Simon Ritter

Simon Ritter is the Deputy CTO of Azul Systems. Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Brunel University in the U.K. Simon joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and started working with Java technology from JDK 1.0; he has spent time working in both Java development and consultancy. Having moved to Oracle as part of the Sun acquisition, he managed the Java Evangelism team for the core Java platform, Java for client applications and embedded Java. Now at Azul, he continues to help people understand Java as well as Azul’s JVM technologies and products. Simon has twice been awarded Java Rockstar status at JavaOne and is a Java Champion. He currently represents Azul on the JCP Executive Committee and on the Expert Group of JSR 379, Java SE 9.

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JDK 17 - Long Term Support and Great New Features

With the release of JDK 17, we now have a new long-term support (LTS) version of the Java platform, ready to deploy in production.
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Rationalizing Your Organization’s Java TCO

HMG/Azul Webinar: ‘Rationalizing Your Organization’s Java TCO’.
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How to Keep Your Java Applications Secure

Back in April 2019 the way most Java users accessed updates for the JDK changed. The reason for this was a combination of changes made by Oracle to how the JDK is developed and the licensing...
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Microsoft Increases Commitment to OpenJDK

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AOT or JIT - Faster Startup, Faster Code

In this webinar, find out more about the pros and cons of JIT and AOT compilation.
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Java 16 – JDK 16 Updates and New Features

How time flies! Even in these extraordinary times, it seems hard to believe another six months have passed, and we now have a new release of the JDK. As usual, I will summarise all the new...
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What's New in JDK 16

Java Champion Simon Ritter explains which new features are included in JDK 16.
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How Your JDK Impacts DevOps Workflows

How your choice of JDK can impact your development and DevOps workflows.
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Staring Into My Java Snow Globe 2021

Happy New Year, everyone! For the last few years, I’ve written a blog post at the start of each year with my predictions for what will happen in the following twelve months focused on Java. Now...
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Secure, Stable Java - with or without Oracle

Join us for a fireside chat with Azul’s Deputy CTO and Java Champion Simon Ritter and ex-Oracle Java Technology Manager Ariane Mueller, discussing all things Java.
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Turbocharge your Microservices with Azul Platform Prime

In this webinar, Azul’s Deputy CTO Simon Ritter walks through how to develop and deploy an example set of Spring Boot microservices and show how we can deploy them with Zing. He explains how Zing redu
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Java First, Second and Now Third

Measuring the popularity of programming languages is never going to be simple. We often see the results of surveys that have been conducted by various companies or organisations that seem... The...
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JDK 15: The Latest New Features in Java

In this webinar, Java Champion Simon Ritter reviews the latest new features in Java 15, what they are and how they are used.
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Java 15 – 64 JDK 15 New Features and APIs

How quickly six months pass. It only seems like yesterday we were talking about JDK 14, records, pattern matching for instanceof and helpful NullPointerExceptions, yet here we are with JDK 15...
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Shrinking Java to Raspberry Pi Sized

In this video, Simon Ritter shows how Java can be compressed to achieve a runtime that is an order of magnitude smaller than the standard JDK.
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A Quarter of a Century of Java

February 12th, 1996. This is a significant date for me personally since it was the day I started work at Sun Microsystems as a Solaris Systems Engineer...
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A Quarter of a Century of Java

February 12th, 1996. This is a significant date for me personally since it was the day I started work at Sun Microsystems as a Solaris Systems Engineer. It was also two weeks and six days after...
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Java: Stable, Secure and Affordable

Java continues to vie for first place as the most popular platform for software development in the world. The power of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) extends the platform’s appeal... The post...
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Java: Stable, Secure and Affordable

Java continues to vie for first place as the most popular platform for software development in the world. The power of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) extends the platform’s appeal to applications...
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Managing Java System Capacity in Volatile Times

How rapidly changing levels of demand affect Java application system capacity and performance, specifically memory utilization, code performance, and speed of application warmup.
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Simon Ritter

JDK 17 - Long Term Support and Great New Features

With the release of JDK 17, we now have a new long-term support (LTS) version of the Java platform, ready to deploy in production.

Rationalizing Your Organization’s Java TCO

HMG/Azul Webinar: ‘Rationalizing Your Organization’s Java TCO’.

How to Keep Your Java Applications Secure

Back in April 2019 the way most Java users accessed updates for the JDK changed. The reason for this was a combination of changes made by Oracle to how the JDK is developed and the licensing...

Microsoft Increases Commitment to OpenJDK

Today, Microsoft announced its plans for the new Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. As a long time Microsoft partner and as a key provider of Java technologies powering Azure, Azul welcomes this step and...

AOT or JIT - Faster Startup, Faster Code

In this webinar, find out more about the pros and cons of JIT and AOT compilation.

Java 16 – JDK 16 Updates and New Features

How time flies! Even in these extraordinary times, it seems hard to believe another six months have passed, and we now have a new release of the JDK. As usual, I will summarise all the new...

What's New in JDK 16

Java Champion Simon Ritter explains which new features are included in JDK 16.

How Your JDK Impacts DevOps Workflows

How your choice of JDK can impact your development and DevOps workflows.

Staring Into My Java Snow Globe 2021

Happy New Year, everyone! For the last few years, I’ve written a blog post at the start of each year with my predictions for what will happen in the following twelve months focused on Java. Now...

Secure, Stable Java - with or without Oracle

Join us for a fireside chat with Azul’s Deputy CTO and Java Champion Simon Ritter and ex-Oracle Java Technology Manager Ariane Mueller, discussing all things Java.

Turbocharge your Microservices with Azul Platform Prime

In this webinar, Azul’s Deputy CTO Simon Ritter walks through how to develop and deploy an example set of Spring Boot microservices and show how we can deploy them with Zing. He explains how Zing redu

Java First, Second and Now Third

Measuring the popularity of programming languages is never going to be simple. We often see the results of surveys that have been conducted by various companies or organisations that seem... The...

JDK 15: The Latest New Features in Java

In this webinar, Java Champion Simon Ritter reviews the latest new features in Java 15, what they are and how they are used.

Java 15 – 64 JDK 15 New Features and APIs

How quickly six months pass. It only seems like yesterday we were talking about JDK 14, records, pattern matching for instanceof and helpful NullPointerExceptions, yet here we are with JDK 15...

Shrinking Java to Raspberry Pi Sized

In this video, Simon Ritter shows how Java can be compressed to achieve a runtime that is an order of magnitude smaller than the standard JDK.

A Quarter of a Century of Java

February 12th, 1996. This is a significant date for me personally since it was the day I started work at Sun Microsystems as a Solaris Systems Engineer...

A Quarter of a Century of Java

February 12th, 1996. This is a significant date for me personally since it was the day I started work at Sun Microsystems as a Solaris Systems Engineer. It was also two weeks and six days after...

Java: Stable, Secure and Affordable

Java continues to vie for first place as the most popular platform for software development in the world. The power of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) extends the platform’s appeal... The post...

Java: Stable, Secure and Affordable

Java continues to vie for first place as the most popular platform for software development in the world. The power of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) extends the platform’s appeal to applications...

Managing Java System Capacity in Volatile Times

How rapidly changing levels of demand affect Java application system capacity and performance, specifically memory utilization, code performance, and speed of application warmup.