Whilst we’re ramping up for the ASF’s official conference, here’s what the Apache community has been up to over the past week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 18 May 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ASF […]

We’ve had a pleasantly productive week! Let’s take a peek at what happened: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 April 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the […]

Apparently with the April Fool’s excitement https://s.apache.org/P1Kk last week’s News Round-up never made it online to blogs.apache.org! So here’s what happened over the past two weeks: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 April 2016. Board calendar and minutes available […]

The biggest of big data projects deserves it’s own non-profit foundation to let the elephant roar On The Internets —1 April 2016— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the creation of the independent Hadoop Software Foundation (HSF), the new […]

Today is the 17th Anniversary of The Apache Software Foundation! Thank you to the dedicated developers, loyal users, tireless contributors, and countless enthusiasts behind Apache’s diverse products, brand, and community. ASF Chairman Brett Porter and I have highlighted 17 ways Apache has grown from strength to strength https://s.apache.org/eqwI Join us in wishing the ASF many […]

17 years ago today, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) incorporated with the mission of producing software for the public good. The Foundation’s commitment to fostering a collaborative approach to development has long served as a model for producing consistently high quality software and helping advance the future of open development. The ASF’s collaborative leadership, robust […]

Milestone release of Open Source Java tool for working with PDF documents features dozens of improvements and enhancements Forest Hill, MD —21 March 2016— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of Apache® PDFBox™ v2.0, the Open Source […]

With 5,423 committers innovating, developing, and maintaining nearly 350 projects and intiatives, the collective Apache community is continually productive. Let’s take a look at this past week’s achievements: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 April 2016. Board calendar […]

We’ve had a great week! Here’s what happened: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 16 March 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ASF Membership –from the inaugural membership of 21 individuals, the ASF has grown to 588 individual […]

Advanced distributed stream processing framework performs 50x faster than other real-time computation systems Forest Hill, MD —8 March 2016— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of Apache® Flink™ v1.0, the advanced Open Source distributed real-time stream processing […]

Welcome March! Here’s a peek at what’s happened with the Apache community over the past week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 16 March 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html – The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Third […]

We’re wrapping up February with the following activities from within the Apache community: ASF Operations –the day-to-day heartbeat of the Foundation, from accounting and administration to infrastructure and brand mangement and beyond. – The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2016 (November 2015 – January 2016) https://s.apache.org/9zLj ASF Board –management and oversight of the […]

FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2016 (November 2015-January 2016) "We’ve been really impressed with the support and mentoring Apache Brooklyn received throughout the incubation process resulting in its successful graduation late last year. We have also enjoyed participating at ApacheCon, in both North America and Europe, and are delighted to sponsor the ASF […]

We’ve had quite a productive week! Here’s what happened within the Apache community: ASF Board –the ASF Board is responsible for management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 16 March 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ASF Infrastructure –our distributed […]

Open source Big Data in-memory columnar layer accelerates analytical processing and interchange by more than 100x.  Forest Hill, MD –17 Feb 2016– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache Arrow as a new Top-Level Project.  A high-performance cross-system data […]

We wish you a happy holiday (Spring Festival Golden Week/Vasant Panchami/Chinese New Year/President’s Day/Tet/Valentine’s) weekend with a summary of our activities across the Apache community: ASF Board –the ASF Board is responsible for management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 17 February […]

We’re welcoming February by celebrating 21 years of project birthdays and preparing for the influx of proposals before the ApacheCon CFP closes. Here’s what’s happened this week: ASF Board –the ASF Board is responsible for management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: […]

We’ve announced strong momentum and unveiled our new look http://s.apache.org/lj this week, as well as have had quite a bit of activity across the Foundation: ASF Board –the ASF Board is responsible for management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 17 February […]

Forest Hill, MD –27 January 2016– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced continued momentum in Open Source innovation and leadership. "We continue to see strong adoption of Apache software across diverse sectors and categories," said ASF President Ross Gardler. […]