Just weeks before Sun releases Java code, the parallel Apache Harmony project becomes a top-level project.

The Apache Software Foundation is one of the most important players in the open-source software development community, with over 100 projects.

Retirements of 13 big data-related Apache projects -- including Sentry, Tajo and Falcon -- have been announced in 11 days. It looks like the idealistic days of Hadoop and big data are officially over.

Apache Kibble is a reporting platform that collects, aggregates, analyzes, and visualizes activity in software projects and communities. It provides users with a detailed view of a project’s ...

Hadoop, Spark and Kafka have already had a defining influence on the world of big data, and now there's yet another Apache project with the potential to shape the landscape even further.

The Apache Software Foundation, developer of open source software, on Tuesday is announcing the creation of six Top-Level Projects, including the Apache Traffic Server for caching and Apache ...

Projects need leaders, but Apache robs leaders of the semiautocratic power sometimes helpful to keep projects on track. Instead, the leader must become more of a community organizer.

OpenOffice is different from other Apache projects in a number of ways, the ASF admitted. For instance, OpenOffice, in terms of both users and developers, is larger than the typical Apache project.