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Open Source "Big Data" Cloud computing platform powers millions of compute-hours to process exabytes of data for Amazon.com, AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, foursquare, HP, IBM, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Netflix, The New York Times, Rackspace, Twitter, Yahoo!, and more. 4 January 2012 —FOREST HILL, MD— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today anno... [read more]
Earlier this year the OpenOffice.org code base was donated to The Apache Software Foundation. The resulting project, Apache OpenOffice (Incubating) is progressing well as a podling in the Apache Incubator with a rapidly growing community and project infrastructure (see http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html). This open letter seeks to articulate our vision for the future of Apache OpenOffice within the wider Open Document Format ... [read more]
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Geronimo v3.0-beta-1 -– Leading Open Source Application Server Now Certified Java EE 6 Full- and Web Profile Compatible Flexible, modular, and easy to manage, Apache Geronimo is the ideal platform for lightweight server deployments to full-scale enterprise environments, with complete support for Java EE 6 and OSGi programming models 16 November 2011 --FOREST HILL, MD-- The Apache Software Foundati... [read more]
Standards-based, Content and Metadata Detection and Analysis Toolkit Powers Large-scale, Multi-lingual, Multi-format Repositories at Adobe, the Internet Archive, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and more. 9 November 2011 —FOREST HILL, MD— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced Apache Tika v1.0, an embeddable, lightweight toolki... [read more]
Highly-scalable, Open Source "NoSQL" Distributed Database Handles Massive Workloads for Cisco, Constant Contact, DataStax, Digg, IBM, Netflix, Rackspace, Twitter, Walmart Labs, and more. Forest Hill, MD – 18 October 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™ v1.0. The highly-scalable, distributed "NoSQL" d... [read more]
On 1 June 2011, Oracle Corporation submitted the OpenOffice.org code base to The Apache Software Foundation. That submission was accepted, and the project is now being developed as a podling in the Apache Incubator under the ASF's meritocratic process informally dubbed "The Apache Way". OpenOffice.org is now officially part of the Apache family. The project is known as Apache OpenOffice.org (incubating). Over its 12-year history, the ASF has we... [read more]
The Apache Software Foundation congratulates Apache Subversion, the popular Open Source version control system and software configuration management tool. The award-winning project entered the Apache Incubator in November 2009 and became a Top-level Project (TLP) twelve months later. Apache Subversion is used by millions of companies around the globe, as well as by leading Apache projects such as Ant and Maven, as part of their overall applicatio... [read more]
Groundbreaking, lightweight, scalable, all-Apache stack ideal for use in enterprise-grade Cloud applications The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache TomEE has obtained certification as Java EE 6 Web Profile Compatible Implementation. Making its certification debut at JavaOne, Apache TomEE (pronounced "Tommy") is the... [read more]
Powers smart search and indexing solutions for AOL, Apple, Comcast, Disney, IBM, LinkedIn, Twitter, Wikipedia, and more. Forest Hill, MD – 27 September 2011 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced the 10th anniversary of Apache Lucene. The Lucene information retrieval software was first developed in 1997, entered the ASF ... [read more]
Open Source Cloud quick-start toolkit in use at Cloudera, Cloudsoft, Omixon, Outerthought, and more. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache Whirr has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP). First developed inside the Apache Hadoop project in 2007 to quickly start and manage cluster... [read more]
Open Source project in use at Deutsche Bank, IBM, J.P. Morgan, NASA, Siemens and more. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced the 10th anniversary of Apache POI. First created in 2001, Apache POI's cross-platform Open Source Java APIs allow users to read and write various file formats from the Microsoft Office suite of appli... [read more]
The Apache Software Foundation raises a glass to Apache Turbine, the rapid-development Web application framework that's been a part of the Foundation over the past decade. Originally a sub-project of the Apache Jakarta Open Source Java solutions, Apache Turbine became a Top-level Project (TLP) in 2007. Turbine is a servlet based framework that allows experienced Java developers to quickly build secure Web applications. Parts of Turbine can also b... [read more]
WHO: The Apache Software Foundation; Apache powers half the Internet, terabytes of data, teraflops of operations, billions of objects, and enhances the lives of countless users and developers. Established in 1999 to shepherd, develop, and incubate Open Source innovations "The Apache Way", the ASF oversees 150+ projects led by a volunteer community of over 350 individual Members and 3,000 Committers across six continents. WHAT: The ASF returns to ... [read more]
In the works over the past year (v2.0 was released May 2010), Apache Traffic Server v3.0.0 is the result of contributions from more than 30 developers and contributors. Technical highlights include: I. Contributions - Over 1,000 "commits" (code, patches, or documentation written directly to the code repository); - 380+ bug tickets resolved; - 10 releases have been made during the development phase (v2.1.0 - 2.1.9) II. New features/improvements - ... [read more]
Highly-Performant Cloud Computing Service Serves Dynamic Content, Billions of Objects, and Terrabytes of Data for Large-Scale Deployments 14 June 2011 —FOREST HILL, MD—The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced Apache Traffic Server v3.0.0. Apache Traffic Server is a Cloud Computing "edge" service, able to handle requests in and o... [read more]
Thanks to our very own Sally Khudairi, VP Marketing and Publicity, the ASF's 10 years shout out was recently displayed on New York's Times Square and in Las Vegas - and we have visual evidence!
As mentioned in a previous post, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums have recently recognized The Apache Software Foundation for a decade of open source leadership and technology innovation. Mayor Dellums proclaimed November 4th, 2009 as the Apache Software Foundation Day! Here are their letters, as presented last week at ApacheCon US 2009 in Oakland, CA. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
ApacheCon US 2009 Closing Press Release; California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums recognize The Apache Software Foundation for a decade of open source leadership and technology innovation
If you missed out on participating in the MyApache video campaign, you can still send us a shoutout! The first of our films from ApacheCon is online at http://bit.ly/tqMQ2 Are you a polyglot? If so, send us your greetings! If not, send 'em anyway! We don't want to miss you! Also, be sure to follow the hilarious path of the moustache http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNRmP-62kI
ApacheCon Community Partners SCALE have just announced the Call for Papers is now open for their upcoming conference in Los Angeles in February. Eary Bird Registration coming up soon as well. For more info on SCALE 8x, check out http://socallinuxexpo.org
Hey everyone! ApacheCon Community Partners NLUUG have given us early access to their Call for Abstracts for their Spring conference in The Netherlands. Here's a great chance for all you SysAdmin experts out there to get in front of a fun community at a beautiful location (and wonderful time of year). Show 'em what you got! So while the Call for Abstracts is not yet open to the general public, you can check out what it's all about at http://www.nl... [read more]
Be sure to check out the complete program guide in PDF, including all sessions, time grids, and speaker bios plus more. http://www.us.apachecon.com/c/acus2009/articles/2009/10/23/hot-off-the-digital-presses/
I likely missed it, but could someone point me at the keysigning party info, assuming there is one? Thanks, Grant
While in Oakland, do as Oaklanders do.... The first Friday of each month is Oakland's famous Art Gallery Crawl, called Art Murmer. It includes a gallery on 14th, near Broadway and several other galleries near Broadway and 20th. See: http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/oakland-art-murmur/ and http://www.oaklandartmurmur.com for a map. While most galleries are open from 6 pm onwards, one is open at 5:30 -- This is the Joyce Gordon Galler... [read more]
Hello all -- my sister is here in OAK with me for a few days (her first trip to the Bay Area) ... if anyone's brought their spouses along, and are possibly interested in tagging along for some short day trips and sightseeing jaunts, do let me know! Thanks :-)
Regarding the Bay Bridge I was checking out info this afternoon on the BART... http://www.bart.gov/ Looks like the 12th St. Oakland City Center Station is only a block or two from the Marriott. Around $16 round trip from/to SFO.
The Bay Bridge (the main commuter artery in the Bay Area) is currently closed for emergency repairs, with no official ETA on when it will be open again. More details and links to where you can get status updates can be found on the ApacheCon wiki... http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/GettingAroundOakland (And if you notice a significant change in status, please update the wiki with that information)
We're doing it again! As we're closing out our ninth year, the Sally/HALO/Foodie Dinners at ApacheCon are going from strength to strength, with great destinations, and fun company. The Foodie Dinners are proving to be quite popular, with the upcoming event in Oakland already close to capacity, without any announcements/publicity until now. Unlike most ApacheCons, where the dinner location is revealed at the very last minute, this time is differe... [read more]
