{"id":39491,"date":"2019-08-20T10:28:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=0f7a5d4235252dc35557ed901d03e1b3"},"modified":"2019-08-20T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:28:41","slug":"microsoft-aquires-java-specialist-jclarity-to-boost-azure-workloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/microsoft-aquires-java-specialist-jclarity-to-boost-azure-workloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft aquires Java specialist jClarity to boost Azure workloads"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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20 Aug, 2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft has acquired software platform jClarity in a bid to drive more Java workloads to Azure.<\/p>\n

The deal will see jClarity’s AdoptOpenJDK project move to the Azure where its data science teams will add its expertise to Java projects.<\/p>\n

AdoptOpenJDK is a community of Java users, developers and vendors, which includes the likes of Amazon, IBM, Pivotal and Red Hat. The organisation is an advocate of OpenJDK, the open-source project which forms the basis of the Java programming language and platform.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said that it had seen an increase of large-scale Java installations on Azure, particularly with platforms like Minecraft and Adobe.<\/p>\n

“At Microsoft, we strongly believe that we can do more for our customers by working alongside the Java community,” the company said in a blog post<\/a>. “The jClarity team, with the backing of Microsoft, will continue to collaborate with the OpenJDK Community and the Java ecosystem to foster the progress of the platform.”<\/p>\n

Microsoft said that more than half of compute workloads on Azure run on Linux, making it a great platform for open-source software, which includes Java.<\/p>\n

For jClarity, the team will continue to work out in the open in various Java communities, its CEO, Martijn Verburg said in a blog post<\/a>. But the company is anticipating a greater contribution to the Java community with the support of Microsoft.<\/p>\n

“It’s always been jClarity’s core mission to support the Java ecosystem,”\u00a0Verburg said. “We started with our world-class performance tooling and then later became a leader in the AdoptOpenJDK project.<\/p>\n

“Microsoft leads the world in backing developers and their communities, and after speaking to their engineering and programme leadership, it was a no brainer to enter formal discussions. With the passion and deep expertise of Microsoft’s people, we’ll be able to support the Java ecosystem better than ever before.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

20 Aug, 2019 <\/p>\n

Microsoft has acquired software platform jClarity in a bid to drive more Java workloads to Azure.
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