The Apache Accumulo project is pleased to announce its 1.5.1 release. This is primarily a maintenance release, but it does contain numerous fixes and improvements over previous versions. Artifacts can be downloaded from http://accumulo.apache.org/downloads or via Maven Central, and detailed release notes providing an overview over some notable changes can be found at http://accumulo.apache.org/release_notes/1.5.1.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, Zookeeper, and Thrift. Find more information about the project at the Apache Accumulo website, http://accumulo.apache.org -- The Apache Accumulo Team