Ellucian Ethos vs. WSO2 Identity Server

We live in the world where one system cannot solve all of your business problems, because of that we want to make sure that information is exactly the same across multiple systems and Ethos allows this to happen. Your identity and everything related to you will be exactly the same in all systems across the board. With cloud solutions coming up at the speed of light, it is imperative that every solution you acquire has accurate data in order to be efficient and cost-effective.

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If your systems are using standard authentication models then it is well suited. OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 etc are all supported.

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• Ethos Integration obfuscates database access from the developers and functional users.
• Ethos Integration provides common-denominator data model between different systems on campus.
• Ethos Integration has good management tool - API Management Center.
• Ethos Identity allows easy federated access with our Shibboleth IDP provider.

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• It's open source so is highly configurable
• WSO2 provides their own paid support which is an essential add-on
• Implementation is straightforward and conforms to all major standards

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• It is expensive
• Getting Ellucian Ethos does not mean you get all functionalities, other modules like workflow and analytics have to be purchased separately
• Takes a while to set it up

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• Overall, the product works well but does take time and effort to implement in highly complex environments. However, I do not believe this is unique to WS02.

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Support from Ellucian for Ethos Integration was generally good. The help in building Ethos was adequate, and resolving issues were handled professionally. However, for Ethos Identity module, the support in building the cluster failover architecture was lacking. After over a month of open engagement, the issue still has not been resolved.

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The integrations with Banner and other systems are currently done by home-grown systems.

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It's Oracle. Highly expensive and limited options

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• Our ROI is nonexistent at this time as we are still implementing. However, the minimal cost signifies that it will be a significant help.

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• WSO2 works well when you need specific user sign-up information and allows you to then tailor the access, for example, to the job role or area of discipline. We use this to tailor the learning offered to a user upon initial login.

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