The Apache Software Foundation Blog
In addition to what’s happened at the Foundation over the past week, we’re curious: "Did You Know?", and are also sharing some community announcements: ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running 24x7x365. – The Infra team’s 2 million weekly checks report 94.19% global uptime across all services http://status.apache.org/ Apache Jackrabbit™ –scalable, high-performance […]
February marks the 20th Anniversary of the ubiquitous Apache HTTP Server, the world’s most popular Web server since 1996, and the flagship project behind the creation of the ASF. Here’s what happened at the Foundation over the past week: ApacheCon™ –the official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation. Events in 2015: North America (13-17 […]
Liaison helps enterprise users benefit from enhanced PDF technology and serves as a foundation to other software applications. Forrest Hill, MD —03 February 2015— Apache PDFBox™, a Top-Level Project of The Apache Software Foundation, today announced the project has been named as a Partner Organization of the PDF Association. The Apache PDFBox™ library is an […]
FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY October-December 2014 "The Apache Software Foundation is a cornerstone of the modern open source software ecosystem – supporting some of the most widely used and important software solutions powering today’s Internet economy…" –Mark Driver, Research Vice President, Gartner Group > The Place for Open Innovation and Collaboration: A recent recount of the […]
It’s hard to believe that we’re wrapping up the first month of the new year! Here’s what happened over the past week: ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team (10 rotating volunteers and 4 paid staff) on four continents responsible for keeping the ASF’s infrastructure running 24x7x365. – 94.47% global uptime across all services this week http://status.apache.org/ FINAL […]
Open Source Big Data distributed stream processing framework used in business intelligence, financial services, healthcare, mobile applications, security, and software development, among other industries. Forest Hill, MD –27 January 2015– 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™ Samza™ […]
Open Source distributed Big Data logging service and publish/subscribe system used to reliably log streams of records Forest Hill, MD –27 January 2015– 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™ BookKeeper™ has graduated to become a Top-Level Project […]
This week’s highlights from The Apache Software Foundation’s 350+ projects and initiatives include: ASF Legal Affairs Committee –responsible for establishing and managing legal policies based on the advice of legal counsel and the interests of the Foundation. – The Apache Software Foundation subpoenaed regarding Patent Claim https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_subpoenaed1 FINAL CALL for ApacheCon™ –the official conference series of The Apache Software […]
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has received a United States International Trade Commission subpoena requiring the production of documents and testimony related to U.S. Patent No. 6,691,302. The request requires the Foundation to produce the required materials related to the above patent. Apache will, of course, be complying with all court requirements. As an open development group the majority of […]
Open Source Big Data processing and management solution for Apache Hadoop™ in use at Hortonworks, InMobi, and Talend, among others. Forest Hill, MD –19 January 2015– 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™ Falcon™ has graduated from the Apache […]
Our 4,000+ Committers have been busily working on a variety of projects this week. Here are the highlights: Not A Mirage: The Apache Software Foundation’s official number of projects and initiatives "grows overnight" with census adjustment – https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/not_a_mirage_the_apache Upcoming deadlines for ApacheCon™ –the official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation – Call for Papers closes on […]
Open Source distributed Big Data system for expressive, declarative, and efficient batch and streaming data processing and analysis Forest Hill, MD –12 January 2015– 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™ Flink™ has graduated from the Apache Incubator […]
110 sub-projects now added to the Foundation’s official activity count Over the past 15 years, The Apache Software Foundation has been going from strength to strength. It’s truly impressive to see all that our global community has achieved. In documenting the ASF’s developments, I’ve always measured our growth across two metrics: people and projects. The […]
Our community of more than 4,000 contributors are busily working across six continents on all things Apache. Here’s what’s happened over the past week: Apache Allura™ –Open Source implementation of a software forge, a Web site that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs, and more for any number of individual projects. – Apache Allura […]
The Apache Software Foundation wishes you a great 2015! With our community of more than 4,000 contributors collaborating across six continents on 200+ projects and initiatives, The ASF is truly a 24/7 operation. Here’s what’s happened over the past week: Apache Commons™ –software library provides a generic configuration interface which enables an application to read […]
The Apache Software Foundation’s 200+ projects and initiatives and community of more than 4,000 contributors wish you a very happy and healthy 2015! Here’s what we’ve been working on over the past week: Apache Commons™ –software library provides a generic configuration interface which enables an application to read configuration data from a variety of sources. – […]
There are more than 200 projects and initiatives under development at The ASF; below are our activities over the past week, and be sure to subscribe to announce@apache.org to keep an eye out for updates on your favorite projects! Apache Jackrabbit™ –a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class […]
tl;dr: The ASF has published a Code of Conduct. We pride ourselves at The Apache Software Foundation on our principles of "community over code" and "don’t be a jerk". But, alas, we’ve been slow to codify some of these things in public. Part of this, I’m sure, is that it’s easy to think we all […]
Here’s a snapshot of what’s been happening at the Apache Software Foundation over the past week. With more than 200 projects and initiatives under development at The ASF, keep an eye out for updates on your favorite projects! Apache Buildr™ –build system for Java-based applications, including support for Scala, Groovy and a growing number of […]
Dynamic, metadata-driven Open Source framework provides uniform data access and code consolidation across various data stores. Forest Hill, MD –09 December 2014– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 200 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today that Apache™ MetaModel™ has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become […]