[ANNOUNCE] Apache Ignite 2.3.0 Released

[dmagda]

The Apache Ignite Community is pleased to announce the release of Apache Ignite 2.3.0.

Apache Ignite [1] is the in-memory computing platform that is durable, strongly consistent and highly available
with powerful SQL, key-value and processing APIs.

This release adds more SQL capabilities and Ignite persistence improvements to the projects. The major changes are covered
in our regular blog post: https://blogs.apache.org/ignite/entry/apache-ignite-2-3-more

As a short summary of the article:
- now we support ALTER TABLE command for columns addition.
- include SQLLine tool in every Ignite release.
- released new SQL documentation [2].
- prepared a screencast for you that shows how to interact with Ignite as with an SQL database [3].
 
The full list of the changes can be found here [4].

Here is where you can grab the latest Ignite version:
https://ignite.apache.org/download.cgi

Please let us know [5] if you encounter any problems.

Regards,
The Apache Ignite Community

[1] https://ignite.apache.org
[2] https://apacheignite-sql.readme.io/docs
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKS8A86h-VY&feature=youtu.be
[4] https://ignite.apache.org/releases/2.3.0/release_notes.html
[5] https://ignite.apache.org/community/resources.html#ask