Congrats! Great job everyone Jeff Steinmetz
>> >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:56 AM, moon soo Lee <m...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > Congratulations and thank you everyone who made it possible! >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> > From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> >> > Date: Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:04 AM >> > Subject: The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Zeppelin™ as a >> > Top-Level Project >> > To: Apache Announce List <annou...@apache.org> >> > >> > >> > >> this announcement is available online at https://s.apache.org/YqqP >> > >> > Open Source Big Data analytics and visualization tool for distributed, >> > interactive, and collaborative systems using Apache Flink, Apache Hadoop, >> > Apache Spark, and more. >> > >> > Forest Hill, MD –25 May 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® Zeppelin™ >> 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 Zeppelin is a modern, web-based notebook that enables interactive >> > data analytics. Notebooks help developers, data scientists, and related >> > users to handle data efficiently without worrying about command lines and >> > cluster details. >> > >> > "The Zeppelin community is pleased to graduate from the Apache >> Incubator," >> > said Lee Moon Soo, Vice President of Apache Zeppelin. "With 118 worldwide >> > contributors and widespread adoption in numerous commercial products, we >> > are proud to officially be a part of the Apache Big Data ecosystem." >> > >> > Zeppelin's collaborative data analytics and visualization capabilities >> > makes data exploration, visualization, sharing, and collaboration easy >> over >> > distributed, general-purpose data processing systems that use Apache >> Flink, >> > Apache Hadoop, and Apache Spark, among other Big Data platforms. >> > >> > Apache Zeppelin is: >> > - Multi-purpose --features data ingestion, exploration, analysis, >> > visualization, and collaboration; >> > - Robust --supports 20+ more backend systems, including Apache Spark, >> > Apache Flink, Apache Hive, Python, R, and any JDBC (Java Database >> > Connectivity); >> > - Easy to deploy --built on top of modern Web technologies (provides >> > built-in Apache Spark integration, eliminating the need to build a >> separate >> > module, plugin, or library); >> > - Easy to use --with built-in visualizations and dynamic forms; >> > - Flexible --allows users to mix different languages, exchange data >> > between backends, adjust the layout; >> > - Extensible --with pluggable architecture for interpreters, notebook >> > storages, authentication, and visualizations (in progress); and >> > - Advanced --allows interaction between custom visualizations and >> cluster >> > resources >> > >> > "With Apache Zeppelin, a wide range of users can make beautiful >> > data-driven, interactive, and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala, >> and >> > more," added Soo. >> > >> > Apache Zeppelin is in use at an array of organizations and solutions, >> > including Amazon Web Services, Hortonworks, JuJu, and Twitter, among >> > others. >> > >> > "Congratulations to Apache Zeppelin community on graduation," said Tim >> > Hall, Vice President of Product Management at Hortonworks. "Several >> members >> > of our team have been working over the past year in the Zeppelin >> community >> > to make it enterprise ready. We are excited to be associated with this >> > community and look forward to helping our customers get the best insights >> > out of their data with Apache Zeppelin." >> > >> > "Apache Zeppelin is becoming an important tool at Twitter for creating >> and >> > sharing interactive data analytics and visualizations," said Prasad >> Wagle, >> > Technical Lead in the Data Platform team at Twitter. "Since it integrates >> > seamlessly with all the popular data analytics engines, it is very easy >> to >> > create and share reports and dashboards. With its extensible architecture >> > and a vibrant Open Source community, I am looking forward to Apache >> > Zeppelin advancing the state of the art in data analytics and >> > visualization." >> > >> > "Apache Zeppelin is the major user-facing piece of Memcore’s in-memory >> data >> > processing Cloud offering. Building a technology stack might be quite >> > exciting engineering challenge, however, if users can’t visualize and >> work >> > with the data conveniently, it is as good as not having the data at all. >> > Apache Zeppelin enables efficient user acquisition by anyone trying to >> > build new products or service offerings in the Big- and Fast- Data >> markets, >> > making innovations, collaboration, and development easier for anyone," >> said >> > Dr. Konstantin Boudnik, Founder and CEO of Memcore.io. "I am very excited >> > to see Apache Zeppelin graduating as an ASF Top Level Project. This shows >> > that more people are joining the community, bringing the project to a new >> > level, and adding more integration points with existing data analytics >> and >> > transactional software systems. This directly benefits the community >> > at-large." >> > >> > Apache Zeppelin originated in 2013 at NFLabs as Peloton, a commercial >> data >> > analytics product. Since entering the Apache Incubator in December 2014, >> > the project has had three releases, and twice participated in Google >> Summer >> > of Code under the Apache umbrella. >> > >> > "It was an honor to help with the incubation of Zeppelin," said Ted >> > Dunning, Vice President of the Apache Incubator. "I have been very >> > impressed with the Zeppelin community and the software they have built. I >> > see Apache Zeppelin being adopted all over the place where people need to >> > apply a notebook style to a wide variety of kinds of computing." >> > >> > Catch Apache Zeppelin in action during Berlin Buzzwords, 7 June 2016 >> > https://s.apache.org/mV8E >> > >> > Availability and Oversight >> > Apache Zeppelin 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 >> Zeppelin, >> > visit http://zeppelin.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/ApacheZeppelin >> > >> > 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 550 individual Members and 5,300 >> > 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, Cerner, Cloudera, >> Comcast, >> > Confluent, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, Huawei, IBM, InMotion >> > Hosting, iSigma, LeaseWeb, Microsoft, OPDi, PhoenixNAP, Pivotal, Private >> > Internet Access, Produban, Red Hat, Serenata Flowers, WANdisco, and >> Yahoo. >> > For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ and >> > https://twitter.com/TheASF >> > >> > © The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Zeppelin", "Apache >> Zeppelin", >> > "Ambari", "Apache Ambari", "Flink", "Apache Flink", "Hadoop", "Apache >> > Hadoop", "Hive", "Apache Hive", "Spark", "Apache Spark", 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. >> > >> > # # # >> > >> > NOTE: you are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the >> > annou...@apache.org distribution list. To unsubscribe, send email from >> the >> > recipient account to announce-unsubscr...@apache.org with the word >> > "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. >> > >>
