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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 15 September 2017' |
| id: fdb64e9d-62f3-4c09-a1e0-49a88c84026e |
| date: '2017-09-15 14:17:32 -0400' |
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| - community |
| - foundation |
| - round-up |
| - initiatives |
| - news |
| - weekly |
| - summary |
| - software |
| - projects |
| - apache |
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| <div>It's finally Friday. We've had quite a busy week, so let's get down to reviewing our work:</div> |
| <p>ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br /> - Next Board Meeting: 20 September. Board calendar and minutes <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a><br /> - ASF Quarterly Report: Operations Summary Q1 FY2018 <a href="https://s.apache.org/cEUm">https://s.apache.org/cEUm</a></p> |
| <p>ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield smashing performance at 99.87% uptime <a href="http://status.apache.org/">http://status.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 567 Committers changed 1,517,515 lines of code over 3,632 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Jian Hel; Claus Ibsen; Mingmin Xu; Paul J. Davis; and Daniel Sun.</p> |
| <p>Apache CloudStack™ –an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public and private Cloud environments.<br /> - Apache CloudStack 4.9.3.0 (LTS) released <a href="http://cloudstack.apache.org/">http://cloudstack.apache.org/</a></p> |
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| <p>Apache CXF™ –an Open Source framework for building and developing services using frontend programming APIs like JAX-WS and JAX-RS.<br /> - Apache CXF 3.2.0 released <a href="http://cxf.apache.org/">http://cxf.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Directory™ Studio –a complete directory tooling platform intended to be used with any LDAP server however it is particularly designed for use with ApacheDS.<br /> - Apache Directory Studio 2.0-0-M13 released <a href="http://directory.apache.org/studio/">http://directory.apache.org/studio/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache HttpComponents™ Core –a set of low level HTTP transport components that can be used to build custom client and server side HTTP services with a minimal footprint.<br /> - Apache HttpComponents Core 4.4.7 released <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://hc.apache.org/">http://hc.apache.org/</a></span></p> |
| <p>Apache Impala (incubating) –a high-performance C++ and Java SQL query engine for data stored in Apache Hadoop-based clusters.<br /> - Apache Impala (incubating) 2.10.0 released <a href="https://impala.incubator.apache.org/">https://impala.incubator.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <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 Oak 1.6.5 and 1.7.7, and Jackrabbit 2.1, 2.14.3 and 2.15.16 released <a href="http://jackrabbit.apache.org/">http://jackrabbit.apache.org/</a></p></p> |
| <p>Apache Kafka™ –a distributed streaming platform.<br /> - Apache Kafka 0.11.0.1 released <a href="http://kafka.apache.org/">http://kafka.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Kudu™ –an Open Source storage engine for structured data which supports low-latency random access together with efficient analytical access patterns.<br /> - Apache Kudu 1.5.0 released <a href="http://kudu.apache.org/">http://kudu.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache MXNet (incubating) –a flexible and efficient library for deep learning.<br /> - Apache MXNet (incubating) 0.11.0 released <a href="http://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/">http://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Mynewt a community-driven module OS for constrained, embedded applications.<br /> - Apache Mynewt 1.2.0 released <a href="http://mynewt.apache.org/">http://mynewt.apache.org/</a> </p> |
| <p>Apache Struts™ –Open Source framework for creating Java Web applications.<br /> - Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach <a href="https://s.apache.org/8thB">https://s.apache.org/8thB</a><br /> - MEDIA ALERT: The Apache Software Foundation Confirms Equifax Data Breach Due to Failure to Install Patches Provided for Apache® Struts™ Exploit <a href="https://s.apache.org/7bip">https://s.apache.org/7bip</a></p> |
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| <div> |
| <p>Apache Syncope™ –an Open Source system for managing digital identities in enterprise environments, implemented in Java EE technology.<br /> - Apache Syncope 2.0.5 released <a href="http://syncope.apache.org/">http://syncope.apache.org/</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> </div> |
| <div><strong>Did You Know?</strong></div> |
| <div> |
| <p> - Did you know that new features in Apache Mynewt include Bluetooth Mesh and LORA support? <a href="http://mynewt.apache.org/">http://mynewt.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p><a href="https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date"></a> - Did you know that the world's largest mobile network, China Mobile, orchestrates containers and runs long-running services and various jobs at their on-premises data center using Apache Mesos? <a href="http://mesos.apache.org/">http://mesos.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p><a href="https://jaxenter.com/jax-magazine"></a> - Did you know that Twitter uses Apache Kafka, Storm, Hadoop, and Cassandra to handle 5 billion sessions a day in real time? <a href="http://kafka.apache.org/">http://kafka.apache.org/</a> <a href="http://storm.apache.org/">http://storm.apache.org/</a> <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/">http://hadoop.apache.org/</a> <a href="http://cassandra.apache.org/">http://cassandra.apache.org/</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div><strong>Apache Community Notices:</strong></div> |
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| <div> - "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%20">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> 8) Meritocracy. <a href="https://s.apache.org/DiEo">https://s.apache.org/DiEo</a> 9) Lowering Barriers to Open Innovation <a href="https://s.apache.org/dAlg">https://s.apache.org/dAlg</a></div> |
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| <div> - Follow the ASF on social media: @TheASF on Twitter 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> (re-tweets/shares/likes most appreciated!)</div> |
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| <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></p> |
| <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><a href="https://feathercast.apache.org/"></a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> |
| <p> - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity">http://apache.org/events/meetups.html</a></p> |
| <p> - TomcatCon will be held 25 September in London <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tomcatcon-london-2017-tickets-36683639754">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tomcatcon-london-2017-tickets-36683639754</a></p> |
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| <div> |
| <p> - Meet members of the Apache Big Data communities at DataWorks/Hadoop Summit 20-21 September in Sydney <a href="https://dataworkssummit.com/">https://dataworkssummit.com/</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> |
| <p> - The Apache community will be at All Things Open --stop by the ASF booth and say hello! 23-24 October in Raleigh <a href="https://allthingsopen.org/">https://allthingsopen.org/</a></p> |
| <p> - Learn about Apache Atlas, AriaTosca (incubating), Hadoop YARN, Kafka, ManifoldCF, Ranger, Spot (incubating), Thrift, and more at Open Source Summit Europe + ELC Europe 2017 23-26 October in Prague <a href="https://osseu17.sched.com/">https://osseu17.sched.com/</a></p> |
| <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> |
| <p> - ASF Annual Report is available at <a href="https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport">https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> - 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></div> |
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