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FreeBSD Foundation and Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Announce Beacon Award Winners for Innovations and Improvements to CheriBSD

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) initiative, also backed by the UK government, aims to transform digital technology and create a more resilient and secure foundation for a safer future.

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  • The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) initiative, also backed by the UK government, aims to transform digital technology and create a more resilient and secure foundation for a safer future.
  • The community launched the inaugural Beacon Awards, to celebrate technological advances that boost security without sacrificing performance or inflating costs.
  • The Beacon Awards recognize successful CheriBSD innovations that improve performance at a fraction of the cost.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with Innovate UK and Digital Security by Design (DSbD) to launch the first annual DSbD Ecosystem Beacon Awards.

Azul Platform Prime Awarded Cloud Infrastructure Solution of the Year by the 2024 Tech Ascension Awards

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Data Management, Security, Apps, Applications, Technology, Software, Internet, Cloud, Organization, Face, OpenJDK, Video game

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.

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  • 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 Platform Prime is an enhanced build of OpenJDK that reduces cloud infrastructure costs while improving application performance.
  • With Azul Platform Prime, companies are reducing cloud waste and improving application performance for Java applications and frameworks without changing a line of code.
  • “In today’s data-driven age, innovation in cloud technology is more crucial than ever,” said David Campbell, CEO of Tech Ascension Awards.

Azul Reports Accelerated Growth Across Product Lines and Geographies, Boosted by Oracle’s Java Pricing Change and Rising Cloud Costs

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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Azul , the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced accelerated growth last year across its product portfolio and geographies, including unprecedented demand for its OpenJDK products in the wake of Oracle’s Java SE pricing policy change and enterprises grappling with soaring cloud costs.

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  • Azul , the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced accelerated growth last year across its product portfolio and geographies, including unprecedented demand for its OpenJDK products in the wake of Oracle’s Java SE pricing policy change and enterprises grappling with soaring cloud costs.
  • Since that announcement, Azul has seen tremendous growth in new customer bookings for its OpenJDK-based Oracle alternative, Azul Platform Core , with an increase of 49% year-over-year.
  • One customer, the University of Sydney, switched from Oracle Java to Azul Platform Core, looking for cost savings, greater predictability and ease of doing business.
  • Reinforcing its leadership in Java, Azul was also re-elected to the Java Committee Executive Team, a key steering committee for Java, its development and roadmap.

Oracle Releases Java 22

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced the availability of Java 22, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform. Java 22 (Oracle JDK 22) delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements to help developers increase productivity, drive innovation, and accelerate growth across their organizations. These include enhancements to the Java language, its APIs and performance, and the tools included in the Java Development Kit (JDK).

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  • Java 22 (Oracle JDK 22) delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements to help developers increase productivity, drive innovation, and accelerate growth across their organizations.
  • The Java 22 release is the result of continuous collaboration between Oracle and other members of the worldwide Java developer community via OpenJDK and the Java Community Process (JCP).
  • For more details on the features in Java 22, please read the Java 22 technical blog post .
  • By delivering Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM, and the Java SE Subscription Enterprise Performance Pack free of charge on OCI, Java 22 enables developers to build and deploy applications that run faster, better, and with optimized cost-performance.

BellSoft releases Alpaquita Containers with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint support

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
JVM, Memory, Coffea liberica, SAN, Java, ARM, Risk-weighted asset, Architecture, GraalVM, Crac, Alpine, API, Use, JDK, OpenJDK, Cryptocurrency

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSoft , the OpenJDK vendor that delivers the most complete Java experience, is excited to announce the release of Alpaquita containers with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) support, rounding up your Java journey with an end-to-end CRaC solution.

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSoft , the OpenJDK vendor that delivers the most complete Java experience, is excited to announce the release of Alpaquita containers with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) support, rounding up your Java journey with an end-to-end CRaC solution.
  • The Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) Project is the most current promising answer.
  • BellSoft's Alpaquita containers are available for JDK 17 and 21 and x86_64 architecture, with ARM support coming later in 2024.
  • "Alpaquita containers are made for Java applications in the cloud, strengthened with CRaC support; they help mitigate the problem of slow startup and warmup," said Alex Belokrlykov, BellSoft's CEO.

The Eclipse Foundation Showcases Successful Open Source Industry Collaborations for 2023; Looks Ahead to Additional Growth in 2024

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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“While we’re thrilled with the growth of our industry collaborations in 2023, we’re always striving to exceed our own goals,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.

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  • “While we’re thrilled with the growth of our industry collaborations in 2023, we’re always striving to exceed our own goals,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.
  • Branding and marketing: The foundation develops and implements strategies to establish and promote distinctive identities for our open source projects and industry collaborations.
  • Specification development: The Eclipse Foundation helps our industry collaborations significantly reduce costs and streamline the effort to develop industry consensus specifications using the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process.
  • Get started collaborating at the Eclipse Foundation by joining an existing community or bringing your industry-changing collaboration to the foundation.

Azul Java Products Now Commercially Available on AWS and Google Cloud Marketplaces

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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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.

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  • 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.
  • Azul’s cloud marketplace products include Azul Platform Core and Azul Platform Prime .
  • With the addition of Azul to these marketplaces, committed spend can now be used to procure Azul products.
  • “Making Azul products available on the AWS and Google Cloud marketplaces unlocks tremendous purchasing efficiencies for businesses deploying their Java applications in the cloud,” said George Gould , senior vice president, corporate development and partner alliances at Azul.

BellSoft releases Liberica JDK 21 for RISC-V with support

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
SAN, Java, RISC, JDK, Linux, Language, OpenJDK, ARM, VMS, ISA, Intel, Internet of things, LTS

We now have tailored Liberica JDK builds for RISC-V , so you can port your applications without any issue.

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  • We now have tailored Liberica JDK builds for RISC-V , so you can port your applications without any issue.
  • Liberica JDK builds for Linux on RISC-V are available starting from JDK 21 LTS.
  • BellSoft is committed to supporting version 21 until 2032.
  • Liberica JDK Standard is a base Liberica JDK flavor with three VMs and all garbage collectors, designed specifically for running Java on RISC-V in a highly performant and cost-efficient way.

Oracle Expands Support for Open Source Community at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced several key contributions to the open source community aimed at accelerating the adoption of cloud native computing and collaboration across the open source ecosystem. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023, Oracle announced plans to donate $3 million in Ampere Arm®-based compute credits on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) per year for three years to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Oracle also introduced plans to open source Jipher, a Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) provider for environments with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) requirements. In addition, Oracle invited the community to provide input on the development of an open standard for network and data security across on-premises and distributed cloud environments.  

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  • Oracle launches project to open source Jipher, a Java Cryptography Extension provider for  FIPS-regulated environments
    AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced several key contributions to the open source community aimed at accelerating the adoption of cloud native computing and collaboration across the open source ecosystem.
  • To underscore Oracle's commitment to CNCF and to support its invaluable work across the open source community, Oracle will contribute $3 million in credits on Ampere Arm-based hardware per year for 3 years to support CNCF projects on OCI.
  • To support these efforts, Oracle is announcing plans to open source Jipher through the OpenJDK to support Project Panama -based Java applications for the benefit of the broader open source community.
  • Oracle has been supporting the open source community for more than 20 years by contributing to and maintaining critical projects and technologies.

BellSoft releases dedicated builds of Liberica JDK 17 and 21 with CRaC

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Monday, November 6, 2023
Linux, News, Java, OpenJDK, Graal, Environment, Crac, SLA, API, Running, Coffea liberica, SAN, Computer data storage, Shipbuilding, Video game

Spring is one of the most popular Java frameworks, thanks to its deep tech prospects, pre-announced adding CRaC support .

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  • Spring is one of the most popular Java frameworks, thanks to its deep tech prospects, pre-announced adding CRaC support .
  • BellSoft is glad to inform you that Liberica JDK 17 and 21 builds enhanced with CRaC are now available for free download.
  • With this progressive version of Liberica JDK, you immediately eliminate the slow startup and warmup issue.
  • Liberica JDK with newly added CRaC technology significantly reduces your cloud costs, all due to:
    faster Java start-up and warm-up;
    same SLA on fewer resources.