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by Phil Steitz I got involved at the ASF in 2002, back in the wild and wooly Apache Jakarta days. In my day job, I was responsible for the team introducing Java technology at a large financial services company. One of the first things we built was an MVC (model-view-controller) framework for Web applications. We […]
Wakefield, MA —4 March 2019— ApacheCon, the official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced today the Apache Roadshow/DC, held in partnership with George Mason University (GMU). WHO The Apache Software Foundation is the world’s largest Open Source foundation. The all-volunteer ASF develops, stewards, and incubates more than 350 enterprise-grade projects that serve […]
Hurrah for March! Let’s review what the Apache Community has achieved this week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: November 2018 – January 2019 https://s.apache.org/nUxz – Next Board Meeting: 20 March. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ –the ASF’s […]
FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2019 (November 2018 – January 2019) "Happy to be a sponsor of one of the most important foundations in the world!"—Randy Abernethy, Managing Partner, RX-M LLC (ASF Bronze Sponsor) > Conferences and Events: During this period, the Events team was mostly focused on preparations for upcoming events, as reported in our […]
We hope you are having a happy Friday. The Apache Community has had a productive week, as always. Let’s review: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 March. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ –the ASF’s official global conference series, […]
Open Source Big Data in-memory columnar layer adopted by dozens of Open Source and commercial technologies; exceeded 1,000,000 monthly downloads within first three years as an Apache Top-Level Project Wakefield, MA —19 February 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, today […]
Mid-month already! Let’s see what Apache Community worked on last week: A little Valentine’s appreciation to all our Sponsors, whose support demonstrates how they #LoveApache http://apache.org/foundation/thanks ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 February. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ –the […]
Hooray for Friday! It’s time to review the activities of the Apache Community over the past week: FINAL CALL: please share your thoughts on The Apache Way in our quick survey https://s.apache.org/oxTr Success at Apache –the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". – For Love or Money: Volunteer […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: "Success at Apache" reflects diverse, personal experiences from our community members, with particular focus on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". The post below is the result of a discussion with the author that originated in early September 2018 and remained unpublished as its tone deviates from the general […]
Happy February! We’ve had quite a productive week, so let’s review what the Apache Community has been up to: Have you shared your thoughts on The Apache Way? We appreciate your input! https://s.apache.org/oxTr ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 February. […]
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today welcomed Amazon Web Services (AWS), the latest company to sponsor the ASF at the Platinum level. "We are pleased to have AWS as a Platinum Sponsor," said ASF Chairman Phil Steitz. "In addition to helping support the ASF’s day-to-day operations through a Platinum sponsorship, AWS has been a Silver-level […]
It’s the final Friday of January already, and the Apache community is closing out the week with the following activities: Thanks in advance for helping the ASF by taking a very short survey on The Apache Way https://s.apache.org/oxTr ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – […]
Pioneering Open Source distributed enterprise framework powers US$166B Big Data ecosystem Wakefield, MA —23 January 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced Apache® Hadoop® v3.2.0, the latest version of the Open Source software framework for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. […]
It’s been a great week! Let’s review the Apache community’s activities: Please take a few minutes to help the ASF by providing your feedback on The Apache Way https://s.apache.org/oxTr Sponsor Case Study –insight from our Sponsors, whose support ensures our 300+ community-driven software products remain available to billions of users around the world at no cost. – Apache […]
with Kevin Fleming, Head of Open Source Community Engagement and Member of the CTO Office at Bloomberg Kevin has spent more than 20 years in the technology industry. In 2004, he started a VOIP service provider company and chose Asterisk as his platform. 9 months later he was offered a position at Digium to work […]
Happy Friday –with the year off to a hot start, we’re picking up the pace with a new Top-Level Project, more events, and 80% more commits over the past 7 days. Let’s take a look at what’s happening with the Apache community: Do you have a few minutes to help the ASF? In advance of […]
Open Source Big Data workflow management system in use at Adobe, Airbnb, Etsy, Google, ING, Lyft, PayPal, Reddit, Square, Twitter, and United Airlines, among others. Wakefield, MA —8 January 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® Airflow™ as […]
by Daniel Ruggeri My involvement with the ASF started very simply. I was a server administrator who wanted to have a bug or two fixed and a feature or two added to the Apache HTTP Server (httpd). I spent some time learning the codebase a bit and submitted my first patch to the httpd dev […]
Welcome, 2019! We’re testing a slightly adjusted format –do let us know what you think: Apache in 2018 – By The Digits – Stewarding 300+ projects "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/Apache2018Digits ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 16 January. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html […]
It’s been a great year for the Apache community at-large. With nearly 200M lines of code under the ASF’s stewardship, our ongoing success is the result of community-led development "The Apache Way", executed through the collaborative efforts of more than 300 Apache projects and their communities. Highlights include: Apache Projects —https://projects.apache.org/ Total number of projects + […]