Azul Systems

Fortanix Reports Stellar Year with Record Sales and Customer Wins

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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Fortanix Inc. , the data-first multicloud security company, today announced another record year for sales, customer wins and workforce expansion.

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  • Fortanix Inc. , the data-first multicloud security company, today announced another record year for sales, customer wins and workforce expansion.
  • During the fiscal year ended Jan 31, 2022, Fortanix sales grew 2.5X, the number of customers doubled, and the workforce doubled as well compared to the previous fiscal year.
  • Thanks to our more than 100 customers around the world, Fortanix was able to achieve a record year on multiple fronts, said Ambuj Kumar, CEO and co-founder, Fortanix.
  • Prior to joining Fortanix, Hoard held senior roles in Corelight Inc., Kenna Security, A10, and Barracuda Networks, among other technology companies.

Azul Java Solutions Now Listed on the NCPA Contract, Available for Purchase by SLED (State, Local, Education) Agencies in All 50 States

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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Now the SLED marketplace will have access to the worlds best and most cost effective OpenJDK platform in the industry.

Key Points: 
  • Now the SLED marketplace will have access to the worlds best and most cost effective OpenJDK platform in the industry.
  • The NCPA contract award to Azul is a critical foundational component of our Public Sector growth strategy.
  • Azul Zing, based on tested, certified builds of Zulu OpenJDK, turbocharges the performance and scalability of your Java ecosystem.
  • Azul is the largest company 100% focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), providing the worlds most trusted open source Java enterprise platform.

Azul Gains Momentum in the Financial Services Industry as Top Banks Switch to Azul for Better Java Performance and Support

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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In the last two quarters, 17 banks (including investment banks, retail banks, commercial banks, and private banks) bought Azul Java support for the first time or extended their contracts.

Key Points: 
  • In the last two quarters, 17 banks (including investment banks, retail banks, commercial banks, and private banks) bought Azul Java support for the first time or extended their contracts.
  • Azuls superior product performance, cost, and support keeps winning the hearts and minds of CIOs in financial services industries, said Scott Sellers, Azul co-founder, president and CEO.
  • When companies switch to Azul, they dramatically reduce their Java infrastructure and support costs, improve key application performance, and enable development teams to focus on innovation rather than troubleshooting.
  • For many companies in the finance industry, an essential key to running a successful Java operation is Azul Zing, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) hyper-optimized to turbocharge Java performance.

Payara Services and Azul Agree to Extend Contract to Secure Java Builds of OpenJDK for Payara Enterprise Clients

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Thursday, November 19, 2020
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This ensures that Payara Enterprise includes the most secure builds of OpenJDK, supports clients with more versions of Java and reduces clients infrastructure costs while increasing their development flexibility free of complicated license commitments to Oracle.

Key Points: 
  • This ensures that Payara Enterprise includes the most secure builds of OpenJDK, supports clients with more versions of Java and reduces clients infrastructure costs while increasing their development flexibility free of complicated license commitments to Oracle.
  • Payara Platform Enterprise is stable, supported software designed for mission-critical systems in production and containerized Jakarta EE and MicroProfile applications.
  • We are honored that Payara continues to include Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK in their offerings, including now supporting AArch64 (Arm 64-bit) architectures.
  • Azul Systems (Azul) is the largest company 100% focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), providing the worlds most trusted open source Java enterprise platform.

Azul Announces Support of Java Builds of OpenJDK 8, 11, 13, and 15 for Apple Silicon

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
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Azul has been leading the OpenJDK community effort ( JEP 391 ) initiated in August 2020, to add support for Apple Silicon, Arm-based Macs in future versions of OpenJDK.

Key Points: 
  • Azul has been leading the OpenJDK community effort ( JEP 391 ) initiated in August 2020, to add support for Apple Silicon, Arm-based Macs in future versions of OpenJDK.
  • In addition to targeting future Java versions, such as Java 16 via JEP 391, Azul will make OpenJDK builds of currently popular Java versions, including Zulu builds of OpenJDK 8, 11, 13, and 15, widely available for use on Apple Silicon, Arm-based Macs.
  • Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK are free to download and use without restrictions, with optional support available from Azul via Zulu Enterprise subscription plans.
  • Azul Systems (Azul) is the largest company 100% focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), providing the worlds most trusted open source Java enterprise platform.

United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Replaces Oracle Java SE with Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Azul Systems (Azul), provider of the worlds most trusted open source Java platform, today announced that the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has decided to replace Oracle Java SE with Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK.

Key Points: 
  • Azul Systems (Azul), provider of the worlds most trusted open source Java platform, today announced that the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has decided to replace Oracle Java SE with Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK.
  • As Oracle Java SE and Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK are based on the same OpenJDK source code, they provide identical Java features and performance, making for a simple transition.
  • The Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, which was part of the former U.S. Joint Forces Command, is now part of the U.S. Transportation Command.
  • Were very pleased that the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has selected Azul as their strategic Java vendor, said Scott Sellers, Azul co-founder, president and CEO.

NASA Awards Azul Placement in the EIS Agency Catalog

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The NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) Agency is a government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) managed by NASA.

Key Points: 
  • The NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) Agency is a government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) managed by NASA.
  • Department of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard, and Intelligence Community customers may now order Azul software through the NASA SEWP Agency Catalog located on https://www.esi.mil/contentview.aspx?id=1045 .
  • Because Oracle Java and Azul Zulu OpenJDK are based on the same open-source OpenJDK code, they have identical features and performance.
  • Azul Systems (Azul) is the largest company 100% focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), providing the worlds most trusted open source Java enterprise platform.

Azul Systems’ Addressable Market Opportunity Increases to $2.5B as Oracle Moves Away from Free Java Support and Updates, Says Independent Analyst

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Oracle has shifted from providing free Java updates to requiring paid subscriptions to keep production Java SE 8 and Java SE 11 deployments secure and up-to-date.

Key Points: 
  • Oracle has shifted from providing free Java updates to requiring paid subscriptions to keep production Java SE 8 and Java SE 11 deployments secure and up-to-date.
  • This shift is a significant change that continues to rock the market, tremendously expanding Azuls total addressable market to $2.5B.
  • Some of these are evaluating free open source products; but, with no support or urgent patches provided, these pose substantial risks.
  • Azul Systems is the largest company 100% focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), providing the worlds most trusted open source Java enterprise platform.

Azul Systems and CoralBlocks Partner to Simplify and Accelerate Development of Low-Latency Java-Based Financial Applications

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., and NEW YORK, NY, May 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Azul Systems (Azul ) and CoralBlocks today announced a technology partnership wherein CoralBlocks and Azul will work to optimize CoralBlocks components with the Azul Zing JDK for low-latency message-based workloads.

Key Points: 
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., and NEW YORK, NY, May 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Azul Systems (Azul ) and CoralBlocks today announced a technology partnership wherein CoralBlocks and Azul will work to optimize CoralBlocks components with the Azul Zing JDK for low-latency message-based workloads.
  • CoralBlocks products and technologies are carefully engineered to simplify and improve the ease of development, performance, and reliability of Java-based applications requiring predictable performance, ultra-low latency, and pauseless operation.
  • CoralBlocks components and advanced messaging middleware are used in some of the worlds most advanced trading platforms.
  • All CoralBlocks utilities and libraries are certified on the Azul Zing JDK, a highly-stable, Java SE compliant Jave runtime with extensive adoption throughout the Financial Services sector.

Azul Systems Extends Open Source Java Offerings with a new Zulu Distribution of OpenJDK 14

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As has been the case for all Zulu distributions since OpenJDK 6, Azuls Zulu builds of OpenJDK 14 are fully compliant with the Java SE 14 specification.

Key Points: 
  • As has been the case for all Zulu distributions since OpenJDK 6, Azuls Zulu builds of OpenJDK 14 are fully compliant with the Java SE 14 specification.
  • Zulu 14 and OpenJDK 14 bring several new features to Java developers.
  • Free Zulu Community builds of OpenJDK supporting Java 14 can be downloaded from the Azul website at www.azul.com/downloads/zulu-community .
  • Zulu Enterprise, Zulu Embedded, Zulu Community, and ZuluFX are trademarks, and Azul Systems, the Azul Systems logo, Zulu, Zing, and ReadyNow!