ApacheCon NA 2010 Business/Community Track Call For Participation

20
Mar/100
ApacheCon North America 2010
Business/Community Track Call For Participation

All submissions must be received by Friday, 30 April 2010 at midnight Pacific Time.

The official conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) will
return to Atlanta this November, with dozens of sessions on Servers, Cloud Computing, Search,
NoSQL, Incubating projects, innovations, emerging technologies, and more. ApacheCon's technical
tracks are currently being planned by their respective Project Management Committees and will
be announced in the upcoming weeks.

Over the past five years, the ApacheCon Business/Community Track brought some of the most
compelling non-technical topics in Open Source, bridging user, developer, and deployment issues
as they relate to customer and community success. 

We are soliciting 50-minute presentations for the Business/Community Track at the next conference,
1-5 November 2010, at the Westin Peachtree in Atlanta.

The ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way", is widely credited for the success
of many leading Open Source projects and communities. We are particularly interested in presentations
that demonstrate real-world examples that address The Apache Way and its impact on the following
topics:

- The Business of Open Source (policies, governance, ecosystem)
- Adoption Success Stories (enterprise/business, military/government, non-profit/academic/research)
- Business Model Strategies (evolving landscape, transforming changes, emerging trends)
- Apache in the Enterprise (motivations, operations, markets, interoperability)
- Open Source In the House (tips/tricks/tools that improve internal processes, productivity,
collaboration)
- Open Development and Distributed Computing
- Educating and Evangelizing
- Open Source Licenses and Legal Issues (roadmaps, hybrid environments, compatibility, etc.)
- Meritocracy Model and Community Building
- Mentoring Projects, Users, and Communities
- Fostering Emerging Group Participation (students, women, multi-national, etc.)

Other proposals on topics of interest that showcase “how we did it” are also welcome.
Submissions are open to anyone with relevant expertise: ASF affiliation is not required to
present at, attend, or otherwise participate in ApacheCon.

Please keep in mind that whilst we are encourage submissions that the highlight the use of
specific Apache solutions, we are unable to accept marketing/commercially-oriented presentations.

All accepted speakers (not co-presenters) qualify for general conference admission and a minimum
of two nights lodging at the conference hotel. Additional hotel nights and travel assistance
are possible, depending on the number of presentations given and type of assistance needed.

To submit a 50-minute presentation proposal, please send an email to bizcom AT apachecon DOT
com containing the following information in plaintext (no attachments, please):

1. Your full name, title, and organization

2. Contact information, including your address

3. The name of your proposed session (keep your title simple and relevant to the topic)

4. The category of the intended presentation (Business or Community)

5. A 75-200 word overview of your presentation

6. A 100-200-word speaker bio that includes prior conference speaking or related experience

7. Feedback or references (with contact information) on presentations given within the last
three years

To be considered, proposals must be received by Friday, 30 April 2010 at midnight Pacific
Time. Please email any questions regarding proposal submissions to bizcom AT apachecon DOT
com.

Business/Community Track Key Dates

20 March 2010: Call For Participation Open
30 April 2010: Call For Participation Closes
17 May 2010: Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification
1-5 November 2010: ApacheCon NA 2010

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! 

Business/Community Track Chairs
Sally Khudairi, Vice President, ASF Marketing & Publicity
Luciano Resende, Apache Community Development Committee
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[ANNOUNCE] Apache Mahout 0.3 Released

18
Mar/100
>
> Apache Mahout  0.3 has been released and
is now available for public

> download at http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/mahout

>
Up-to-date maven artifacts can be found in the Apache repository at

>

https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases/org/apache/mahout/

>
Apache Mahout is a subproject of Apache Lucene with the goal of

> delivering scalable machine learning algorithm implementations under

> the Apache license. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

>
Mahout is a machine learning library meant to scale: Scale in terms of

> community to support anyone interested in using machine learning.

> Scale in terms of business by providing the library under a

> commercially friendly, free software license. Scale in terms of

> computation to the size of data we manage today.

>
Built on top of the powerful map/reduce paradigm of the Apache Hadoop

> project, Mahout lets you solve popular machine learning problem

> settings like clustering, collaborative filtering and classification

> over Terabytes of data over thousands of computers.

>
Implemented with scalability in mind the latest release brings many

> performance optimizations so that even in a single node setup the

> library performs well.

>
The complete changelist can be found here:

>

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT/fixforversion/12314281

>
New Mahout 0.3 features include:

>
  * New math and collections modules based on the high performance Colt
library.

>   * Faster Frequent Pattern Growth (FPGrowth) using FP-bonsai pruning

>   * Parallel Dirichlet process clustering (a model-based clustering
algorithm)

>   * Parallel co-occurrence based recommender

>   * Parallel text document to vector conversion using LLR based ngram
generation

>   * Parallel Lanczos SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) solver

>   * Shell scripts for easier running of algorithms, utilities and examples

>   * ...and much much more: code cleanup, many bug fixes and

> performance improvements

>
Getting started: New to Mahout?

>
   * Download Mahout at http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/mahout

>    * Check out the Quick start: http://cwiki.apache.org/MAHOUT

>    * Read the Mahout Wiki: http://cwiki.apache.org/MAHOUT

>    * Join the community by subscribing to mahout-user@lucene.apache.org

>    * Give back: http://www.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html

>    * Consider adding yourself to the power by Wiki

> page:http://cwiki.apache.org/MAHOUT/poweredby.html

>
For more information on Apache Mahout, see http://lucene.apache.org/mahout
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[ANN] Apache Mahout 0.3 Released

18
Mar/100
Apache Mahout  0.3 has been released and is
now available for public
download at http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/mahout

Up-to-date maven artifacts can be found in the Apache repository at

https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases/org/apache/mahout/

Apache Mahout is a subproject of Apache Lucene with the goal of
delivering scalable machine learning algorithm implementations under
the Apache license. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Mahout is a machine learning library meant to scale: Scale in terms of
community to support anyone interested in using machine learning.
Scale in terms of business by providing the library under a
commercially friendly, free software license. Scale in terms of
computation to the size of data we manage today.

Built on top of the powerful map/reduce paradigm of the Apache Hadoop
project, Mahout lets you solve popular machine learning problem
settings like clustering, collaborative filtering and classification
over Terabytes of data over thousands of computers.

Implemented with scalability in mind the latest release brings many
performance optimizations so that even in a single node setup the
library performs well.

The complete changelist can be found here:

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT/fixforversion/12314281

New Mahout 0.3 features include:

  * New math and collections modules based on the high performance Colt
library.
  * Faster Frequent Pattern Growth (FPGrowth) using FP-bonsai pruning
  * Parallel Dirichlet process clustering (a model-based clustering
algorithm)
  * Parallel co-occurrence based recommender
  * Parallel text document to vector conversion using LLR based ngram
generation
  * Parallel Lanczos SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) solver
  * Shell scripts for easier running of algorithms, utilities and examples
  * ...and much much more: code cleanup, many bug fixes and
performance improvements

Getting started: New to Mahout?

   * Download Mahout at http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/mahout
   * Check out the Quick start: http://cwiki.apache.org/MAHOUT
   * Read the Mahout Wiki: http://cwiki.apache.org/MAHOUT
   * Join the community by subscribing to mahout-user@lucene.apache.org
   * Give back: http://www.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html
   * Consider adding yourself to the power by Wiki
page:http://cwiki.apache.org/MAHOUT/poweredby.html

For more information on Apache Mahout, see http://lucene.apache.org/mahout
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[ANN] Apache Continuum 1.3.6 (Beta) Released

14
Mar/100
The Apache Continuum team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Continuum 1.3.6 (Beta).

Apache Continuum is an enterprise-ready continuous integration server

with features such as automated builds, release management, role-based

security, and integration with popular build tools and source control

management systems.

The latest release can be downloaded from:

 

http://continuum.apache.org/download.html

For a complete list of changes, please see the release notes:

http://continuum.apache.org/docs/1.3.6/release-notes.html

If you have any questions, please consult:

- the web site: http://continuum.apache.org

- the continuum-user mailing list:

http://continuum.apache.org/mail-lists.html

Enjoy!

- Apache Continuum Team
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[ANNOUNCE] Apache Harmony 5.0M13 and Apache Harmony 6.0M1

12
Mar/100
The Apache Harmony development team are delighted to announce the
immediate availability of the next regular 5.0 stream milestone, labeled
5.0M13, together with the first ever milestone release of the 6.0 code
stream -- Apache Harmony 6.0M1.

Apache Harmony is the Java runtime project of the Apache Software
Foundation.

The new Apache Harmony 5.0M13 milestone contains a number of important
fixes and enhancements to both implementation and test suites, resulting
in the most stable build yet.

A full list of issues fixed in this milestone is available at

http://tinyurl.com/yzudmsj.

Milestone 6.0M1 is the first milestone build of the 6.0 APIs code
stream, and while there are still known missing APIs, this first
milestone is already very capable.

Source code, binary builds, and Debian packages for both milestones are
available from the project download site:

http://harmony.apache.org/download.cgi

Apache Harmony welcomes your help. For more information on how to report
problems, successes, and to get involved in Apache Harmony visit the
project website at http://harmony.apache.org

The Apache Harmony Team
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[ANN] Apache Tomcat 6.0.26 released

12
Mar/100
The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of Apache
Tomcat 6.0.26 stable. This release includes bug-fixes over Apache
Tomcat 6.0.24.
Note that is version has 4 zip binaries: a generic one and three
bundled with Tomcat native binaries for different CPU architectures.

Apache Tomcat 6.0 includes new features over Apache Tomcat 5.5,
including support for the new Servlet 2.5 and JSP 2.1 specifications, a
refactored clustering implementation, advanced IO features, and
improvements in memory usage.

Please refer to the change log for the list of changes:

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/changelog.html

Downloads:

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi

Migration guide from Apache Tomcat 5.5.x:

http://tomcat.apache.org/migration.html

Thank you,

-- The Apache Tomcat Team
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[ANN] Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.30 released

1
Mar/100
The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of
Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.30 stable.

Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.30 concentrates mainly on bug fixes.

Please refer to the change log for the list of changes:

http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html

Downloads:

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi

Please note that syncing the release to the download mirrors
might take up to 48 hours.

Important Notice:
Version 1.2.29 has been withdrawn from the released versions
because of regression found with Microsoft IIS connector.

Thank you
--
The Apache Tomcat team
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[ANN] Maven 2.0.11 Released

26
Feb/100
The Apache Maven team would like to announce the release of Maven 2.0.11.

http://maven.apache.org/download.html

This release is intended for all current users of Maven 2.0.10 and below who are not able
to upgrade to Maven 2.2.1, and contains 37 improvements and fixes.

** Note: the current stable release of Maven remains as Maven 2.2.1, and all users are recommended
to upgrade to that version **

The full release notes can be obtained from:

http://maven.apache.org/docs/2.0.11/release-notes.html

Regards,
- The Apache Maven team

--
Brett Porter
brett@apache.org

http://brettporter.wordpress.com/
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[ANN] Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.29 released

26
Feb/100
The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of
Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.29 stable.

Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.29 concentrates mainly on bug fixes.

Please refer to the change log for the list of changes:

http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc-1.2.29/miscellaneous/changelog.html

Downloads:

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi

Please note that syncing the release to the download mirrors
might take up to 48 hours.

Thank you,
--
The Tomcat Team
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[ANN] Apache Tomcat Native 1.1.20 released

17
Feb/100
The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of Apache
Tomcat Native 1.1.20 stable.
This release includes a fix for JVM crash on Tomcat shutdown.

Please refer to the change log for the list of changes:

http://tomcat.apache.org/native-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html

Downloads:

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-native.cgi

Thank you,
--
The Apache Tomcat Team
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