As part of the Phoenix project, Dataport wanted to develop a web-based IT workplace for educational institutions and public administration as an alternative to proprietary solutions such as Microsoft 365. Univention is part of a partner consortium that is supporting the development of Phoenix.
User
Dataport is a public sector IT service provider for Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with around 3,500 employees at eight locations.
Together with a partner consortium of the companies Bechtle GmbH, Capgemini and Frauenhofer, Univention won Dataport’s tender to support the development of Phoenix.
Requirements
- Development of a web-based IT workstation for public administration and educational institutions as an alternative to proprietary solutions such as Microsoft.
- Conception and implementation of the project with the support of a partner consortium.
- Use of an open source software for the workstation.
- Integration of basic functions for working on the computer such as e-mail, calendar, contacts, word processing, chat, video conferencing, collaborative working, as well as saving and exchanging documents.
Solution
- Univention provides the software for identity and access management and the end user portal.
- Advice on technical conceptualization, architectural issues and the selection of open source solutions and their integration.
