Sally, You understood everything perfectly well producing such a clear and great article! Not sure that anyone could write better ;)
Please give editing permissions to my google account (magda7...@gmail.com <mailto:magda7...@gmail.com>). I’ll fill in the missing part. — Denis > On Jan 14, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hello, everyone --as promised, below is the draft so far. Here's hoping I > understood everything correctly <g> > > Kindly note that we'll need to fill in the "@@" under the hood section on > v1.8 (this part can be technical and developer-focused, whilst the rest of > the document should be tech-lite = understandable for journalists who are > geeky but not technologists). I'll be happy to provide editing credentials on > the googledoc to those requesting it. > > Do keep in mind that this is not a press release, so the format is different > from what we're used to (I launched the "Have you met...?" series with > Mahout[1] back in 2010 to great media interest: coverage within 24 hours). We > can also work together on establishing a template for you to use for future > project announcements. > > As always, comments/corrections/additions welcome! > > Thanks so much, > Sally > > [1] > > = = = > > The ASF asks: Have you met Apache Ignite? > > Since 1999, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has been recognized as a > leading source for an array of Open Source software and tools that meet the > demand for interoperable, adaptable, and sustainable solutions. The > all-volunteer ASF develops, stewards, and incubates dozens of > enterprise-grade Open Source projects that power mission-critical > applications in financial services, aerospace, publishing, government, > healthcare, research, infrastructure, and more. From Abdera to ZooKeeper, the > demand for ASF's reliable, community-driven software continues to grow > dramatically across many categories, including Cloud, IoT, Artificial > Intelligence and Machine Learning, Mobile, and Big Data, where the Apache > Hadoop ecosystem dominates the marketplace. > > Did you know that numerous Fortune 500 enterprises depend on Apache Ignite’s > in-memory "Fast Data" platform to process large-scale data sets in real-time, > at orders of magnitude faster than traditional technologies? > > We are pleased to showcase Apache Ignite, the high-performance In-Memory Data > Fabric that provides in-memory data caching, partitioning, processing, and > querying components. > > Quick peek: Apache Ignite is an integrated and distributed In-Memory Data > Fabric for computing and transacting on large-scale data sets in real-time, > orders of magnitude faster than possible with traditional disk-based or flash > technologies. It is designed to easily power both existing and new > applications in a distributed, massively parallel architecture on affordable, > industry-standard hardware. > > Background: Originally created at GridGain as its flagship in-memory > computing (IMC) platform, Ignite entered the Apache Incubator in September > 2014 and graduated as an Apache Top-Level Project in August 2015. > > Why Ignite: Apache Ignite addresses today's Fast Data needs by providing a > comprehensive in-memory data fabric, which includes a data grid with SQL and > transactional capabilities, in-memory streaming, an in-memory file system, > and more. > > Heavily benchmarked, Ignite has been built from the ground up to linearly > scale to hundreds of nodes with strong semantics for data locality and > affinity data routing to reduce redundant data noise. Ignite data grid is > lightning fast and is one of the fastest implementations of transactional or > atomic data in distributed clusters today. > > Unlike other Big Data processing solutions, Apache Ignite treats RAM as a > primary storage facility (as opposed to being used exclusively for > processing). As such, Ignite's memory-first approach is more efficient and > faster: with improved system indexes, reduced data fetch time, and no delays > in a stream content processing, among other benefits. > > Additionally --and unique to Apache Ignite-- its SQL Grid eliminates the need > for painful and challenging migration from relational database to in-memory > data grid (IMDG), alleviating the need for developers to have to rewrite SQL > based code to IMDG’s native APIs. This means that developers can keep using > existing applications and tools written for relational databases and based on > SQL language with very little to no code modification. Ignite SQL Grid is > horizontally scalable, fault tolerant, and SQL ANSI-99 compliant. > > Using Apache Ignite, developers benefit from: > > Data Grid --replicate or partition data in memory within the cluster; > In-Memory SQL Grid --add in-memory distributed database capabilities; > Advanced Clustering --including logical cluster groups and auto-discover; > ODBC Driver --select and modify data stored in a distributed cache; > Compute Grid --distribute computations across cluster nodes; > Service Grid --cluster-enable any service or data structure; > Streaming & CEP --easily stream large volumes of data into Ignite; and > Data Structures --distribute own data structure across the cluster. > > > To solve real-time business issues and meet application requirements for the > highest performance and scale, Apache Ignite leverages and integrates a host > of Apache projects including Spark, Hadoop, YARN, and Mesos. > > Latest release: Apache Ignite v1.8 on 9 December 2016 under the Apache > License v.2.0. More details can be found below and in the release notes. > > @@What's under the hood: New in v1.8 is … (list 3-5 features/benefits … we > can get technical with 0s and 1s here). > > > > Check out the Apache Ignite blog for articles, insight, how-tos, and > additional resources at https://ignite.apache.org/blogs.html > <https://ignite.apache.org/blogs.html> > For downloads, documentation, examples, use cases, and more information, > visit http://ignite.apache.org/ <http://ignite.apache.org/> . > > # # # > > > From: Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org <mailto:dma...@apache.org>> > To: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org <mailto:s...@apache.org>> > Cc: Roman Shtykh <rsht...@yahoo.com <mailto:rsht...@yahoo.com>>; > "dev@ignite.apache.org <mailto:dev@ignite.apache.org>" <dev@ignite.apache.org > <mailto:dev@ignite.apache.org>>; Prachi Garg <pg...@gridgain.com > <mailto:pg...@gridgain.com>> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 6:25 PM > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Ignite 1.8.0 Released > > Sally, no worries, take your time! > > Have nice weekends, > Denis > >> On Jan 13, 2017, at 8:30 AM, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org >> <mailto:s...@apache.org>> wrote: >> >> Hi folks --just a quick heads-up that I haven't forgotten about you! >> >> I issued three press releases + the January "Success at Apache" this week, >> so there's been a little extra press activity than usual. >> >> I'm aiming to get the draft to you today...otherwise over the weekend. >> >> I apologize for the delay and thank you for your continued patience. >> >> Warmly, >> Sally >> >> = = = = = >> vox +1 617 921 8656 >> gvox +1 646 598 4616 >> skype sallykhudairi >> >> >> From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org <mailto:s...@apache.org>> >> To: Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org <mailto:dma...@apache.org>>; Roman Shtykh >> <rsht...@yahoo.com <mailto:rsht...@yahoo.com>> >> Cc: "dev@ignite.apache.org <mailto:dev@ignite.apache.org>" >> <dev@ignite.apache.org <mailto:dev@ignite.apache.org>>; Prachi Garg >> <pg...@gridgain.com <mailto:pg...@gridgain.com>>; Sally Khudairi >> <s...@apache.org <mailto:s...@apache.org>> >> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 4:16 PM >> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Ignite 1.8.0 Released >> >> Thanks, Denis. I'm working on a draft and will send it over for review in >> the next couple of days. >> >> Kind regards, >> Sally >> >> >> [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and >> brevity] >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 13:33, Denis Magda >> <dma...@apache.org <mailto:dma...@apache.org>> wrote: >> Roman, perfect! Well done! >> >> *Prachi*, please add Roman’s blog to Apache Ignite’s blogs list: >> https://ignite.apache.org/blogs.html <https://ignite.apache.org/blogs.html> >> >> *Sally*, considering that all the information is already at place is it a >> good time to wrap it up in an Apache official announcement? >> >> — >> Denis >> >>> On Jan 9, 2017, at 1:43 AM, Roman Shtykh <rsht...@yahoo.com >>> <applewebdata://52B83B0C-C48E-4937-BFAC-6CE38E4A008E>> wrote: >>> >>> Denis, I published a short article on >>> https://dzone.com/articles/handling-apache-ignite-cluster-data-via-redis-prot >>> >>> <https://dzone.com/articles/handling-apache-ignite-cluster-data-via-redis-prot> >>> >>> -Roman >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:50 AM, Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org >>> <applewebdata://52B83B0C-C48E-4937-BFAC-6CE38E4A008E>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Roman, amazing thanks! >>> >>> You can use any blogging engine you like. After the blog post is ready >>> notify the community and Prachi will send your material to dzone.com >>> <http://dzone.com/> and when it’s accepted there we will public it on >>> Ignite’s blogging page (https://ignite.apache.org/blogs.html >>> <https://ignite.apache.org/blogs.html>). >>> >>> As for the format, I would suggest making a quick walk-through guidance >>> including code snippets and showing how to connect to the cluster from >>> Python or Ruby (whatever you like most) and work with it. You can do >>> something like I did for PHP >>> https://dzone.com/articles/apache-ignite-enables-full-fledged-sql-support-for >>> >>> <https://dzone.com/articles/apache-ignite-enables-full-fledged-sql-support-for> >>> >>> — >>> Denis >>> >>>> On Dec 30, 2016, at 4:09 AM, Roman Shtykh <rsht...@yahoo.com.INVALID >>>> <applewebdata://52B83B0C-C48E-4937-BFAC-6CE38E4A008E>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sure, Denis, I can write about Redis protocol support. Can you please >>>> instruct me about the format and how/where to submit? >>>> Roman >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, December 30, 2016 8:11 AM, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org >>>> <applewebdata://52B83B0C-C48E-4937-BFAC-6CE38E4A008E>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Boop! Sorry about that...indeed, I wrote Roman's name in my notes next to >>>> "1.8 release manager?" and clearly combined the two. >>>> Apologies for alarming you. >>>> But that is a good hint, Denis <g> >>>> Cheers,Sally >>>> >>>> >>>> [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and >>>> brevity] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 17:58, Denis Magda<dma...@apache.org >>>> <applewebdata://52B83B0C-C48E-4937-BFAC-6CE38E4A008E>> wrote: Sally, >>>> looks like you got confused with this >>>> >>>> On Dec 29, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org >>>> <applewebdata://52B83B0C-C48E-4937-BFAC-6CE38E4A008E>> wrote: >>>> And thanks in advance, Roman Shtykh, for acting as project spokesperson in >>>> your role as release manager. Participation from the community at-large is >>>> greatly appreciated! >>>> >>>> Roman have never been a release manager yet. However, this is just a >>>> matter of time and his interest/intention ;) >>>> —Denis
