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rjmarvin writes "The Apache Software Foundation announced that Spark, the open-source cluster-computing framework for Big Data analysis has graduated from the Apache Incubator to a top-level project. A project management committee will guide the project...

It’s now established that major Hadoop conferences drive a news cycle, and last week’s Hadoop Summit in San Jose, Calif., fit the pattern well. Although I couldn’t be at the event itself, a few vendors briefed me on their announcements...

Apache Eagle, originally developed at eBay and then donated to the Apache Software Foundation, fills big data security niche that remains thinly populated, if not bare: It sniffs out possible security and performance issues with big data frameworks....

Please join me in extending a hearty digital “Huzzah!” to the Apache Beam community: as announced today, Apache Beam is an official graduate of the Apache Incubator and is now a full-fledged, top-level Apache project. This achievement is a direct reflection...

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