Contegix Announces Sponsorship of Jasig

St. Louis, MO (June 3, 2010) – Contegix, a leading provider of Internet infrastructure intelligence and hosting management services, announced its sponsorship of the Jasig not-for-profit organization, which provides a collaborative environment to foster the development of open source technologies and software for higher education.

Contegix will be providing hosting and managed support of the Jasig Internet infrastructure. This will allow the organization to focus on its core business – the development of their software products and supporting the growing community. The new Jasig infrastructure is built on Contegix’s stable platform and is fully managed by 24×7 Contegix engineers.  Thus, it will greatly reduce the time spent doing troubleshooting and support internally.

“A few years ago, many people still questioned the use of open source software in higher education,” says Matthew Porter, CEO and Co-Founder of Contegix. “Organizations such as Jasig are showing that through collaboration amongst institutions and commercial parties, open source software and related projects can enable future advancements in the higher education environment. Jasig’s projects enable many global educational institutions to benefit from the contributions of a highly technical community and we are proud to support this endeavor.”

As a company, Contegix believes strongly in the open source community, the Linux community, and the power of the entrepreneur in the social web since it was founded. For this reason, mixed with the desire as an organization to give back to the community, they sponsor individuals, organizations, and their respective projects for the betterment of all.

“We’re very pleased that Contegix has joined us as our newest Partner,” said Jonathan Markow, Executive Director of Jasig.  “We have already migrated our infrastructure applications to their facilities, and they have more than lived up to their excellent reputation for technical know-how, project management skills, and customer service.  We couldn’t be more satisfied with their support.  We welcome Contegix to the Jasig community and look forward to working together with them.”

Contegix is a technology firm known for delivering exceptional customer service and Internet infrastructure intelligence. Their dedicated staff of engineers provide solid solutions to complex business challenges in the areas of hosting, cloud computing, co-location and infrastructure management services. Founded in 2004, Contegix was listed as the Linux Journal’s Reader’s Choice Award for Favorite Linux-Friendly Web-Hosting Company, and has built a solid industry reputation entirely based on delivering peace of mind to valued clients. They serve clients in range of industries – from innovative technology start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

About Jasig

Jasig is a global consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates sponsoring  free and open source software projects for higher education.  The group aims to attract, advance, and sustain communities developing enterprise-level, open source software that helps institutions fulfill their goals. Jasig connects people, provides infrastructure, and sponsors events that foster innovation and collaboration.  Flagship projects include uPortal, an enterprise portal; CAS, the Central Authentication Service used for single sign-on and secure, proxied authentication; and Bedework, an enterprise calendar used for public events and personal and group calendaring. Jasig also manages a Project Incubator designed to mentor new open source projects in building community, increasing collaboration, and achieving sustainability.  For more information, visit the Jasig website at www.jasig.org.