Articles from Azul Systems Inc.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, and Moderne, the automated code refactoring and analysis company, today announced a technical partnership to help Java development teams identify, remove and refactor unused and dead code to improve productivity and dramatically accelerate modernization initiatives. This collaboration integrates Azul’s deep runtime visibility and Java expertise with Moderne’s powerful platform for automated, multi-repository, rules-based code refactoring. Together, they enable organizations to continuously secure, maintain and modernize their Java applications with unprecedented scale and precision.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced JVM Inventory, a new feature of Azul Intelligence Cloud designed to address the complexity and risk of migrating off Oracle Java. Combined with Azul’s Migration Toolkit (AMT) or traditional software asset management (SAM) discovery tools, Azul’s Migration Advisory experts and channel partners can use JVM Inventory’s precise, runtime-level visibility to dramatically accelerate classification, migration and tracking of Oracle Java instances. Leveraging this insight, organizations can slash months off OpenJDK migration timelines and help ensure ongoing Oracle Java licensing compliance and audit defense.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, released The CIO Cloud Trends Survey & Report today, providing a look at how CIOs are maximizing their cloud investments while addressing the challenges of cost management and resource optimization. The study of 300 CIOs in the U.S. reveals that 83% are spending an average of 30% over what they anticipated for cloud infrastructure and applications, and only 2% of respondents said that their spending was under budget.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced record-breaking momentum for its recently completed fiscal year, with new customer bookings growing 63% year-over-year. This growth reflects increasing enterprise demand for both high-performance Java platforms and cost-effective commercially supported Java solutions as organizations seek to rein in cloud expenses and migrate away from Oracle’s pricing and licensing structures. Additional highlights from Azul’s performance include continued product advancements, global expansion and significant channel growth.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Simon Taylor, Azul’s vice president of Global Partners and Alliances, to its prestigious 2025 Channel Chiefs list. The annual list recognizes IT channel vendor and distribution executives who drive strategy and set the channel agenda for their companies.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, released its second annual Azul State of Java Survey & Report today, offering insights into how organizations leverage Java in an evolving technology landscape. The report includes responses from more than 2,000 Java professionals worldwide, uncovering how enterprises are tackling Oracle Java pricing and licensing challenges, the strategies organizations are adopting to address cloud costs, factors impacting DevOps productivity, and the role Java is playing in AI development.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that the integrated risk management practices for its OpenJDK solutions fully support the stability, resilience and integrity requirements in meeting the European Union's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) provisions. With the upcoming DORA enforcement deadline of January 17, 2025, quickly approaching, thousands of EU financial organizations and companies around the world with business in the EU must act quickly to ensure their IT infrastructure meets stringent new operational resilience standards that potentially require significant time investments to fulfill.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Azul Intelligence Cloud is a winner in the DevOps Analytics category for InfoWorld’s 2024 Technology of the Year Awards.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced significant growth across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), showcasing a 95% increase in new bookings year-over-year for the first half of its fiscal year 2025. This momentum highlights the growing demand for Azul’s cost-effective, high-performance Java solutions as organizations react to Oracle Java’s ongoing price hikes and face rising cloud infrastructure costs. From financial services to telecommunications, automotive, manufacturing, retail/e-tail and gaming, key industries throughout the region are embracing Azul's Java solutions to reduce total cost of ownership and maintain performance under increasing workloads and ever-increasing end user expectations.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Azul Platform Prime, the company’s award-winning high-performance Java platform based on OpenJDK, delivers record performance against industry benchmarks, outperforming other OpenJDK distributions by an average of 37%.1 The company also introduced its Java Performance Engineering Lab, which collaborates with global Java developers and customers’ technical teams to deliver enhanced Java performance through continuous benchmarking, code modernization recommendations and in-depth analysis of performance impacts from new OpenJDK releases.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced a significant expansion of its global channel program, highlighting substantial year-over-year growth in partner engagement and revenue contribution. This growth is due in large part to the demand for licensing and pricing expertise aligned to IT Asset Management services, and specific migration advisory engagements as customers seek alternatives to Oracle Java. Azul’s channel partners contributed 44% of the company’s new and upsell bookings for the first half of its fiscal year 2025 and were responsible for a 50% increase in inbound opportunities.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Azul Intelligence Cloud is a Gold Stevie Award winner in the DevOps Solution category in the 21st annual International Business Awards.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Newcastle City Council (NCC) has successfully implemented Azul Platform Core to address critical security vulnerabilities in its Java-based applications. This strategic move has significantly enhanced the council's cybersecurity posture, remediating more than 80% of its IT vulnerabilities overall, with no disruption to their essential municipal services or impact on performance.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced the launch of its PartnerConnect training and certification program to empower channel partners to provide advanced Java advisory and delivery services. This new initiative will enable partners to become an instrumental part of Azul’s customer success by providing joint customers with fully optimized Java infrastructures, efficient and well-executed OpenJDK migrations, improved Java application performance, and increased DevOps productivity with code use analysis and vulnerability triage solutions.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, announced today Azul Platform Prime has won top honors in the Cloud Application/Service category for the 22nd annual Stevie American Business Awards.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Azul Intelligence Cloud, Azul’s cloud analytics solution which provides actionable intelligence from production Java runtime data to dramatically boost developer productivity, now supports Oracle JDK and any OpenJDK-based JVM (Java Virtual Machine) from any vendor or distribution.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced the recipients of its 2024 Channel Partner Awards honoring the outstanding performance and unwavering dedication of Azul’s top-performing channel partners. These partners have been instrumental in enabling customers around the world to avoid costly Oracle Java price hikes, optimize their cloud and infrastructure Java compute spend, and boost Java security.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Azul Platform Prime has been recognized as the Cloud Infrastructure Solution of the Year by the 2024 Tech Ascension Awards.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that it is now offering select products on the AWS and Google Cloud marketplaces, making it easier for customers and their channel partners to seamlessly procure Azul products. As businesses move their applications to the cloud, these new marketplace offerings enable customers to leverage their committed cloud spend, consolidate software procurement and simplify the purchasing process.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced it received Cisco’s 2023 Emerging Excellence Award. Cisco unveiled the award nominees and winners at its annual Supplier Day Event, attended by hundreds of executives representing its diverse lineup of partners.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced the release of a new guide in Wiley’s famous “Dummies” series dedicated to migrating Java applications and infrastructure to OpenJDK. The first book to specifically address the migration topic, “OpenJDK Migration for Dummies” is filled with invaluable insights and practical advice for application owners, IT operations teams, and developers intending to move from Oracle Java SE to OpenJDK distributions like Azul Platform Core. The book is available for download now at www.azul.com/openjdk-migration-for-dummies.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced the appointment of Dean Vaughan as vice president to drive the company’s expansion throughout Asia Pacific. Vaughan joins Azul from Aruba Networks, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, following its acquisition of Silver Peak where he served as vice president, APAC. At Silver Peak, Vaughan spearheaded the company’s rapid growth throughout APAC; previously he ran Oracle’s high-growth, Oracle Linux and Virtualization global business unit.

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced its global channel partner program, providing comprehensive resources that enable channel organizations to solve top-of-mind customer use cases such as cloud cost optimization, Oracle Java licensing alternatives, and application performance enhancement in financial services, ecommerce, software technology and other industries. Azul is expanding the reach, depth, support and staffing around its global partner program and is accepting new partners now.