[Rdap] NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora 4.0 Alpha 2 Release

[Carol Minton Morris]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

Oct. 16, 2013
Read it online: http://bit.ly/GRroLc

*NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora 4.0 Alpha 2 Release*

*Winchester, MA*  DuraSpace and the Fedora team are proud to announce the
Alpha 2 release of Fedora 4.0. In the continuing effort to provide early
access to the quickly growing Fedora 4 feature set, this Alpha release is
one of several leading up to the feature-complete Fedora 4 Beta release.

Download Fedora 4.0 Alpha 2 here:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Alpha+2+Release+Notes

In addition to carrying forward the best qualities of the Fedora platform,
Fedora 4.0 addresses high priority requirements expressed by the
international repository community, including:

• increased performance, with enhanced vertical and horizontal scalability,

• improved durability and service availability,

• built-in support for participating in the world of linked open data,

• easier installation and deployment, and

• an improved platform for developers—one that is easier to work with and
will engage a larger corps of developers.

*Get Involved*

If you are interested in finding out about how to get involved please
contact Jonathan Markow atjjmarkow at duraspace.org. Find out more about
Fedora development here:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Futures+Home

Are you in Anaheim for EDUCAUSE Oct. 15-18?  Please join Timothy McGeary,
Director of Library and Information Technology, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jill Sexton, Head of Digital Repository Services,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Andrew Woods, Fedora
Technical Lead, DuraSpace, to learn more about how your organization can be
a catalyst for community collaborations like Fedora. *The session will be
held on Oct 17, 2013 from 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PT in Meeting Room 304C/D.*

*About Fedora*

Fedora is an open source project of the DuraSpace organization that
provides a flexible, extensible and durable digital object management
services. First released in 2004, it has hundreds of adopters worldwide,
with deep roots in the research, scientific, intellectual and cultural
heritage communities. See http://fedora-commons.org/ for more information.
Fedora is supported by its community of users, and stewarded by DuraSpace.

-- 
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
Twitter at DuraSpace <http://twitter.com/duraspace>
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