Michael Gettes
Principal Technologist
Georgetown University
Middleware is a layer of software services that manages electronic personal identity, security, access, and information exchange. Internet2, EDUCAUSE, and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) entered a three-year Cooperative Agreement with the National Science Foundation and the GRIDS Center under the NSF Middleware Initiative. As the Enterprise and Desktop Integration Technologies (EDIT) Consortium, the partners are working towards integrating middleware into campus enterprise environments for the purpose of advancing productivity for educators and researchers. This session will discuss the status of the project to date and future plans of the Initiative.
