Hello, Friday — let's review what the Apache community has been up to over the past week:

Support Apache –individual donations, corporate matching gifts, online shopping, and Sponsorship help sustain the ASF's day-to-day operations. Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes Phil Steitz as Chairman https://s.apache.org/n7YT
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 September. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.

 - 7M+ weekly checks yield assured performance at 91.78% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Arrow™ –a columnar in-memory analytics layer designed to accelerate Big Data.
 - Apache Arrow 0.6.0 released http://arrow.apache.org/

Apache BookKeeper™ –a reliable replicated log service for Big Data.
 - Apache BookKeeper 4.5.0 released http://bookkeeper.apache.org/

Apache Commons™ JCS –a distributed, versatile caching system.
 - Apache Commons JCS 2.2 released https://commons.apache.org/

Apache Wicket™ –an Open Source Java component oriented web application framework.
 - Apache Wicket 8.0.0-M7 released http://wicket.apache.org

 - Did you know that Netherlands-based Finalist IT Group manages the identity of more than 2 million accounts using Apache Syncope? http://syncope.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Cayenne is becoming a dependency-free Java Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework? http://cayenne.apache.org/

 - Did you know that you can meet members of the Apache community in Germany at FrOSCon https://www.froscon.de/ and Solutions Hamburg https://solutions.hamburg/ ?

 - "Success at Apache" 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/PMvk4) 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be 7) Meritocracy. https://s.apache.org/DiEo

 - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the latest Apache Community Development newsletter https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/community-development-news-july-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 list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at http://apache.org/events/meetups.html

 - Meet members of the Apache Big Data communities at DataWorks/Hadoop Summit 20-21 September in Sydney https://dataworkssummit.com/

 - The Apache community will be at All Things Open --stop by the ASF booth and say hello! 23-24 October in Raleigh https://allthingsopen.org/

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

 - 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/

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At yesterday's Board meeting, Phil Steitz was named Chairman of the ASF. Steitz, a 12-year ASF Member and former Vice Chairman, succeeds Brett Porter, who has served as ASF Chairman since June 2013. Porter will continue in his role as a member of the ASF Board of Directors.

"I am super excited to have Phil take on the role of ASF Chairman, for his depth of experience in the Apache community, significant experience in the industry, and clear understanding of Open Source and open development," said Brett Porter. "I thank the ASF Membership for giving me the opportunity to serve as chair over the last few years --it's been great!"

In addition, ASF co-founder Jim Jagielski has been appointed Vice Chairman. Jagielski has held every officer position since the ASF incorporated in 1999.

ASF Members elect the Board of Directors to run the Foundation and to set and ensure policy. The Board of Directors are: Rich Bowen, Shane Curcuru, Bertrand Delacretaz, Ted Dunning, Jim Jagielski, Chris Mattmann, Brett Porter, Phil Steitz, and Mark Thomas.

In addition to Steitz and Jagielski, the ASF's corporate officers include:

 - President Sam Ruby

 - Executive Vice President Ross Gardler

 - Treasurer Ulrich Stärk

 - Secretary Craig Russell

The complete officer roster is available at http://apache.org/foundation/

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The Apache Software Foundation is not a democracy.

It's an elitist organization that does not support an innate right to vote. We aren't capitalists because you can't buy a seat on our board. We aren't socialists since we place building working communities over software. Monarchy doesn't fit because Kings and Pawns work together as equals.

What we are is a Meritocracy. To be able to have a say, you have to prove your worth in a system of merit. Meritocracy is a key part of The Apache Way. With it, the ASF creates amazing software with amazing people that continues to change the way the world computes.

Merit has no basis on Age, Sex, Religion, Ethnicity, Race, Country of Origin, Sexual Preference, Social Status, Income Level, Lineage, and/or Physical/Cultural Traits*.

In honor of The Apache Way, the ASF has created two wristbands to share with the tech community. The first is silver and announces our Meritocracy. 

The second, because merit is NOT rooted in biological differences, is brash and bold in Red announcing "do I.T. like a girl".  The idea comes from Code Like A Girl wristbands coupled with a small bit of double entendre to start a conversation about improving inclusion.

If you'd like some wristbands, they'll be debossed in a single color like the pictures below. Just send me an email at kmcgrail(at)apache(dot)org. I'll try and send out as many as I can for free. If you like/hate the idea, feel free to send me an email as well and tell me what you would do differently.

* NOTE: We do take into serious account whether you are a Cat or a Dog person.

Kevin A. McGrail is a cybersecurity expert and Open Source advocate who loves stopping spammers. He got involved with the ASF when the Apache SpamAssassin project joined the foundation in 2004. Today he still helps the SpamAssassin project while also serving as an executive officer and VP of Fundraising.

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"Success at Apache" is a new monthly 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

Another great week has zipped by — here's what happened with the Apache community:

Support Apache –whether through individual donations, corporate matching gifts, online shopping, or Sponsorship, your generous contributions provide critical support needed to run for the ASF. Every dollar counts. http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.

 - Next Board Meeting: 16 August. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.

 - 7M+ weekly checks yield hip performance at 91.80% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache CouchDB™ –a database that completely embraces the Web by storing your data with JSON documents.

 - Apache CouchDB 2.1.0 released https://couchdb.apache.org/

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.
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.27 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache Parquet™ –a general-purpose columnar file format supporting nested Big Data.
 - Apache Parquet C++ 1.2.0 released http://parquet.apache.org

Apache Pulsar (incubating) –a highly scalable, low latency messaging platform running on commodity hardware.
 - Apache Pulsar 1.19.0-incubating released https://pulsar.incubator.apache.org/

Apache Velocity™ –well-known in the Java field as a lightweight, easy-to-use templating library for creating dynamic Web sites and performing other text-generation tasks.
 - Apache Velocity Engine 2.0 released http://velocity.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that biotech startup Zymergen uses Apache Airflow (incubating) to orchestrate complex Big Data processing? http://airflow.incubator.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Accumulo is now using impsort-maven-plugin to standardize import order in Java files? https://accumulo.apache.org

 - Did you know that one of the strengths of Apache MXNet (incubating) is the ability to mix declarative and imperative programming? http://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the latest Apache Community Development newsletter https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/community-development-news-july-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 list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at http://apache.org/events/meetups.html

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

 - Meet members of the Apache Big Data communities at DataWorks/Hadoop Summit 20-21 September in Sydney https://dataworkssummit.com/

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

 - 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/

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For real-time updates, sign up for Apache-related news by sending mail to announce-subscribe@apache.org 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.

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 16 August. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield spry performance at 91.81% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Commons Email™ –library for sending e-mail from Java.
 - Apache Commons Email 1.5 released http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-email/
 - CVE-2017-9801: Apache Commons Email SMTP header injection vulnerabilty http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201708.mbox/%3C87lgn3nnr2.fsf%40v45346.1blu.de%3E

Apache Curator™ –Big Data Java/JVM client library for Apache ZooKeeper, a distributed coordination service.
 - Apache Curator 4.0.0 released http://curator.apache.org

Apache Guacamole (incubating) –a clientless remote desktop gateway which supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH.
 - Apache Guacamole 0.9.13-incubating released http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/

Apache Jackrabbit™ –a fully compliant implementation of the Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.15.5 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.5 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache Juneau (incubating) –a toolkit for marshalling POJOs to a wide variety of content types using a common framework, and for creating sophisticated self-documenting REST interfaces and microservices using very little code.
 - Apache Juneau 6.3.1 (incubating) http://juneau.incubator.apache.org/

Apache Log4j™ –provides logging services for Java.
 - Apache Log4j Scala API v11.0 released http://logging.apache.org/log4j

Apache Mynewt™ –a community-driven module OS for constrained, embedded applications.
 - Apache Mynewt 1.1.0 released http://mynewt.apache.org/

Apache Polygene™ –Open Source Composite Oriented Programming platform and tools offer simple, easy-to-use enterprise-grade alternative to Java Persistence API.
 - The Apache Software Foundation announces Apache Polygene v3.0 https://s.apache.org/615I

Apache Storm™ –a distributed, fault-tolerant, and high-performance realtime computation system that provides strong guarantees on the processing of Big Data.
 - Apache Storm 1.0.4 and 1.1.1 released http://storm.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that you can save 25% off registration to DataWorks/Hadoop Summit Sydney by using discount code HWX25? https://dataworkssummit.com/sydney-2017/attend/

 - Did you know that that Chinese Academy of Sciences Cloud Computing & Guangdong Hongda Com uses Apache Wicket? http://wicket.apache.org/

 - Did you know that over the past year Apache Kafka has had a 260% jump in developer popularity? http://kafka.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the latest Apache Community Development newsletter https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/community-development-news-july-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 list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at http://apache.org/events/meetups.html

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

 - Meet members of the Apache Big Data communities at DataWorks/Hadoop Summit 20-21 September in Sydney https://dataworkssummit.com/

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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

Forest Hill, MD –1 August 2017– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the immediate availability of Apache^® Polygene™ Java Edition v.3.0, the Composite Oriented Programming platform leveraging Java.

Apache Polygene is a Java application framework used for persistence-centric applications. Polygene delivers a comprehensive solution for creating business applications, with dependency injection, aspect oriented programming, persistence system, metrics and serialization, in a modular fashion with dozens of extensions.

"Apache Polygene's slogan --'New Energy for Java - Classes are Dead, Long Live Interfaces' -- truly captures what Apache Polygene is really about: designing software efficiently," said Niclas Hedhman, original project co-founder and member of the Apache Polygene Project Management Committee. "Too many frameworks add a lot of boilerplate and configuration that is simply not needed. It just slows everyone down, and everyone is looking for alternatives to JPA (Java Persistence API). Polygene can deliver that, and much more. Simply put, Polygene is application framework done right."

Apache Polygene 3.0 is a major release on Java 8, and features new serialization subsystem, persistence system additions of Apache Cassandra and Apache Geode entity stores, full Java Scripting API support, and a focus for delivery of REST API applications and microservices. Polygene 3.0's many improvements make it easier to get started and is anticipated to be a critical release for years to come. Further details are available in the Apache Polygene 3.0 technical fact sheet https://blogs.apache.org/polygene/date/20170730

"Version 3.0 has been more work than any previous release," said Paul Merlin, Vice President of and Release Manager of Apache Polygene. "We have rewritten large sections of the Polygene Runtime to leverage Java 8 platform, and decided to minimize user impact by making all other changes that may break compatibility with previous versions at the same time."

"In our new business venture, I am again happy to use Polygene to simplify the application modeling," said Jiri Jetmar, member of the Apache Polygene Project Management Committee and longtime Polygene user. "Many features are crucial, but being able to not use JPA and have a better persistence model is probably the most important one for us. There are very few alternatives to JPA, and Polygene is simply the best."

Polygene originated in 2007 as Qi4j, and, in 2015, became the first project to enter the ASF as a pTLP (provisional Top-Level Project) without entering the Apache Incubator. The project celebrated its 10 year anniversary with its 9th supported release, and is planning for 3 additional releases in the next 12 months.

"We are already working on Polygene 3.1 with a code generator to get started more quickly," added Hedhman. "Also in the works is an enterprise-friendly SQL entity store, to remove the last objections of using Polygene in enterprise projects."

"Moving forward, we are determined to preserve compatibility," added Merlin. "We invite interested individuals to download Polygene and join the discussion on future features and enhancements."

Apache Polygene software is released under the Apache License v2.0 and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product releases. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved with Apache Polygene, visit https://polygene.apache.org/

Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server --the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 620 individual Members and 6,000 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Alibaba Cloud Computing, ARM, Bloomberg, Budget Direct, Capital One, Cash Store, Cerner, Cloudera, Comcast, Confluent, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, iSigma, LeaseWeb, Microsoft, ODPi, PhoenixNAP, Pivotal, Private Internet Access, Produban, Red Hat, Serenata Flowers, Target, WANdisco, and Yahoo. For more information, visit https://www.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/TheASF

© The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Polygene", "Apache Polygene", "Cassandra", "Apache Cassandra", "Geode", "Apache Geode", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 16 August. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield solid performance at 93.83% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Arrow™ –a columnar in-memory analytics layer designed to accelerate Big Data.
 - Apache Arrow 0.5.0 released http://arrow.apache.org/

Apache Fluo™ –newest addition to Apache Big Data ecosystem used for continual, incremental processing of data at petabyte scale.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Fluo™ as a Top-Level Project https://s.apache.org/NI73

Apache Ignite™ –an In-Memory Data Fabric providing in-memory data caching, partitioning, processing, and querying components.
 - Apache Ignite 2.1.0 released https://ignite.apache.org/

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.
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.4 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache James™ –Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server has a modular architecture based on a rich set of modern and efficient components which provides at the end complete, stable, secure and extendable Mail Servers running on the JVM.
 - Apache James 3.0.0 released http://james.apache.org/

Apache OODT™ – a software framework as well as an architectural style for the rapid construction of scientific data systems.
 - Apache OODT 1.1 released http://oodt.apache.org/

Apache OpenWebBeans™ –a CDI container (Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java) and targets the CDI-2.0 specification (JavaEE 8).
 - Apache OpenWebBeans 2.0.0 released http://openwebbeans.apache.org

Apache Subversion™ –an Open Source centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.
 - Apache Subversion 1.10.0-alpha3 released http://subversion.apache.org/

Apache Traffic Server™ –a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 compliant caching proxy server.
 - Apache Traffic Server 7.1.0 released http://trafficserver.apache.org/

Apache UIMA™ –Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) is a component framework supporting development, discovery, composition, and deployment of multi-modal analytics tasked with the analysis of unstructured information.
 - Apache UIMA Ruta 2.6.1 released http://uima.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that new innovation categories in the Apache Incubator include IoT, Microfinance, Machine Learning, Web Services, and Cryptography? http://incubator.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the Accumulo Summit will take place on 16 October? CFP & registration now open https://accumulo.apache.org/blog/2017/07/27/accumulo-summmit-on-october-16.html

 - Did you know that the Apache CouchDB community issues a weekly news update? https://blog.couchdb.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the Apache Community Development blog https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/

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

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

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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

Newest addition to Apache Big Data ecosystem used for continual, incremental processing of data at petabyte scale

Forest Hill, MD –26 July 2017– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today that Apache^® Fluo™ has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the project's community and products have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles.

Apache Fluo is a distributed system for incrementally processing large data sets stored in Apache Accumulo (the sorted, distributed key/value store based on Google's Bigtable, built on top of Apache Hadoop, Apache Zookeeper, and Apache Thrift). With Fluo, users can continuously join new data into large existing data sets without reprocessing all data. Unlike batch and streaming frameworks, Fluo offers much lower latency and can operate on extremely large data sets.

"I am very excited to see Apache Fluo graduate and I would like to thank our mentors for all their help, the Apache Incubator Project Management Committee for its advice and guidance, everyone in the Fluo community, and Google for publishing the research upon which Fluo is based," said Keith Turner, Vice President of Apache Fluo. "As a result of collaboration within the community, we are graduating with a beautifully designed piece of software."

Based on Percolator (built on top of Bigtable to support incremental updates to the search index at Google), Fluo makes it possible to continually-update the results of a large-scale computation, index, or analytic as new data is discovered.

"Apache Fluo is a very clever piece of software, elegantly supplementing Apache Accumulo's ability to store and maintain very large indexes," said Christopher Tubbs, ASF Member and Committer on Apache Accumulo and Apache Fluo. "Its support of transactions enables Accumulo to solve a whole new set of big data problems, and its observer framework makes designing ingest workflows fun."

An example of how Fluo works is a use case of counting phrases in unique documents. This could be accomplished by two MapReduce jobs: one job to get a unique set of documents and a following job to count phrases. Where petabytes of documents are concerned, running both jobs for a small amount of new data is inefficient. Apache Fluo enables continuous, quick computations of these two joins as new data arrives, constantly emitting deltas of phrase counts. Anything could consume the emitted deltas. For example, a query system could be continuously updated using them.

"We are excited that Fluo is becoming a Top-Level Project at the Apache Software Foundation," said Dr. Adina Crainiceanu, Apache Rya (incubating) Committer and Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, United States Naval Academy. "Heartfelt congratulations to the Fluo community for achieving this important milestone. The Apache Rya project uses the observer framework in Fluo to cache and maintain answers to complex SPARQL queries for large RDF datasets. Using cached answers greatly improves Rya's performance for complex queries. Fluo complements Rya by allowing the incremental and continuous update of the cached answers. Fluo is particularly useful because it allows updates to happen as new data is ingested, reduces updates latency, avoids stale results, and circumvents the periodical reprocessing of the entire dataset. We are confident that Apache Fluo will become one of the important frameworks for updating indexing results in a dynamic data-acquiring context."

"Fluo fulfills an important role in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem, significantly expanding existing capabilities for working with large data sets," said Billie Rinaldi, ASF Member and former Vice President of Apache Accumulo. "I was excited to see this project come to the Apache Incubator, and am even more pleased to see it graduate to a top-level Apache project."

"We welcome new users and contributors to Apache Fluo," added Turner. "If you are interested in trying Fluo, check out the Fluo Tour on the project Website. Join our mailing lists to discuss how Fluo may be a good solution for your problem, as well as for help with debugging and finding starter issues."

Catch Apache Fluo in action and meet members of the Fluo community at Accumulo Summit, 16 October 2017 in Columbia, MD. http://accumulosummit.com/

Availability and Oversight
Apache Fluo software is released under the Apache License v2.0 and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product releases. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved with Apache Fluo, visit http://fluo.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/ApacheFluo

About the Apache Incubator
The Apache Incubator is the entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. All code donations from external organizations and existing external projects wishing to join the ASF enter through the Incubator to: 1) ensure all donations are in accordance with the ASF legal standards; and 2) develop new communities that adhere to our guiding principles. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. For more information, visit http://incubator.apache.org/

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server --the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 620 individual Members and 6,000 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Alibaba Cloud Computing, ARM, Bloomberg, Budget Direct, Capital One, Cash Store, Cerner, Cloudera, Comcast, Confluent, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, iSigma, LeaseWeb, Microsoft, ODPi, PhoenixNAP, Pivotal, Private Internet Access, Produban, Red Hat, Serenata Flowers, Target, WANdisco, and Yahoo. For more information, visit https://www.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/TheASF

© The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Fluo", "Apache Fluo", "Accumulo", "Apache Accumulo", "Rya", "Apache Rya", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 16 August. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield shipshape performance at 94.89% uptime http://status.apache.org/

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.
 - Apache Geode 1.2.0 released http://geode.apache.org/

Apache Hive™ –Big Data warehouse software that facilitates querying and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage.
 - Apache Hive 2.3.0 released https://hive.apache.org/

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.
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.4.8 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.6.3 and 1.4.17 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache Libcloud™ –a Python library that abstracts away the differences among multiple cloud provider APIs.
 - Apache Libcloud 2.1.0 released http://libcloud.apache.org/

Apache PDFBox™ –an Open Source Java tool for working with PDF documents.
 - Apache PDFBox 2.0.7 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that 20% of all Apache lines of code are comments (nearly 3x the entire Linux codebase)? https://projects.apache.org/statistics.html

 - 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? http://directory.apache.org/

 - 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? http://openwebbeans.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - If you're looking for the ASF on social media, we're @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation (follows/re-tweets/shares/likes appreciated!)

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the Apache Community Development blog https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/

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

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

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 July 2017. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield great performance at 97.03% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Jackrabbit™ –a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR).
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.14.2 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache HAWQ (incubating) –an advanced enterprise SQL-on-Hadoop analytic engine.
 - Apache HAWQ 2.2.0.0-incubating released http://hawq.apache.org

Apache HTTP Server™ –the world's most popular Web server.
 - Apache HTTP Server 2.2.34 and 2.4.27 2.2.34 released http://httpd.apache.org/
 - CVE-2017-9789: Apache httpd 2.4 Read after free in mod_http2 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201707.mbox/%3CCACsi2528RzhCmN78sbpUYNYhLvsMkJmaB1hGV%2BzxaU64fjBL2g%40mail.gmail.com%3E
 - CVE-2017-9788: Uninitialized memory reflection in mod_auth_digest http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201707.mbox/%3CCACsi252%3DWGN3zy9qsErsuvy5p-%2BL9p%2BDMUoZkFvyg4zH25N%2BkA%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Apache Impala (Incubating) –a high-performance C++ and Java SQL query engine for data stored in Apache Hadoop-based clusters.
 - CVE-2017-5652 Apache Impala (incubating) Information Disclosure http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201707.mbox/%3CCA%2BLM4Mt5Nk_qJom7YhKaZrLQArqWWY%3DofUDK7h%2BMM7mmOVhp_w%40mail.gmail.com%3E
 - CVE-2017-5640 Apache Impala (incubating) Information Disclosure http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201707.mbox/%3CCA%2BLM4Mur2%2Bmdv_YukGG0s5OWrj6xdZyLZbPRaB0g6Mm_WH%2BN9g%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Apache Lucene™ Solr –an Open Source enterprise search server based on the Lucene Java search library.
 - CVE-2017-7660: Security Vulnerability in secure inter-node communication in Apache Solr http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201707.mbox/%3CCAOOKt53EgrybaD%2BiSn-nBbvFdse-szhg%3DhMoDZuvUvyMme-Z%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Apache ODE™ –a WS-BPEL 1.1/2.0 compliant Web services orchestration engine.
 - Apache ODE 1.3.7 released http://ode.apache.org/

Apache Olingo™ –a Java library that enables developers to implement OData producers and OData consumers.
 - Apache Olingo 2.0.9 released http://olingo.apache.org/

Apache OpenMeetings™ –provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools.
 - Apache OpenMeetings 3.3.0 released http://openmeetings.apache.org

Apache OpenNLP™ –a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural language text.
 - Apache OpenNLP 1.8.1 released http://opennlp.apache.org/

Apache OpenWebBeans™ –a CDI container (Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java) and targets the CDI-1.2 specification (JavaEE 7).
 - Apache OpenWebBeans-1.7.4 released http://openwebbeans.apache.org

Apache Phoenix™ –enables SQL-based OLTP and operational analytics for Apache Hadoop.
 - Apache Phoenix 4.11 released http://phoenix.apache.org/

Apache Struts™ –a comprehensive and modular tooling stack for creating Web-based Java applications.
 - Apache Struts 2: possible RCE in the Struts Showcase app in the Struts 1 plugin example in the Struts 2.3.x series http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201707.mbox/%3CCAMopvkPHCrVRX7TuyyzdHp2wv6Pc8-f4%3DsqmSxPiE04md7SMug%40mail.gmail.com%3E
 - Apache Struts 2.5.12 GA with Security Fixes released http://struts.apache.org/

Apache Subversion™ –an Open Source, centralized version control system.
 - Apache Subversion 1.8.18 released http://subversion.apache.org/

Apache Tika™ –a toolkit for detecting and extracting metadata and structured text content from various documents using existing parser libraries.
 - Apache Tika 1.16 released http://tika.apache.org/

Apache Wicket™ –an Open Source Java component oriented Web application framework.
 - Apache Wicket 7.8.0 released http://wicket.apache.org/

Apache Yetus™ –a collection of libraries and tools that enable contribution and release processes for software projects. - Apache Yetus 0.5.0 released https://yetus.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that if your employer has a matching gift program, your contribution to the ASF can be generously increased and will help even more to support its mission? http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html

 - Did you know that the Apache Incubator site had a redesign/facelift? http://incubator.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the value to users from Apache OpenOffice's 200+M downloads (over the past year) exceeds $25M per day? https://openoffice.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the Apache Community Development blog https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/

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

 - Apache ActiveMQ Call For Logo https://blogs.apache.org/activemq/entry/apache-activemq-call-for-logo

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

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 July 2017. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - ASF Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield stonking performance at 96.68% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Jackrabbit™ –a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR).
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.10.6 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.3 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache jclouds™ –Open Source multi-Cloud toolkit.
 - Apache jclouds 2.0.2 released https://jclouds.apache.org/

Apache Juneau (incubating) –a toolkit for marshalling POJOs to a wide variety of content types using a common framework, and for creating sophisticated self-documenting REST interfaces and microservices using very little code.
 - Apache Juneau 6.3.0 (incubating) released http://juneau.incubator.apache.org/

Apache OFBiz™ –an Open Source product for the automation of enterprise processes that includes framework components and business applications.
 - Apache OFBiz 16.11.03 released http://ofbiz.apache.org/

Apache POI™ –library for reading and writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Publisher and Outlook.
 - Apache POI 3.17-beta1 released https://poi.apache.org/

Apache Syncope™ –an Open Source system for managing digital identities in enterprise environments.
 - Apache Syncope 2.0.4 released http://syncope.apache.org/

Apache Subversion™ –a simple, reliable Open Source centralized version control system.
 - Apache Subversion 1.9.6 released http://subversion.apache.org/

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 7.0.79 and 8.0.45 released http://tomcat.apache.org/
 - End of life for Apache Tomcat 8.0.x announced http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201706.mbox/%3C19f2ddf7-aa64-5e56-7b97-a464aa319162%40apache.org%3E

Apache Wicket™ –an Open Source Java component oriented Web application framework.
 - Apache Wicket 6.27.0 released http://wicket.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that recordings from ApacheCon are available on Feathercast? https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Syncope (enterprise identity management) has been downloaded 4K/month in 2017 thus far? http://syncope.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Drill (Big Data SQL query engine) is well suited for data exploration? http://drill.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the Apache Community Development blog https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/

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

 - Apache ActiveMQ Call For Logo https://blogs.apache.org/activemq/entry/apache-activemq-call-for-logo

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

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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

ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 July 2017. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
 - The Apache® Software Foundation Announces Annual Report for 2017 Fiscal Year https://s.apache.org/IDn5

ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield steady performance at 96.13% uptime http://status.apache.org/

Apache Allura™ –an Open Source implementation of a software forge, a Web site that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs, and more for any number of individual projects.
 - Apache Allura 1.7.0 released https://allura.apache.org/

Apache Calcite™ –a dynamic data management framework.
 - Apache Calcite 1.13.0 released http://calcite.apache.org/

Apache Directory™ Fortress –provides Role-Based Access Control components that are fully ANSI INCITS 359 compliant and production ready.
 - Apache Fortress 2.0.0 released http://directory.apache.org/fortress/

Apache Fluo (incubating) – a distributed system for incrementally processing large data sets stored in Apache Accumulo.
 - Apache Fluo Recipes 1.1.0-incubating released https://fluo.apache.org/

Apache Groovy™ –a multi-faceted programming language for the JVM.
 - Apache Groovy 2.4.12 released https://groovy.apache.org/

Apache Ignite™ –an In-Memory Data Fabric providing in-memory data caching, partitioning, processing, and querying components.
 - [CVE-2017-7686] Apache Ignite Information Disclosure http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201706.mbox/%3CC6768663-E7C6-48CC-A480-400218F23486%40apache.org%3E

Apache Jackrabbit™ –a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR).
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.15.4 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Apache Kafka™ –a distributed, fault tolerant, publish-subscribe messaging.
 - Apache Kafka 0.11.0.0 released http://kafka.apache.org/

Apache MyFaces™ –a JavaServer(tm) Faces 2.3 implementation as specified by JSR-372.
 - Apache MyFaces Core v2.3.0-beta released http://myfaces.apache.org/

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 8.5.16 and 9.0.0.M22 released http://tomcat.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache Kafka v0.11 has support for exactly-once guarantees? http://kafka.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Drill v1.10 has improved fault tolerance? http://drill.apache.org

 - Did you know that Taiwan High Speed Rail Online Booking uses Apache Wicket? http://wicket.apache.org

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Success at Apache" 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 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be

 - Presentations from ApacheCon https://s.apache.org/Hli7 and Apache: Big Data https://s.apache.org/tefE are available; as well as videos https://s.apache.org/AE3m and audio recordings https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Check out the Apache Community Development blog https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/

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

 - Apache ActiveMQ Call For Logo https://blogs.apache.org/activemq/entry/apache-activemq-call-for-logo

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

 - The CloudStack European User Group will be held 17 August in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-35565783215

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

 - ASF Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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

Forest Hill, MD —29 June 2017— The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of the annual report for its 2017 fiscal year, which ended 30 April 2017. 

Now in its 18th year, the ASF's operational highlights include:

1. 35M page views per week across apache.org;
2. Web requests received from every Internet-connected country on the planet;
3. ASF's 100M functional lines of code (out of 150M+ total) have been developed over 65,000 person years, valued at US$7B;
4. 65+M lines of code committed over the past year;
5. 20% of all Apache lines of code are comments (nearly 3x the entire Linux codebase);
6. 3,300 Apache code Committers made 214,398 commits;
7. More than half of all contributions made by individuals new to Apache;
8. Nearly 300 new code contributors and 300-400 new people filing issues each month;
9. 25,154 authors sent 2,105,992 emails on 834,045 topics over the past year;
10. Approximately 9M source code downloads served from Apache mirrors on a yearly basis (excluding convenience binaries);
11. 64 new individual ASF Members elected, bringing the total to 684;
12. Exceeded 6,000 code Committers;
13. Remains all-volunteer for all code/development-related activities;
14. 182 Top-Level communities overseeing 300+ Apache projects and sub-projects;
15. Dozens of Apache projects continue to dominate the enterprise Big Data ecosystem
16. Record 64 "podlings" undergoing incubation during FY2017 (59 at end of FY2017);
17. New innovations include IoT, Microfinance, Machine Learning, and Cryptography;
18. 22nd anniversary of the Apache HTTP Server (18 years under the ASF umbrella);
19. Apache OpenOfficeTM exceeded 200M downloads (value to users $25M+ per day);
20. Apache GroovyTM downloaded 12M times during the first 4 months of 2017;
21. 976 Individual Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) signed;
22. 42 Corporate Contributor License Agreements signed (totalling 384);
23. 30 Software Grant Agreements signed;
24. Apache License remains one of the most popular Open Source licenses;
25. Apache Infrastructure services running 24x7x365 at near 100% uptime on an annual budget of less than US$5,000 per project;
26. New "Gitbox" service launched to allow communities to host their read/write Git repositories on GitHub;
27. Continued reduction in Infrastructure costs by moving select services to the Cloud;
28. Improved buildbot and Jenkins build farms for continuous integration, testing, and automated Website generation;
29. Increased trademarks, brand management, and legal support for dozens of projects;
30. Launched new Apache Community survey, newsletter, and social media resources;
31. ASF serves as a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code for 12th consecutive year;
32. Participated in hundreds of events globally, including ApacheCon North America and Europe;
33. Increased corporate backing, with 51 ASF Sponsors and 11 Infrastructure partners;
34. Improved individual giving program and outreach tactics;
35. Completed first-time budgetary planning with five-year projections;
36. FY17 ended with a 15.3-month cash reserve (more than double the industry average);
37. ASF operational areas (Brand Management, Fundraising, Marketing and Publicity, Infrastructure, Conferences, and Travel Assistance) now supported by professional staff overseen by appointed ASF Members;
38. FY17 tapped as an investment year, with resources committed to core Infrastructure and Marketing & Publicity services.

The full report is available online at https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport

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