It took about two months to fully roll out the 2.9.4g branch out the door. This release mostly replaces the plumbing of 2.9.4 with the .NET generic classes. One of the many benefits is the ability to use more .NET like code such as foreach (instead of GetEnumerator/MoveNext). There are a couple of API changes to be aware of: StopAnalyzer(List ... [Read more...]
Posted at 08:20PM Feb 14, 2012 by Prescott Nasser in General
Hadoop is taking central stage in the discussions about processing of the large amount of unstructured data. With raising the popularity of the system I found that people are really puzzled with all the multiplicity of Hadoop versions; the small, yet annoying differences introduced by different vendors; the frustration when vendors are trying... [Read more...]
Posted at 09:23PM Feb 09, 2012 by cos in General
If you're interested in REST or in mobile apps, you might want to check out two recent blogs posts which highlight a demo app written in JQueryMobile, and consume the RESTful API provided by the Apache Isis json-viewer. The first of the blog posts shows some screenshots of the new app in action, while the second post has a... [Read more...]
Posted at 11:42PM Feb 01, 2012 by danhaywood in General
Authors: Trend Micro Hadoop Group: Mingjie Lai, Eugene Koontz, Andrew Purtell (The original version of the blog was posted at http://hbaseblog.com/2010/11/30/hbase-coprocessors/ in late 2010, however the site is no longer available. Since we decided to move all blog posts to the official Apache blog, here I just recover the original post and make quite... [Read more...]
Posted at 08:12AM Feb 01, 2012 by mlai in General
The logo contest was a major milestone for our project. The community and PPMC members came together and voted on a logo, and were in-sync for the entire ride. The community and PPMC members both chose Adrian's (#42) , via Tomasz Maciag with Fuse Collective, and Julien's (#49) design as the top choices in the first round. This was a clear sign that the... [Read more...]
Posted at 11:50PM Jan 27, 2012 by Doug Arthur in General
It's time! Apache TomEE 1.0.0-beta-2 and Apache OpenEJB 4.0.0-beta-2 are finally out! These releases are major improvements over their predecessors and incorporate heavy doses user feedback and road testing. Nicely balanced at 50% bug fixes, 30% improvement of existing features, and 20% filling out features for better production and test experience,... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:21PM Jan 24, 2012 by dblevins in Java
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Conference Committee has opened a Request for Proposals (RFP) to produce, manage, and execute ApacheCon North America, the official conference of the ASF. Submissions will be accepted through 8 March, 2012. For program requirements and to submit a proposal, please visit http://s.apache.org/oh ... [Read more...]
Posted at 12:02PM Jan 24, 2012 by Sally in General
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 supports embedding SVG graphics using a newly created native SVG interpreter implementation. I want to talk about the advantages and some internals of this solution and the necessary changes done. One reason to do this was IP clearance. It allowed removal of six GPL/LGPL libraries, namely librsvg, libcroco, libgsf, gdk-pixbuf,... [Read more...]
Posted at 11:02AM Jan 19, 2012 by alg in General
This is the beginning of a new era for Flex. On December 31st 2011, our project was accepted as an incubator podling at the Apache Software Foundation. Now the real work begins. If you’ve joined the developer mailing list (or checked the archives ) you will see some of the excitement about Apache Flex and discussions on how to move the technology... [Read more...]
Posted at 01:53PM Jan 13, 2012 by Peter Elst in General
Apache Sqoop (incubating) was created to efficiently transfer bulk data between Hadoop and external structured datastores, such as RDBMS and data warehouses, because databases are not easily accessible by Hadoop. Sqoop is currently undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation. More information on this project can be found at ... [Read more...]
Posted at 10:58PM Jan 12, 2012 by arvind in General
After 4 years of existence, the Community Forum has moved on the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) servers at the end of October 2011 (see details ). Here are some figures about how we are doing on the English forum. We will try to make this kind of report on a monthly basis in the forum and perhaps quarterly on the blog. Please remember that... [Read more...]
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 12, 2012 by robweir in Status
I just wanted to send some notes about added features which are part of AOO3.4 version. This one is actually the result of fixing tasks #118558# , #118485# , #108221# and #67705# which are all about GraphicObjects, OLEObjects (OLE means Object Linking and Embedding) and their geometrical attributes and properties. You may take a look at the tasks if... [Read more...]
Posted at 03:42PM Jan 11, 2012 by alg in General
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),... [Read more...]
Posted at 01:00PM Jan 04, 2012 by Sally in General
What's New in Apache Sqoop 1.4.0-incubating Apache Sqoop recently celebrates its first incubator release, version 1.4.0-incubating. There are several new features and improvements added in this release. This post will cover some of those interesting changes. Sqoop is currently undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation. ... [Read more...]
Posted at 08:15PM Dec 30, 2011 by Blee in General
With more and more people jumping on the bandwagon of big data it is very gratifying to see that Hadoop is gaining momentum every day. Even more fascinating is too see how the idea of putting together a bunch of service components on top of Hadoop proper is getting more and more steam. IT and software development professionals are getting better... [Read more...]
Posted at 12:59AM Dec 28, 2011 by cos in General
I sent out a similar email to our mailing list before Christmas and before I took a short break to relax with my family and friends. But it's maybe worth sharing with a broader audience here on the blog. Let me first tell you something about me (Juergen Schmidt=jsc) and to explain the title of this blog. I have been involved in the OpenOffice... [Read more...]
Posted at 05:55PM Dec 27, 2011 by jsc in General
Apache Flume is currently undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation. More information on this project can be found at http://incubator.apache.org/flume . The next generation of Apache’s log ingestion framework, Flume NG, has bolted out of the starting blocks. Last Friday, employees from a diversity of enterprises packed... [Read more...]
Posted at 04:13AM Dec 21, 2011 by arvind in General
Dear all, The Apache log4php team is pleased to announce the release of Apache log4php 2.2.0. Significant changes in this release include: a full rewrite of the configuration logic which greatly improves error reporting inline configuration using PHP arrays a new web site with better documentation and more examples a new... [Read more...]
Posted at 10:16PM Dec 20, 2011 by grobmeier in General
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... [Read more...]
Posted at 11:02AM Dec 20, 2011 by Sally in General
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