World Politics Review Becomes One of the First Global Publishers to use OpenAthens ’ New Cloud Product

Internationally renowned World Politics Review is among the first information providers to use OpenAthens’ cloud-based system. OpenAthens, which provides federated identity and access management services to a global client base, offers migration to its cloud-based system for current customers and to new customers who might not have previously been able to access a traditional federation-style model. Intended to enhance its customers’ end user experiences, OpenAthens Cloud offers a high degree of transparency and insight into what information is being accessed which is of great value to publishers such as World Politics Review.  Publisher, Hampton Stephens, describes how the move to partner with OpenAthens came about: “Several of our customers had been asking us about single-sign-on options and we started looking into the best solution for our many customers around the world.  “Some of our subscribers recommended that we looked at OpenAthens and EBSCO also endorsed the move in order to make our customers’ lives easier when accessing our content. We quickly realized OpenAthens was becoming the industry default system.” Commenting on working with World Politics Review, OpenAthens’ international sales manager Kieran Prince said: “We’re delighted to be working with the World Politics Review team – they are a perfect example of a dynamic publisher for which our cloud system can offer real added value benefit to their subscribers. “Our original system via...
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