What is Onelog?

Onelog is primarily a Web Resource Management solution with the following features:

• Automatic "logging-on" capabilities. There is no longer a need to enter logon details every time a user accesses a web-based resource.
• Onelog allows connection to IP-restricted resources from outside the restricted range.
• Onelog provides end-user authentication against existing user databases such as AD, NDS, LDAP or Library Management Systems.
  
• The system provides integration with PC booking solutions such as, but not limited to, SignUp, Netloan and MyPC.
• Onelog provides hyperlink integration with existing web-based systems such as Web Portals, Web Sites, Web-based Library Automation systems and Virtual Learning Environments.
• The system provides integration with the IRIS - CD/DVD-ROM Networking System to enable access to CD/DVD-ROM material or other Windows applications via the Onelog solution.
• Onelog Provides extensive resource usage reports categorised by user, user group, IP zone or resource.
• The system provides a customisable web interface where resources can be organised in a hierarchal manner and then immediately accessed. This can also allow individual users to personalise their interface.
• Onelog offers administrators a web-based administration tool to customise system setup and set access rights for users, user groups and resources.
• The solution allows multiple resources to be used concurrently.
  

One single logon to all electronic resources
Onelog provides the user with the ability to logon once, and then be automatically connected to any password or IP protected resource. Onelog allows administrators to give users access to Internet resources without revealing confidential logon information. Onelog has the unique ability to handle authentication in the manner most suited to the user's location. For example when on campus Onelog might use IP-based access, while off-site the user might be logged on using an institutional or personal username and password. Onelog goes beyond proxy-based solutions!

Onelog can logoff too
If you subscribe to a resource that is restricted by a concurrent user license you will probably know the problem when someone does not logoff. Don't worry; Onelog will take care of that for you, freeing the license for other users, automatically.

Centrally Manage Access
With Onelog, users are centrally managed so that they can immediately be prevented from accessing your institution's information once they have completed their course or their membership has expired.

Personalise Content
Onelog can be adapted to reflect your corporate identity. Users can also customise their Onelog experience by building a menu of the resources they use most frequently. Users can add personal web links to their own My Onelog menu.

Integration Intranet and Windows Resources or Web Portal
Onelog used in conjunction with IRIS allows you to access all the resources you need. Relevant white papers, case studies, course notes, CD-ROMs, Windows applications, web links, online databases and in-house applications, such as e-learning packages, can all be accessed from one single menu and from any location.

Powerful Reports
Accurate reports are crucial when planning budget allocation. Onelog collates usage information in one powerful set of reports covering all resources regardless of whether they are online databases, in-house applications or simple web-links.

Now you can really simplify "Trials"
Onelog allows organisations to advertise new databases which are on trial or that have been recently purchased so that all authorised users are invited to use them and provide feedback. Coupled with usage statistics evaluating subscription content is no longer a haphazard process.

Administration Free!
Seamless logon to all electronic resources is directly managed by the Onelog service, which is maintained by ITS. This reduces administration to simple adjustments and the selection of new resources. Onelog never requires the administrator to write scripts or service complex server-based applications.

Portal/VLE Integration
Plug the power of Onelog into your existing Web Portal or secure web sites. Onelog provides users with simple, seamless access to all content, irrespective of authentication method direct from your web site, portal or eLearning packages.

Onelog brings freedom of movement
Once a user has authenticated to your portal or web site they can click on links that use Onelog Connections, which can be placed anywhere. E.g. the user may authenticate to a uPortal-based system and following successful logon they may have an option to connect to the organisation's Blackboard server without having to logon a second time. When using Blackboard the user may be presented with further hyperlinks that connect to the organisation's library catalogue, e-journals, web email or Metalib server; if the user clicks on any of these they will be automatically connected using Onelog. There are no restrictions on where the Onelog Connection hyperlinks can be placed. This allows Onelog to glue together very different web-based interfaces with no further authentication.

Control Web Access
Onelog allows your organisation to control what users can access on the Internet. Onelog ensures that users only access web-based content relevant to their study or work. Onelog allows users to safely access the Internet totally unsupervised. With Onelog your users can only access the content YOU recommend! Onelog does not filter, it controls absolutely. Onelog does not require regular updates unlike filtering solutions or technical knowledge to administrate.