Highly-scalable Open Source Distributed Database for Handling Large Amounts of Data is a Key Component in Cloud Computing Forest Hill, MD – 11 January 2011 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced Apache Cassandra v0.7, the highly-scalable, second generation Open […]

Open Source middleware for managing, unifying, and archiving data used in critical scientific applications, including NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache […]

In light of some recent press releases and blog posts from WANdisco ([1], [2], [3]), the Apache Subversion project would like to clarify that WANdisco, Inc participates in Subversion development under the same terms as any other organization. Those wishing to verify this may prefer to use the project’s public mailing lists and change logs as primary sources, rather […]

Google-hosted site provides a “home-away-from-home” for code associated with Apache projects Forest Hill, MD – 14 December 2010 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today announced apache-extras.org, the Google-hosted site for code associated with Apache projects that are not part of the Foundation’s more than eighty Top-level Projects and dozens of initiatives in the Apache […]

The Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee.  Apache has served on the EC for the past 10 years, winning the JCP "Member of the Year" award 4 times, and recently was ratified for another term with support from 95% of the voting community.  Further, the project communities of […]

The Apache Software Foundation is happy to announce BarCampApache Sydney, Australia, the first ASF-backed event in the Southern Hemisphere! Taking place 11th December 2010 at the University of Sydney’s Darlington Centre, the BarCampApache "unconference" will be attendee-driven, facilitated by members of the Apache community and will focus on the “Apache Way” of developing software. The […]

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The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is proud to announce that it has been ratified for another three-year term on the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee. Receiving support from 95% of the voters, this election allows the ASF to continue its 10 year effort to help bring transparency and openness to the JCP as well […]

The following newsworthy events took place during the course of ApacheCon North America 1-5 November: 1) Foundation Updates Membership count: 330 (31 new Members; 52 emeritus) Committer count: +2,500 (approximately 200 additional Committers over the past year) The ASF is governed by the community it most directly serves — the people collaborating within its projects. […]

The all-volunteer Apache Software Foundation (ASF) develops, stewards, and incubates nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, many of which power mission-critical applications in financial services, aerospace, publishing, government, healthcare, research, infrastructure, and more. Did you know that 50% of the Top 10 downloaded Open Source products are Apache projects? Did you know that Europe’s […]

Recent reports on various blogs have attributed to the ASF a number of the source files identified by Oracle as ones that they believe infringe on their copyrights. The code in question has an header that mentions Apache, and perhaps that is the source of the confusion. The code itself is using a license that […]

As reported recently in the news and elsewhere, there are two issues currently facing the Foundation that merit a response from the ASF.  At the last JCP Executive Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany, Oracle announced that it will not offer a TCK license for Java SE (for the Apache Harmony project) without the so-called "Field […]

Who: The Apache Software Foundation (ASF): all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives. What: In development for nearly 10 years, and an ASF Top-Level Project since 2003, Apache Maven is the build system of choice for millions of developers and thousands of organizations world-wide. Why: Maven 3 represents the […]

ApacheCon, the official conference, trainings, expo, hackathon, barcamp and meetups of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), today announced the keynote presenters and sponsors for ApacheCon North America. This year’s event takes place 1-5 November 2010 at the Westin Peachtree in Atlanta, Georgia, with numerous early registration incentives available through Friday, 8 October 2010. The conference […]

The Apache Software Foundation reached its millionth revision milestone today with a commit by ASF Member Yonik Seeley on behalf of the Apache Lucene Project:  lucene/ r1000000 yonik SOLR-2128: full param substitution for function queries The all-volunteer ASF oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world’s most […]

At the Apache Software Foundation Board Meeting held this morning, the following members were elected to serve as the new Executive Officers of the ASF effective immediately: – Doug Cutting, Chairman– Jim Jagielski, President– Greg Stein, Vice Chairman– Noirin Shirley, Executive Vice President– Geir Magnusson, Jr., Treasurer– Craig Russell, Secretary– Sam Ruby, Assistant Secretary For more […]

Historically, The Apache Software Foundation has relied on volunteer effort to manage its administrative tasks. However, as the ASF has grown, the workload required, as well as our reliance on individual volunteers, has increased. The Foundation is now seeking an executive assistant to lighten the burden on individual volunteers, as well as to provide consistent […]

Open Source Users, Developers, and Members of the Global Apache Community Gather to Share Insight on "Servers, The Cloud, and Innovation" The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and Stone Circle Productions today announced the opening of registration for ApacheCon North America, taking place 1-5 November 2010 at the Westin Peachtree in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of […]

Congratulations to Greg Stein, ASF Director and Vice President of Apache Subversion, for being awarded an O’Reilly Open Source Award in recognition of his contributions to the Open Source and leadership in the Apache, Subversion, and Python communities.