Skip to content
The Apache Software Foundation Blog The Apache Software Foundation Blog
  • The Foundation
  • Projects
  • People
  • Get Involved
  • Support the ASF
  • Download

The Apache Software Foundation Blog
  1. Home
  2. The Apache News Round-up: week ending 19 May 2017

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 19 May 2017

Posted by Sally May 19, 2017September 6, 2023Roundups

We’re wrapping up a great week in Miami at ApacheCon, with thanks to all our attendees, event sponsors, organizers, producers, staff, volunteers, and the greater Apache community of developers, users, and enthusiasts –we miss you already. Here’s what happened this week:

Support Apache –if Apache software has helped you, please consider making a donation, no matter the size. Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws.
 – Next Board Meeting: 21 June 2017. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ –the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation. Tomorrow’s Technology Today.
 – Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE
 – Videos of keynotes + presentations are now available https://s.apache.org/AE3m
 – Soundbites from the conference floor https://feathercast.apache.org/

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around the clock.
 – 7M+ weekly checks yield outstanding performance at 99.98% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Archiva™ –an application for managing one or more remote repositories, including administration, artifact handling, browsing and searching.
 – Apache Archiva 2.2.3 released http://archiva.apache.org/

Apache Beam™ –Open Source unified programming model for batch and streaming Big Data processing.
 – The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Beam™ v2.0.0 https://s.apache.org/k5W7

Apache Buildr™ –a build system for Java-based applications, including support for Scala, Groovy and a growing number of JVM languages and tools.
 – Apache Buildr 1.5.3 released http://buildr.apache.org/

Apache CarbonData™ –an indexed columnar data format for fast analytics on Big Data platforms such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark.
 – Apache CarbonData 1.1.0 released http://carbondata.apache.org/

Apache Commons™ Compress –library defines an API for working with ar, cpio, Unix dump, tar, zip, gzip, XZ, Pack200, bzip2, 7z, arj, lzma, snappy, DEFLATE, lz4, Brotli and Z files.
 – Apache Commons Compress 1.14 released http://commons.apache.org/compress/

Apache Directory™ Kerby –a Java Kerberos binding.
 – Apache Kerby™ 1.0.0 released http://directory.apache.org/kerby

Apache NiFi™ MiNiFi –provides a complementary data collection approach that supplements the core tenets of NiFi in dataflow management, focusing on the collection of data at the source of its creation.
 – Apache NiFi MiNiFi C++ 0.2.0 released https://nifi.apache.org/minifi

Apache PDFBox™ –an Open Source Java tool for working with PDF documents.
 – Apache PDFBox 2.0.6 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/

Apache Qpid™ –implements the latest AMQP specification, the first open standard for enterprise messaging, and provides transaction management, queuing, distribution, security, management, clustering, federation and heterogeneous multi-platform support and a lot more.
 – Apache Qpid JMS 0.23.0 released http://qpid.apache.org

Apache Samza™ –Open Source Big Data distributed stream processing framework in production at Intuit, LinkedIn, Netflix, Optimizely, Redfin, and Uber, among other organizations.
 – The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Samza™ v0.13 https://s.apache.org/CSbJ

Apache Tomcat™ –an Open Source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers technologies.
 – Apache Tomcat 7.0.78, 8.0.44, and 8.5.15 released http://tomcat.apache.org/

Apache Wicket™ –an Open Source Java component oriented web application framework that powers thousands of Web applications and web sites for governments, stores, universities, cities, banks, email providers, and more.
 – Apache Wicket 7.7.0 and 8.0.0-M6 released http://wicket.apache.org/


Did You Know?

 – Did you know that Autodesk’s private Cloud is powered by Apache CloudStack? http://cloudstack.apache.org/

 – Did you know that Formula 1 races have 1.5 billions of data points for per race, and use Apache Drill, Flink, Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Kafka, MapReduce, Solr, and Spark for their Big Data architectures? http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/fast_car_big_data_code_motion_carol3.pdf

 – Did you know that over the past month, 1,086 Apache Committers changed 5,147,842 lines of code over 15,487 commits? http://status.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 – "Success at Apache" is a blog series that focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". 1) Project Independence https://s.apache.org/CE0V 2) All Carrot and No Stick https://s.apache.org/ykoG 3) Asynchronous Decision Making https://s.apache.org/PMvk 4) Rule of the Makers https://s.apache.org/yFgQ 5) JFDI –the unconditional love of contributors https://s.apache.org/4pjM 6) Meritocracy and Me https://s.apache.org/tQQh

 – The latest Apache Community Newsletter https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/community-development-news-april-2017

 – Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/ and Twitter account https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity

 – The Apache Phoenix community will be holding PhoenixCon on 13 June in San Francisco https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phoenixcon-2017-tickets-32872245772

 – Catch the Apache Ignite and Spark communities at the In-Memory Computing Summit 20-21 June in Amsterdam and 24-25 October in San Francisco https://imcsummit.org/

 – ASF Operations Summary – Q3 FY2017 https://s.apache.org/NKFz

 – The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at http://apache.org/events/meetups.html

 – Find out how you can participate with Apache community/projects/activities –opportunities open with Apache HTTP Server, Avro, ComDev (community development), Directory, Incubator, OODT, POI, Polygene, Syncope, Tika, Trafodion, and more! https://helpwanted.apache.org/

 – ApacheCon North America + Apache: BigData, CloudStack Collaboration Conference, FlexJS Summit, Apache: IoT, and TomcatCon will be held 16-18 May 2017 in Miami http://apachecon.com/

 – Are your software solutions Powered by Apache? Download & use our "Powered By" logos http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/#poweredby

= = =
For real-time updates, sign up for Apache-related news by sending mail to [email protected] and follow @TheASF on Twitter. For a broader spectrum from the Apache community, https://twitter.com/PlanetApache provides an aggregate of Project activities as well as the personal blogs and tweets of select ASF Committers.

# # #

Post navigation

Previous: The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Beam™ v2.0.0
Next: On the State of the Feather

Recent Posts

  • AI and Open Source: Expanding Apache Airflow’s Global Impact Through Collaboration
  • ASF Plus One Newsletter: July 2025
  • First-Time ASF Contributors Help Foster Long-Term Sustainability of Open Source Projects Through Code Writing  
  • The Apache Software Foundation Thanks Myrle Krantz for Her Service as VP Infrastructure
  • How Sponsors Help ASF Steward Open Source for the Public Good

Categories

  • Apache Incubator
  • Community
  • Events
  • First Contributions
  • Foundation
  • Plus One Newsletter
  • Press Releases
  • Projects
  • Roundups
  • Security
  • SuccessAtApache
  • Uncategorized

Archives

  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • January 2009
  • September 2000

The Apache Software Foundation Blog © 2025 All rights reserved.

Powered by WordPress.com. Theme by Arinio Themes