Online publishing solutions provider Semantico Limited, UK, has announced a new release of its SAMS access management system for online publishing offering full support for Shibboleth version 1.3 and 2.0. The new version positions SAMS as a next-generation access system.
The new Shibboleth-enabled version of SAMS offers improved data security and convenience for end-users. The update allows institutions to more easily comply with the direction currently being given by JISC. JISC recently announced its decision to move from Athens to 'a new generation access management service, based on the Shibboleth technology', and is encouraging its stakeholders to embrace federated access. The new version of SAMS has already been successfully deployed with two of Semantico's major clients and further implementations are underway.
Since its launch in 2003, SAMS has grown a large installed base, aided by its flexibility in covering access models for journals, e-books, reference works, directories and scholarly publishing. Users include Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Dawson Books, Brill and Hodder Education. The largest SAMS deployment handles more than 5 million authentication requests per month, and over 20 million API requests.
