Azul platforms enable organisations to reduce cloud costs, tackling infrastructure overhead, and improve performance – without Oracle Java. As a result, multiple organisations have achieved innovative, world-class Java deployments for the modern cloud enterprise by moving to Azul.
In 2024, Azul customers saw enhanced success in:
• Application performance.
• Operations and efficiency.
• Customer experience.
• Java migration speed and execution.
• Cloud cost optimisation and savings.
• Infrastructure cost savings.
• Devops productivity.
WHATEVER YOUR CUSTOMER SECTOR
Azul has praised a range of customers and industry use cases this year as Java heroes.
Organisations using Azul to reduce cloud costs are hailing from sectors such as adtech, trading exchanges, enterprise software for functions such as HR, public sector, travel and tourism, gaming, finance, higher education and retail. Its Java ‘heroes’ for 2024 include names like WorkDay, Taboola, SGX FX, Travelport, Teledyne Controls, Jagex, LMAX, and NCC.
With Azul, multiple companies around the world can continue to leverage Java power and versatility to drive innovation, deliver exceptional performance, and optimise costs. Azul customers include many names from the Fortune 100 and half of Forbes’ World’s Most Valuable Brands, the top-10 financial trading companies and leading brands from Avaya to BMW, Deutsche Telekom, LG and Mastercard.
WHY YOU’LL SUCCEED WITH AZUL
The phased Azul migration methodology draws on many years of experience helping Fortune 100 companies migrate their Java infrastructures, while managing cloud costs and infrastructure overhead.
It’s not just about swapping one TCK-tested distribution for another.
Incompatibilities must be explored and kept on track throughout, with archived updates available if needed, and variables pointed and updated correctly. Most of this will also need to be tested if smooth functioning is to be assured.
Azul can help organisations with the thorough discovery, execution, and validation at levels that many organisations can find daunting.
For instance:
• It’s necessary to build an accurate inventory. While traditional ITAM tools can be useful, you might also need special-purpose scripts and to search for all versions of Java.
• Software license managers, application owners, and the QA testing team must align and work together, and all documentation must be thoroughly reviewed.
• Issues can arise, particularly if you need to migrate to an older version like Java 8 on the desktop. Certain applications might require very close attention.
11 REASONS TO CHOOSE AZUL
With Azul, organisations can manage costs yet continue to benefit from an essential array of Java technologies. Affected applications run the gamut from Kafka to Cassandra, Apache Spark, Ignite, Hadoop, Hbase, Tomcat and Zookeeper, Hazelcast, Elasticsearch, Solr and JBoss.
With Azul at the core, you’ll enjoy:
• Java SE compliant and TCK verified open-source builds.
• More architectures, package types and configuration options.
• Drop-in replacement potential for many customers.
• Oracle Java SE-equivalent engineering support.
• Critical patch updates delivered fast on a firm SLA.
• Support for older end-of-life versions like Java 6 and 7.
• Optimum Java runtimes for ISVs and OEMs.
• 75% of Oracle customers migrate to OpenJDK in under 12 months.
• Expert support available around-the-clock.
• Proven Azul migration methodology.
• Lower total costs of ownership (TCO) (typical savings of 70% over Oracle).
Download an OpenJDK Migration for Dummies guide here.
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO MIGRATE
And with Oracle JDK 17 only free to use through September 2024, there’s never been a better time to implement Azul. From October, Oracle will require customers to sign up for the Oracle Technology Network Licensing Agreement (OTNLA) that’s attracted negative headlines for its charging policy.
For partners, this represents a great potential opportunity, not least to reduce cloud costs. That’s because 86% of respondents surveyed by Azul already say they’re moving Java applications off Oracle.
So call Team QBS today to discuss.
Email QBS at: sales@qbssoftware.com
Telephone QBS on: +44 (0) 20 8733 7100
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