The Safehaus Penrose team is proud to announce their 1.0 release. Penrose is a java-based virtual directory. Virtual directory enables federating (aggregating) identity data from multiple heterogeneous sources like directory, databases, flat files, and web services - real-time - and makes it available to identity consumers via LDAP. It includes a graphical GUI to allow point-and-click mapping.

Get a more complete list of features and demo, along with download and installation instructions.

Penrose 1.0 incorporates many new features:
* SSL support (with JDK 1.5).
* LDAP Proxy support.
* Samba support.
* Penrose Studio enhancements.
* Various samples.
* Various bug fixes.

Many thanks to all those who helped build and test this release!