The Apache News Round-up: week ending 27 September 2021

We’re closing September with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache community’s activities: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 October 2021. Board calendar and minutes https://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ – the ASF’s official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow’s […]

Apache Ranger response to incorrect analyst report on Cloud data security

Introduction A recent industry analyst report by GigaOm and sponsored by Immuta comparing Apache Ranger to Immuta paints an incorrect picture on the complexities of using Apache Ranger. We believe the report contains a number of errors and inconsistencies. Unfortunately the Apache Ranger Project Management Committee (PMC) was not contacted by the analyst firm during […]

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 17 September 2021

We’re wrapping up another great week with the following activities from the Apache community: Success at Apache This series focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF “just works.” The most recent entry is  “From Mentee to PMC” by Ephraim Anierobi.  ASF Annual ReportThe ASF annual report is a look back at our […]

Success at Apache: from Mentee to PMC

by Ephraim Anierobi This post is about how I became a committer and a Project Management Committee (PMC) member of Apache Airflow, and provides guidance to those new to programming, are new to contributing to open-source projects, and want to become committers and PMC members in their respective Apache projects. About a year and a […]

Apache Month in Review: August 2021

Welcome to the latest monthly overview of events from the Apache community. Here’s a summary of what happened in August: New this month — – The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Pinot™ as a Top-Level Project https://s.apache.org/ft8p6 – The Apache® Software Foundation Announces Program for ApacheCon@Home 2021 https://s.apache.org/ACHome2021 – The Apache Drill Project Announces Apache® Drill™ v1.19 Milestone Release https://s.apache.org/bfhy6 – The […]