The Accumulo team is proud to announce the release of Accumulo version 1.8.0 ! Accumulo 1.8.0 is a minor release that includes over 200 bug fixes, 71 improvements and 4 new features. This release is backwards-compatible with 1.7.x. This version is now available in Maven Central, and at: https://accumulo.apache.org/downloads/ The full release notes can be viewed at: https://accumulo.apache.org/release_notes/1.8.0.html The Apache Accumulo™ sorted, distributed key/value store is a robust, scalable, high performance data storage system that features cell-based access control and customizable server-side processing. It is based on Google's BigTable design and is built on top of Apache Hadoop, Apache ZooKeeper, and Apache Thrift. -- The Apache Accumulo Team