[this announcement is available online at http://s.apache.org/g0]
Core program features presentations from dozens of industry leaders, including
Adobe Systems, Akamai, IBM, LinkedIn, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nokia,
Red Hat, SpringSource/VMWare, and Yahoo
28 June 2011—FOREST HILL, MD—The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the
all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 170 Open Source
projects and initiatives, today announced "Open Source Enterprise Solutions,
Cloud Computing, and Community Leadership" as the theme for ApacheCon North
America.
ApacheCon is the ASF's official conference, trainings, and expo, created to
explore key issues in using and developing Open Source solutions "The Apache
Way". This year's event takes place 7-11 November 2011 at the Westin Bayshore
Vancouver, Canada, with early registration incentives available through 2
September 2011.
Apache products power more than 225 million Websites (over half the Internet)
and countless mission-critical applications worldwide (from financial services
to publishing to radioastronomy to social networking to biomedicine research
datastores to mobile medial applications). More than a dozen Apache projects
form the foundation of today's Cloud computing. Five of the top 10 Open Source
downloads are Apache projects: understanding their breadth and capabilities has
never been more important in today's marketplace.
ApacheCon brings the global Apache community together to collaborate, promote
innovation, reinforce and create new connections, launch breakout technologies,
and leverage opportunities in using and developing Open Source solutions.
ApacheCon's professionally-directed presentations detail specific industry
challenges and real-world solutions, giving attendees the must-know tips,
techniques, and trends needed to stay ahead in a rapidly changing landscape.
Presenters include noted members of the Apache community, as well as
representatives from Adobe Systems, Akamai, Cloudera, CS Communication &
Systemes, DLR (German Aerospace Center), FuseSource, Hippo, IBM, LinkedIn,
Lucid Imagination, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nokia, Nuxeo, Red Hat, Sakai
Project, SpringSource/VMWare, Talend, Talis, WSO2, Yahoo, and more.
Through highly relevant sessions, attendees --Open Source developers, users,
enthusiasts, software architects, administrators, executives, educators,
evangelists, students, and community managers-- gain first-hand insight on
successfully developing, deploying, and leveraging existing and emerging Apache
solutions critical to their businesses.
The ApacheCon program spans "Apache 101" basics to rocket science ("Apache in
Space!" track), and features countless Apache projects, from Abdera to
Zookeeper. Highlights include:
Open Source Enterprise Solutions: Backbone of the Web; Foundation of the Cloud;
Big Data, Bigger Deployments
Extending enterprise solutions to the Cloud is among the biggest strategic
trends in Open Source today. The race to adoption poses its challenges across
open/public, closed/private, and emerging community Clouds. The demand for
reliable, highly-performant, standards-based solutions continues to grow, and
Apache products are continual "go-to" options in Cloud sourcing, particularly
with large scale deployments that handle terrabytes of data. Customization,
security, load balancing, performance, and privacy all feature prominently in
Cloud adoption, and ApacheCon’s sessions address a bevy of Cloud systems,
supporting data solutions, and best practices, from how to best prepare for the
Cloud to ways to maximize your investment in its rapidly growing and complex
ecosystem. Tracks and featured Apache projects include:
Content Technologies and Data Handling (Big Data and Analytics) tracks delve
into Apache projects such as Archiva, Cassandra, Chemistry, Hadoop, HBase,
Jackrabbit, Jena, Lucene, Mahout, Solr, Stambol, and Tika to demonstrate:
- content management at LinkedIn
- managing and warehousing data repositories at the US Federal Government
- developing tele-medicine solutions for smartphones
- improving smart search performance up to 20,000%
- relational database search solutions used by Netflix, Yelp, and StubHub
- using metadata, data analysis, and semantic Web applications for machine
learning
- data analysis solutions as done at Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay
As Java is synonymous with the enterprise, the Enterprise and Modular Java
tracks feature Apache ACE, ActiveMQ, Axis2, Camel, Celix, Karaf, ServiceMix,
Zookeeper, developer-friendly Open Source Service-Oriented Applications and the
pursuit of a universal OSGi.
The Servers track introduces the latest improvements to the ASF’s flagship HTTP
Server project and its role in Cloud environments, scaling Apache's
award-winning Tomcat and Geronimo application servers, and developing
feature-rich platform as a service (PaaS) solutions.
Incubating Innovation and Emerging Technologies
Launched 12 years ago with the flagship Apache HTTP Server project, the ASF
today develops and shepherds nearly 100 Top-Level Projects (TLPs) and 70 new
initiatives in the Apache Incubator and Labs. More projects than ever have been
submitted to become a part of the ASF to improve the quality of their code and
participate in a larger, influential community. The ASF has successfully
incubated emerging innovations such as Apache Cassandra, Apache OODT, and
Apache Libcloud, as well as highly-established projects such as Apache
SpamAssassin and Apache Subversion.
Projects featured in the Innovation & Emerging Technologies track include Rave,
Wookie, Whirr, as well as many others to be showcased in the Fast Feather
Track, the popular ApacheCon attraction where attendees get a 20-minute
snapshot of an array of technologies currently undergoing incubation at Apache.
Opening Business, Community Leadership, and Keeping the Machine Running
"Community Over Code" is an oft-repeated saying at Apache, and is reflected in
ApacheCon's Business, Community, and Infrastructure & DevOps sessions, where
attendees learn best practices on enabling innovation, meritocratic leadership,
managing distributed/virtual teams, driving consensus, releasing Open Source
software, and community management "The Apache Way".
These tracks expose the underbelly of day-to-day life in Open Source companies
and communities. Technically-oriented presentations address tough questions on
security and network optimization, agile vs. open development, systems
integration, running data centers, and streamlining operations, and feature
session topics such as Apache Maven, IPv6, performance, troubleshooting, load
balancing, and more.
Special Events, Public Participation
ApacheCon is widely recognized as an engaging, hands-on, and interactive event,
with live demos, active audience participation, ample networking opportunities,
and the chance to work alongside leading members and talent in the Open Source
community.
Special activities during the week include BarCampApache (7-8 November), the
hands-on, unstructured, ad-hoc, participant-driven unconference; Apache
Hackathon (7-8 November), where project management committee members and
committers collaborate on fixing bugs, addressing issues, and adding new
features to Apache code; and ASF Project MeetUps, which brings together users
and developers of a particular Apache project (or area of activity) after
conference hours. Both BarCampApache and ASF Project MeetUps are open to the
public free of charge.
ApacheCon Sponsors Cloudera (Platinum), HotWax Media and Red Hat (Gold),
SpringSource (Silver), Facebook (Bronze), are joined by community partners and
exhibitors that include The Apache Software Foundation, Crowdvine, Jahia, Ning,
and WSO2. Official Event Media Partners are ADMIN magazine, The Bitsource,
Conferencevault, DZone, FeatherCast, Linux Pro Magazine, OSCON, OSCON Data,
OSCON Java, OStatic, and ReadWriteWeb. For sponsor, exhibitor, and community
partnership opportunities, contact Delia Frees at [email protected].
Registration Information
ApacheCon is for everyone! Anyone interested in Apache products is welcome: ASF
affiliation is not required to present at, attend, or otherwise participate in
ApacheCon.
Early-bird incentives include savings of up to 25% when registering by 2
September 2011. To register, visit http://apachecon.com/ and keep up with
program updates by following the @ApacheCon feed on Twitter.
Note to Editors
Key conference message summaries and media partnerships are available.
Conference registration is complimentary for members of the press with valid
credentials. Contact Sally Khudairi at [email protected] for more information.
About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred
fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's
most popular Web server software, powering more than 225 Million Websites
worldwide. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way,"
more than 300 individual Members and 2,500 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(3)(c) not-for-profit
charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including AMD,
Basis Technology, Cloudera, Facebook, Google, IBM, HP, Matt Mullenweg,
Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource, and Yahoo!. For more
information, visit http://www.apache.org/.
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