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With the third patchlevel release, we are providing new installation media for UCS, which, as usual, include all security and feature updates from the past twelve weeks. Among them are improvements to the new Provisioning Service app from Nubus for Kubernetes as well as enhancements to the handling of the primary group for users and [...]

The monthly feature releases of Nubus for Kubernetes continuously deliver improvements in the areas of portal, two-factor authentication, security, and scalability. High time, then, for an overview of the most important innovations from the past few months. Two-Factor Management for Administrators and Helpdesk With the release of Nubus for Kubernetes 1.13, a new web interface [...]

Secure, efficient, and scalable – with the right IAM, your organization is ready for the future. Centralized user management, Single Sign-on, multi-factor authentication, GDPR-compliant access control, and self-service features reduce risk, and a smoother user experience. Everything modern IT needs, all in one place. Getting digital identities right means gaining control—over security, workload, and user [...]

One tap on the iPad – and students in Bremen are in the city library. A well-thought-out interaction between school IT, data protection, and pedagogy creates direct access to extracurricular educational resources. A library card can be more than just a piece of paper – it is a key to education, participation, and reading promotion. [...]

The Other Day at the Helpdesk: "Hey Manfred, Ms. Hermann just called. She said her laptop hasn’t had any updates installed for weeks. Can you please take a look at it in the software deployment?" "Sure, I can do that. Did she mention which laptop it is?" "No, unfortunately not, and I forgot to ask." [...]

Not sure who has access to what in your IT environment? You're not alone. This post breaks down how Identity & Access Management (IAM) puts you back in control. With open solutions like Nubus, you manage access, protect data—and take back your digital sovereignty. Access rights are like keys—and in many IT environments, the whole [...]

Connecting new software to existing environments or migrating to a new IAM is usually a longer-term project. Nubus now offers new, lightweight options for integration with existing identity providers and directory services. The initial situation: Existing identities & new projects Organizations rarely start IT projects from scratch (“greenfield”) but usually have existing systems for managing [...]

In recent years, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MBJS) in Brandenburg has continuously modernized the digital school landscape. The focus is on specialized administrative procedures for school management, made available to schools in Brandenburg through a dedicated school portal. The key component for centrally managing identities in these applications is the identity management [...]

With the second patch level release of UCS, we’re bundling all the new developments from recent weeks into fresh installation media. In addition to many improvements that have already been published as errata, this release also includes an extension: a unified identifier for all objects managed by Nubus for UCS. Unified Identifier for All Nubus [...]

In this guest article, we would like to report on how we have future-proofed the IT infrastructure of around 50 schools in Oldenburg, how we have overcome challenges and which solutions have convinced us, and which exciting projects still lie ahead of us. As the school IT department for the city of Oldenburg, we look [...]