- As part of the agreement extension, Azul will also provide Zulu Enterprise builds of Open JDK for Payara Enterprise Server on the AArch64 (ARM 64-bit) architecture
- Payara Platform Enterprise is stable, supported software designed for mission-critical systems in production and containerized Jakarta EE and MicroProfile applications
Azul and Payara Services Ltd announced that it has extended its agreement to ship Azul’s Zulu Enterprise builds of OpenJDK with Payara Platform Enterprise as part of the included support services of Payara Server and Payara Micro. It added that this will ensure that Payara Enterprise includes the most secure builds of OpenJDK, supports clients with more versions of Java and reduces clients’ infrastructure costs while increasing their development flexibility free of complicated license commitments. As part of the agreement extension, Azul will also provide Zulu Enterprise builds of Open JDK for Payara Enterprise Server on the AArch64 (ARM 64-bit) architecture.
Containerized Jakarta EE and MicroProfile applications
Steve Millidge, Payara founder and technical director said, “With Azul as our partner, we deliver a fully-supported open source platform for production MicroProfile and Jakarta EE applications with Payara Enterprise, backed by Azul’s award-winning support organization. Both Payara and Azul are committed to open source Java-based technology. We found it easy to seamlessly incorporate Azul’s Zulu Enterprise builds of OpenJDK 7, 8, 11 and beyond with Payara Server and Payara Micro, enabling us to provide Enterprise customers with a secure and stable application platform from the JVM on up.”
Open source, security and the best customer support
The company said that the Payara Platform Enterprise is stable, supported software designed for mission-critical systems in production and containerized Jakarta EE and MicroProfile applications. Azul Zulu Enterprise is a 100 per cent open source, fully standards-compliant Java Development Kit (JDK) and runtime platform with flexible pricing and support plans, no proprietary licenses or field of use restrictions, timely security updates, and the industry’s best support.
Scott Sellers, Azul president and CEO said, “We are delighted to continue our partnership with Payara. Both organizations share a total commitment to open source, security and the best customer support. We are honored that Payara continues to include Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK in their offerings, including now supporting AArch64 (Arm 64-bit) architectures.”
