Excellent 2021 recap! Thanks Kseniya for sharing, driving and helping with so many activities. Can't wait to see the non-code contributions service to track responses on the user lists and other forums.
-- Denis On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 8:50 AM Kseniya Romanova <ksroman...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, Igniters! > > As 2021 comes to a close, let's review and celebrate the amazing > community-driven contributions that made Apache Ignite better throughout > the year: > > — The community produced 2 releases 2.10 and 2.11 (2.12 is on its way) > which introduced: > ‒ Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) technology - the Cache Key Rotation > machinery. From now on the Apache Ignite fully satisfies the PCI DSS[1], > which requires the protection of stored data at rest; > ‒ Significant improvements to Ignite thin clients: Added async API, > Kubernetes discovery, extended transaction, cluster and SQL API for various > platforms, added Continuous Query support, partition awareness, and more; > ‒ Change Data Capture (CDC) support, which allows users to build their > deployments on a new type of architecture - asynchronous data replication > between clusters; > ‒ IndexQuery API, which enables building fast index queries over > build-in Ignite indexes. Unlike SQL, it works without the overhead for > queries parsing and planning > > — Ignite 3.0 Alphas were released [2][3] > — We welcomed 10 new committers and 1 PMC member > > Check and celebrate the most active code contributors here: > ‒ Core and Documentation[4] > ‒ Extensions[5] > ‒ Ignite website[6] > > — Downloads for 2021 exceeded downloads for 2020 by 65%, with hundreds of > thousands of downloads per month. > — The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) ranked Ignite second on the Top 5 > Big Data user lists, third on the Top 5 Big Data dev lists, second on the > Top 5 user lists, and third on the Top 5 repos by size [7][8] > — In DB-Engines Ranking[9], Apache Ignite gained nine points (December > 2021 versus December 2020). > — The Apache Ignite website was updated and improved [10]. > — The community organized 13 Ignite meetups[11]. > — Ignite Summit[12] was hosted first in May and then in November—with 33 > speakers, 8 pre-conference training, and 700 attendees. > — Fifty-eight developers contributed to Project Awareness by creating > blogs, tutorials, and demos and by presenting at online and offline events > worldwide. > — The Recognition service to track non-code Project Awareness > contributions was launched[13]. I’ve recorded a video about the service for > you[14] > > That’s what we as a community did in 2021. Impressive, isn’t it? > > Now, I’ll list 2021’s 10 most active non-code contributors, all of whom > contributed to spreading the word about Ignite: > > Val Kulichenko > Denis Magda > Alexander Kozhenkov > Stephen Darlington > Pavel Tupitsyn > Anton Vinogradov > Courtney Robinson > Maxim Muzafarov > Nikolay Izhikov > Semyon Danilov > > We are all proud of you! You did an outstanding job. My team and I want > others to recognize your contributions! So, we created badges[15] that you > can add to your LinkedIn profile (or to any other profile) to emphasize > your role! Please check your emails. > > Have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and stay awesome! > Next year, we will rock again together! > > Cheers, > Kseniya > Apache Ignite PMC, > Director of Community Relations at GridGain > > [1] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard > [2]https://github.com/apache/ignite-3/ > [3]Ignite 3.0 Alpha 3 Community Gathering recording > https://youtu.be/XanOleiBLlU > [4]Ignite Core & Docs top-contributors 2021 > https://github.com/apache/ignite/graphs/contributors?from=2021-01-03&to=2021-12-22&type=c > [5]Ignite Extensions top-contributors 2021 > https://github.com/apache/ignite-extensions/graphs/contributors?from=2021-01-01&to=2021-12-22&type=c > [6]Ignite website top-contributors 2021 > https://github.com/apache/ignite-website/graphs/contributors?from=2021-01-01&to=2021-12-22&type=c > [7] https://www.apache.org/foundation/docs/FY2021AnnualReport.pdf > [8] > https://blogs.apache.org/ignite/entry/apache-ignite-momentum-highlights-from > [9] https://db-engines.com/en/ranking > [10] https://ignite.apache.org/ > [11] https://ignite.apache.org/events.html#meetups > [12] https://ignite-summit.org/ > [13] https://recognition.gridgain.com/main?date=this-year > [14] https://youtu.be/AmO4dNdZHb8 > [15] > https://www.credly.com/org/gridgain/badge/ignite-project-awareness-top-contributor-2021 > >
