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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 21 July 2017' |
| date: '2017-07-21T00:00:00+00:00' |
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| <p>Hello, Friday. Let's take a look at what the Apache community has been working on over the past week:</p>
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| <p>Support Apache –Apache's community-led projects bring billions in value to users, developers, and critical applications. Every dollar counts. <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html">http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html</a></p>
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| <p>ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br /> - Next Board Meeting: 16 August. Board calendar and minutes <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a><br /> - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year <a href="https://s.apache.org/IDn5">https://s.apache.org/IDn5</a></p>
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| <p>ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield shipshape performance at 94.89% uptime <a href="http://status.apache.org/">http://status.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Geode™ –Big Data management platform that provides a database-like consistency model, reliable transaction processing and a shared-nothing architecture to maintain very low latency performance with high concurrency processing.<br /> - Apache Geode 1.2.0 released <a href="http://geode.apache.org/">http://geode.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Hive™ –Big Data warehouse software that facilitates querying and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage.<br /> - Apache Hive 2.3.0 released <a href="https://hive.apache.org/">https://hive.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Jackrabbit™ Oak –a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class Web sites and other demanding content applications.<br /> - Apache Jackrabbit 2.4.8 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.6.3 and 1.4.17 released <a href="https://jackrabbit.apache.org/">https://jackrabbit.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Libcloud™ –a Python library that abstracts away the differences among multiple cloud provider APIs.<br /> - Apache Libcloud 2.1.0 released <a href="http://libcloud.apache.org/">http://libcloud.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache PDFBox™ –an Open Source Java tool for working with PDF documents.<br /> - Apache PDFBox 2.0.7 released <a href="http://pdfbox.apache.org/">http://pdfbox.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p><strong><br />Did You Know?</strong></p>
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| <p> - Did you know that 20% of all Apache lines of code are comments (nearly 3x the entire Linux codebase)? <a href="https://projects.apache.org/statistics.html">https://projects.apache.org/statistics.html</a></p>
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| <p> - Did you know that the Apache Directory Fortress access control system was designed for Java runtime environments with millions of users and thousands of requests per second? <a href="http://directory.apache.org/">http://directory.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p> - Did you know that the Apache OpenWebBeans Meecrowave microprofile server contains all you need to run a JavaEE-based microservice from the command line, in only 9 MB? <a href="http://openwebbeans.apache.org/">http://openwebbeans.apache.org/</a><br /><br /></p>
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| <p><strong>Apache Community Notices:</strong></p>
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| <p> - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". 1) Project Independence <a href="https://s.apache.org/CE0V">https://s.apache.org/CE0V</a> 2) All Carrot and No Stick <a href="https://s.apache.org/ykoG">https://s.apache.org/ykoG</a> 3) Asynchronous Decision Making <a href="https://s.apache.org/PMvk">https://s.apache.org/PMvk</a> 4) Rule of the Makers <a href="https://s.apache.org/yFgQ">https://s.apache.org/yFgQ</a> 5) JFDI --the unconditional love of contributors <a href="https://s.apache.org/4pjM">https://s.apache.org/4pjM</a> 6) Meritocracy and Me <a href="https://s.apache.org/tQQh">https://s.apache.org/tQQh</a> 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community <a href="https://s.apache.org/x9Be">https://s.apache.org/x9Be</a></p>
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| <p> - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're <a href="https://twitter.com/TheASF">@TheASF on Twitter</a> and on LinkedIn at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation">https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation</a> (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)</p> - Presentations from ApacheCon <a href="https://s.apache.org/Hli7">https://s.apache.org/Hli7</a> and Apache: Big Data <a href="https://s.apache.org/tefE">https://s.apache.org/tefE</a> are available; as well as videos <a href="https://s.apache.org/AE3m">https://s.apache.org/AE3m</a> and audio recordings <a href="https://feathercast.apache.org/">https://feathercast.apache.org/</a>
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| <p> - Check out the Apache Community Development blog <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/">https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/</a></p>
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| <p> - Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/">https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/</a> and Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity">https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity</a></p>
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| <p> - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at <a href="http://apache.org/events/meetups.html">http://apache.org/events/meetups.html</a></p>
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| <p> - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215</a></p>
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| <p> - Catch the Apache Ignite and Spark communities at the In-Memory Computing Summit 24-25 October in San Francisco <a href="https://imcsummit.org/">https://imcsummit.org/</a></p>
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| <p> - ASF Annual Report <a href="https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport">https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport</a></p>
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| <p> - 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! <a href="https://helpwanted.apache.org/">https://helpwanted.apache.org/</a></p>
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