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Project of the month: Fusion Directory

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FusionDirectory is an Identity Management Solution (IAM). Now with its own marketplace, the open source software allows to simplify and harmonize identity management while focusing on security.

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The OW2con'22 Best Project Awards registration are closed now. The Award Ceremony takes place on June 29 in Paris.
   

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As part of the annual conference OW2con'22, we are organizing the "OW2 15 Year Anniversary" in-person event on June 29-39 in parallel of the conference Cloud Datacenter+ Infra, including a booth and the "Open Cloud by OW2" conference track. 

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In the framework of the in-person part of OW2con'22 organized end of June, we celebrated the 15 Year Anniversary of OW2. Check out the photos! 

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OW2con'22 online is over now. Check out the replay of all sessions! 

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We are very proud to announce the availability of the first Good governance handbook paperback version in major global retailers such as Lulu or Amazon. It makes OW2 a technical book editor, with a set of ISBNs available for further publications.

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We are proud to introduce publicly at Open Source Experience MRL "Market Readiness Levels", an OW2 methodology to evaluate the business potential of open source projects. Read the Press Release or see the replay of the session. 

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Next instalment of the webinar series we launched in cooperation with the Eclipse Foundation to introduce european software research projects that help shape the future of open source software and the IT industry. The detailed agenda will come soon, stay tuned!

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