Newcastle City Council (NCC) was running critical governmental applications on Oracle Java. When Oracle changed the licensing and pricing model for Java SE, the cost of ensuring stability and security of NCC’s Java estate increased dramatically. In addition, some of the older versions of Java used by NCC were no longer supported by Oracle. When security audits began flagging the Java runtime as a major concern, NCC knew it needed an affordable alternative to Oracle Java SE.
NCC identified Azul Core as a one-for-one equivalent for Oracle Java SE at a significantly more affordable price. Azul Core not only provided timely updates for all versions of Java used by the IT department, including Java 6, it also offered Critical Patch Updates (CPUs), which allowed security patches to be immediately deployed into production. Finally, Azul also provided workarounds for legacy functionality like applets and Java Web Start.
NCC achieved its business objective: a fully supported and secure Java application estate.
Newcastle City Council sees huge value with their investment in Azul’s Solution
Through our strategic partnership with Azul, we significantly reduced our security risk level with our Java applications and Java-based infrastructure, which certainly helps me sleep better at night. In addition, the benefits of switching to Azul Platform Core as our JVM are clear. Our Java estate is now consistent, standardized, easier to maintain, and has brought a level of simplicity that’s a huge benefit to our organization.
Azul Core is a 100% open-source Java platform designed for the enterprise, featuring the fully certified, Java SE standard-compliant builds, tight security, cost efficiencies, and support SLAs (the best in the industry) that you need to run today’s business-critical, Java-based services.
