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Java Support

What is OpenJDK?

I talk to many people about how they use Java, and I find there is a high level of misunderstanding about what OpenJDK is.  The idea of this post is to provide a clear description of what OpenJDK is and isn’t. Let’s start with some history.  Back in 2006, the management of Sun Microsystems (the […]
Performance

Solr Throughput on Azul Platform Prime vs OpenJDK

At Azul, we have been measuring the performance of popular Java open-source projects on our optimized Azul Zulu Prime Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu Prime) versus vanilla Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu). Today we look at throughput measurements with Solr, a popular open-source Java-based search engine. Azul Zulu Prime (formerly known as “Zing”) […]
Platform Prime

Benchmarking Renaissance on OpenJDK and Azul Platform Prime

The Renaissance Suite is an increasingly popular Java benchmark and one of the many benchmarks that Azul uses internally to measure performance of Azul Platform Prime from release to release and against OpenJDK. In this blog, we will look at how we run Renaissance and how Azul Platform Prime performs against OpenJDK. Benchmark Methodology We […]
Java Support

The 3 Hidden Risks of Unsupported, Free Java

It’s been more than 2 years since Oracle required subscription-based licensing for Java 8 and 11 support, the versions in production by the majority of Java users.  Throughout this realignment, some enterprises embraced support, either from Oracle or from alternative providers, while others chose free versions. Now that enterprises have had some experience with unsupported […]

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Solr Throughput on Azul Platform Prime vs OpenJDK

At Azul, we have been measuring the performance of popular Java open-source projects on our optimized Azul Zulu Prime Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu Prime) versus vanilla Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu). Today we look at throughput measurements with Solr, a popular open-source Java-based search engine. Azul Zulu Prime (formerly known as “Zing”) […]
Platform Prime

Benchmarking Renaissance on OpenJDK and Azul Platform Prime

The Renaissance Suite is an increasingly popular Java benchmark and one of the many benchmarks that Azul uses internally to measure performance of Azul Platform Prime from release to release and against OpenJDK. In this blog, we will look at how we run Renaissance and how Azul Platform Prime performs against OpenJDK. Benchmark Methodology We […]
Platform Prime

Azul Platform Prime Stream Builds Are Now Free for Evaluation, Development, and Testing

More big changes to how Azul licenses Azul Platform Prime are here. Following our changes to Azul Platform Prime pricing, we are now changing our licensing terms to make Stream Builds of Azul Platform Prime free for evaluation, development, and testing.  Here are the new evaluation terms for Azul Platform Prime:  Stream Builds are free for evaluation, development, and testing. We have […]
Platform Prime

Forrester Study Reveals Total Economic Impact of Azul Platform Prime (Formerly Zing)

We commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a study describing how innovative technology companies utilized Azul Platform Prime to reduce hardware expenses, increase the performance and scalability of JVM applications, and reduce the amount of effort their development teams need to expend on debugging JVM-related problems. The study found that the total economic impact from utilizing […]
Platform Prime

Making Java Microservices Zing with Azul Zing

Advantages of Microservices Architecture  Software development is always changing and, today, we see a clear shift to the use of a microservices architecture.  There are a number of clear advantages to this approach, but let’s look at two of the most significant: Simplified deployment into the cloud. The use of containers like Docker encapsulates all […]