[midPoint] midPoint release 3.0 (Newton)

[Radovan Semancik]

The Evolveum team is proud to announce the release of midPoint version 3.0.

The version 3.0 code-named Newton is a release unlike any other in 
midPoint history. Newton release starts a new age of midPoint 
development. This release makes midPoint a feature-complete IDM system 
by adding the last missing pieces such as authorizations and delegated 
administration. But much more importantly the Newton release introduces 
new unique features.

MidPoint 3.0 has Generic Synchronization capability. It can synchronize 
not only users and accounts. It can synchronize also roles to groups, 
organization units to groups, HR organizational structure to midPoint 
organizational structure to LDAP OUs and so on. But the most interesting 
thing is that all the advanced features of identity management are still 
applicable to all object types. E.g. roles can be applied to users, 
organizational units and even to roles themselves. This ability allows 
to implement very complex scenarios with reasonably simple configuration.

MidPoint 3.0 also supports entitlements. Therefore it can manage LDAP 
groups, AD groups, resource-side roles and permissions and so on. This 
ability is native and can be applied to all resources and connectors. 
This is especially useful when combined with generic synchronizations: 
entitlements can be created and deleted automatically.

There much more new features in Newton that can possibly fit in this 
mail. For more information about Newton please see release notes at 
http://wiki.evolveum.com/display/midPoint/Release+3.0

About midPoint

MidPoint is user provisioning system. It is a tool that synchronizes 
several identity repositories, manages them and makes them available in 
unified form. It belongs to the user provisioning category of the 
enterprise identity management field. It handles user provisioning, 
identity synchronization, identity process automation and provides 
numerous features in the field of enterprise identity management. The 
development process of midPoint is pragmatic and open, it focuses on 
usability and solutions to the practical identity management challenges.

For more information please see http://midpoint.evolveum.com/

About Evolveum

Evolveum is a company committed to develop creative, open and - most 
importantly - working software. We struggle to continually improve the 
software in a creative way. All software that we develop is open-source 
using completely open development process. The software is created with 
one critical goal in mind: usability. The software must work, it must be 
efficient solution to an existing problem, the software must provide 
value. Pragmatic engineering processes are our methods, working software 
is our ultimate goal.

For more details please see http://evolveum.com/

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                                            Radovan Semancik
                                           Software Architect
                                              evolveum.com