face when trying to maintain high IT service levels with ever-shrinking budgets,” said John C. Blakley, CEO of Unicon, Inc.  “Unicon’s new hosting services for Sakai and Moodle will enable institutions to reduce TCO while also improving the scalability, manageability, and reliability of their open source learning management systems.”

Since 1993, Unicon’s consulting group has provided over 175 colleges and universities, Fortune 100 companies, and global publishers with software consulting, support, and related services.

About Unicon’s New Application Hosting Services
Two of the fastest-growing IT trends for reducing TCO are the hosting of IT applications and implementation of open source solutions.  Unicon’s new application hosting services effectively combine these two strategies to provide significant cost savings and productivity gains.  Academic institutions can select from hosting options with support for Dedicated Server Hosting or Cloud Hosting, providing either standard or high availability. For more information, visit: http://www.unicon.net/services/hosting.