The Apache News Round-up: week ending 9 June 2017
Another week has passed with the Apache community collaborating in full force: Support Apache –help sustain your favorite Apache project for less than $14/day. Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html – new ASF VP Fundraising Kevin McGrail on his goals for the coming year https://feathercast.apache.org/2017/05/18/kevin-mcgrail-fundraising-and-apachecon-north-america/ ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance […]
Success at Apache: Learning to Build a Stronger Community
by John Ament As the next line in the series of "Success at Apache", I had to think about what kind of blog post I wanted to write. Given my personal focus, it made sense to focus on new projects coming in and the incubator. When I’m not busy dreaming up new ideas and working […]
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Momentum With Apache® Hadoop® v2.8
Major release of the cornerstone of the Big Data ecosystem, from which dozens of Apache Big Data projects and countless industry solutions originate. Forest Hill, MD —5 June 2017— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today momentum with Apache® Hadoop® […]
The Apache News Round-up: week ending 2 June 2017
Hello, June! We’re at the mid-year mark with ongoing activities from the Apache community: Support Apache –help sustain more than 300 freely-available Open Source projects and dozens of innovations in the Apache Incubator. Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html – new ASF VP Fundraising Kevin McGrail on his goals for the coming year https://feathercast.apache.org/2017/05/18/kevin-mcgrail-fundraising-and-apachecon-north-america/ ASF Board –management and oversight of […]
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® SystemML™ as a Top-Level Project
Open Source Big Data machine learning platform in use at Cadent Technology and IBM Watson Health, among other organizations. Forest Hill, MD –31 May 2017– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today that Apache® SystemML™ has graduated from the Apache […]
The Apache News Round-up: week ending 26 May 2017
May is drawing to a close with many activities from the Apache community: Support Apache –Apache projects benefit billions of users for less than $14 per project per day. We appreciate your generous consideration: Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – […]
On the State of the Feather
One of the great things about Apache is that we’re all about the individual (contributor). No one has higher rank/status over another. We’re not pay-to-play: no-one can "buy" their way in. Titles are for organizational purposes only: a Vice President of a project doesn’t carry any more weight than any other member of a project […]
The Apache News Round-up: week ending 19 May 2017
We’re wrapping up a great week in Miami at ApacheCon, with thanks to all our attendees, event sponsors, organizers, producers, staff, volunteers, and the greater Apache community of developers, users, and enthusiasts –we miss you already. Here’s what happened this week: Support Apache –if Apache software has helped you, please consider making a donation, no matter […]
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Beam™ v2.0.0
Open Source unified programming model for batch and streaming Big Data processing in use at Google Cloud, PayPal, and Talend, among others. Forest Hill, MD —17 May 2017— 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® Beam™ […]