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class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-04-29T13:04:31+00:00">April 29, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-09-06T21:35:03+00:00">September 6, 2023</time></a></span><span class="cat-ats"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/roundups" rel="category tag">Roundups</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Countdown to ApacheCon –10 days to go for the ASF’s official conference + Apache: Big Data! And, as always, the Apache community keeps the wheel turning … here’s what happened over the past week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board […]</p> <br><a class="more-link theme-button" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up83">Read More.. <span class="screen-reader-text">The Apache News Round-up: week ending 29 April 2016</span></a> </div> </article> <article id="post-4197" class="post-4197 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-apache-incubator category-press-releases category-projects"> <div class="imgArea"> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces90" rel="bookmark">The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Apex™ as a Top-Level Project</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/author/sk">Sally</a></span></span> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces90" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-04-25T13:32:47+00:00">April 25, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-09-06T19:45:09+00:00">September 6, 2023</time></a></span><span class="cat-ats"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/apache-incubator" rel="category tag">Apache Incubator</a>, <a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/press-releases" rel="category tag">Press Releases</a>, <a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/projects" rel="category tag">Projects</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Open Source enterprise-grade unified Big Data stream and batch processing engine for Apache Hadoop in use at GE, Silver Spring Networks, and more. Forest Hill, MD –25 April 2016– 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® Apex™ has […]</p> <br><a class="more-link theme-button" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces90">Read More.. <span class="screen-reader-text">The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Apex™ as a Top-Level Project</span></a> </div> </article> <article id="post-4198" class="post-4198 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-roundups"> <div class="imgArea"> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up82" rel="bookmark">The Apache News Round-up: week ending 22 April 2016</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/author/sk">Sally</a></span></span> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up82" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-04-22T15:49:10+00:00">April 22, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-09-06T21:33:04+00:00">September 6, 2023</time></a></span><span class="cat-ats"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/roundups" rel="category tag">Roundups</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Whilst we’re ramping up for the ASF’s official conference, here’s what the Apache community has been up to over the past week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 18 May 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html" rel="nofollow">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a> ASF […]</p> <br><a class="more-link theme-button" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up82">Read More.. <span class="screen-reader-text">The Apache News Round-up: week ending 22 April 2016</span></a> </div> </article> <article id="post-4199" class="post-4199 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-roundups"> <div class="imgArea"> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up81" rel="bookmark">The Apache News Round-up: week ending 15 April 2016</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/author/sk">Sally</a></span></span> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up81" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-04-17T15:10:17+00:00">April 17, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-09-06T22:08:49+00:00">September 6, 2023</time></a></span><span class="cat-ats"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/roundups" rel="category tag">Roundups</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve had a pleasantly productive week! Let’s take a peek at what happened: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 April 2016. Board calendar and minutes available at <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html" rel="nofollow">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a> ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the […]</p> <br><a class="more-link theme-button" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up81">Read More.. <span class="screen-reader-text">The Apache News Round-up: week ending 15 April 2016</span></a> </div> </article> <article id="post-4200" class="post-4200 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-roundups"> <div class="imgArea"> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up80" rel="bookmark">The Apache News Round-up: week ending 8 April 2016</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/author/sk">Sally</a></span></span> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_news_round_up80" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-04-01T12:22:38+00:00">April 1, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-09-06T22:11:53+00:00">September 6, 2023</time></a></span><span class="cat-ats"><a href="https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/category/roundups" rel="category tag">Roundups</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Apparently with the April Fool’s excitement <a href="https://s.apache.org/P1Kk last" rel="nofollow">https://s.apache.org/P1Kk last</a> week’s News Round-up never made it online to blogs.apache.org! So here’s what happened over the past two weeks: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s Bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 April 2016. 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The Apache Software Foundation is very proud to announce that all of the navigational, combat, and avionics software of the Apache AH64 Attack Helicopter is being open sourced by Boeing, Inc, and will be entering the Apache Incubator as Apache Apache. 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