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>> this announcement is available online at http://s.apache.org/GT2

Open Source Big Data processing and management solution for Apache Hadoop=
=E2=84=A2 in use at Hortonworks, InMobi, and Talend, among others.=20

Forest Hill, MD =E2=80=9319 January 2015=E2=80=93 The Apache Software Found=
ation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more=
 than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today that Apache=
=E2=84=A2 Falcon=E2=84=A2 has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become=
 a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the project's community and pro=
ducts have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and prin=
ciples.=20

Apache Falcon is a data processing and management solution for Apache Hadoo=
p=E2=84=A2, designed for data motion, coordination of data pipelines, lifec=
ycle management, and data discovery. Falcon provides enterprises higher qua=
lity and predictable outcomes for their data by enabling end consumers to q=
uickly onboard their data and its associated processing and management task=
s on Hadoop clusters. The platform is successfully deployed across various =
industries, including advertising, healthcare, mobile applications, softwar=
e solutions, and technology.=20

"Apache Falcon solves a very important and critical problem in the big data=
 space. Graduation to TLP marks an important step in progression of the pro=
ject," said Srikanth Sundarrajan, Vice President of Apache Falcon. "Falcon =
has a robust road map to ease the pain of application developers and admini=
strators alike in authoring and managing complex data management and proces=
sing applications."

"Graduation of Apache Falcon's is a proud moment for the community who came=
 together to solve a very relevant problem of data processing and managemen=
t in Hadoop ecosystem," said Mohit Saxena, CTO and co-founder InMobi, one o=
f the largest users of Apache Falcon. "I also want to applaud the efforts o=
f contributors, committers and user community who actively pitched in the d=
evelopment of Falcon and it is only because of their conviction and efforts=
 project has graduated. I am hoping promotion of Falcon to TLP will increas=
e the contribution and adoption across the community and help Falcon achiev=
e newer heights."=20

Falcon represents a significant step forward in the Hadoop platform by enab=
ling easy data management. Users of Falcon platform simply define infrastru=
cture endpoints, data sets and processing rules declaratively. These declar=
ative configurations are expressed in such a way that the dependencies betw=
een these configured entities are explicitly described. This information ab=
out inter-dependencies between various entities allows Falcon to orchestrat=
e and manage various data management functions.=20

"Falcon has evolved over the last couple of years into a mature data manage=
ment solution for Apache Hadoop with many production deployments proving it=
 to be very valuable for users to manage their data and associated processi=
ng on Hadoop clusters," said Venkatesh Seetharam, Apache Falcon Project Man=
agement Committee member.=20

"As Hadoop usage patterns have matured, the highest value implementations a=
re based on the data lake concept. Data lakes require prescriptive and reli=
able pipelines," explained Greg Pavlik, Vice President of Engineering at Ho=
rtonworks. "Apache Falcon represents the best and most mature --and therefo=
re essential-- building block for modeling, managing and operating data lak=
es."=20

"Falcon has enabled our team to incrementally build up a complex pipeline c=
omprised of over 90 processes and 200 feeds that would have been very chall=
enging with Apache Oozie alone," said programmer Michael Miklavcic.=20

"I began to work on Falcon in my spare time for fun, but it quickly became =
interesting in relation to my job at Talend", said Jean-Baptise Onofr=C3=A9=
, Vice President of Apache Karaf and Software Architect at Talend. "As Tale=
nd DataIntegration provides features like CDC (Change Data Capture), and da=
ta notification, we are in the process of integrating Apache Falcon in Tale=
nd products."=20

"Apache Falcon's graduation is a milestone for the project and a credit to =
its contributors. Its open, collaborative development has effected a robust=
 community around software essential to the Hadoop ecosystem," said Chris D=
ouglas, Falcon incubation mentor at the ASF. "By becoming a Top-Level Proje=
ct, the ASF recognizes its demonstrated ability to self-govern. Congratulat=
ions to Falcon's users, to its contributors, and particularly to its new Pr=
oject Management Committee on this achievement."=20

Availability and Oversight=20
As with all Apache products, Apache Falcon software is released under the A=
pache License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contr=
ibutors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Pro=
ject's day-to-day operations, including community development and product r=
eleases. For documentation and ways to become involved with Apache Falcon, =
visit http://falcon.apache.org/ and @ApacheFalcon on Twitter.=20

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)=20
Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than 350 le=
ading 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 500 individual Members and 4,500 Committers =
successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade softw=
are, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solution=
s are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively part=
icipates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Fo=
undation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 5=
01(c)(3) charitable organization, funded by individual donations and corpor=
ate sponsors including Budget Direct, Cerner, Citrix, Cloudera, Comcast, Fa=
cebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, iSigma, Mat=
t Mullenweg, Microsoft, Pivotal, Produban, WANdisco, and Yahoo. For more in=
formation, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow https://twitter.com/TheAS=
F.=20

=C2=A9 The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Apache Falcon", "Falcon",=
 "Apache Hadoop", "Hadoop", "Apache Oozie", "Oozie", "ApacheCon", and the A=
pache Falcon logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All oth=
er brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.=20

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