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Java 7 reaches end of life
Extended support is expiring for a Java variant that is more than a decade old.
Oracle Java popularity sliding, New Relic reports
Oracle Java has fallen to just 34% of Java distributions in use, with Amazon rising to 22%, according to New Relic’s 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem report.
Oracle OCI compute, storage, networking tools aim to cut cloud complexity
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) IaaS adds 11 new tools across compute, storage and networking services, in a bid to reduce complexity and optimize costs.
Cloud costs a lot of money
Recent capital expenditure reports show that the hyperscalers’ spending brings new meaning to ‘pay to play.’
Java internet address resolution plan proposed
The OpenJDK community plans to develop a Service Provider Interface.
Oracle offers Java management service
Enterprise installations can be monitored for compliance, performance, and security.
Oracle Database 21c review: The old RDBMS is new again
Major upgrade to the ever-evolving Oracle Database brings JavaScript support, graph optimizations, in-memory enhancements, and dramatic improvements to JSON operations and in-database machine learning.
Microsoft unveils its own Java distribution
Microsoft Build of OpenJDK could set up the company to compete with Oracle in the Java distribution space.
Oracle adds GraalVM to Java subscription
High-performance multi-language runtime will be bundled with Java SE at no extra cost.
Oracle woos Red Hat users with Autonomous Linux
Oracle Autonomous Linux is patched, updated, and tuned automatically, but only in the Oracle Cloud
Oracle Java updates have become easier to ignore
If the five new features in the new JDK don’t excite you, just remember the next JDK is only six months away
Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud connect
Direct network connection and identity interoperability allow customers to run workloads across the Microsoft and Oracle clouds
Pivotal answers Oracle with supported Java distribution
Pivotal Spring Runtime includes ongoing updates and support for Pivotal’s OpenJDK distribution, Spring Java projects, and Apache Tomcat
Why Oracle is happy to lose to AWS and MongoDB
Open source and cloud developers lead the charge away from Oracle’s database, but they're not where Oracle makes its money
VirtualBox 6.0 exports VMs to the cloud—but only Oracle Cloud
Update to Oracle’s open source virtualization platform also streamlines the UI and eases file management between hosts and guests
Eclipse takes over all Java EE reference components
Oracle has contributed 100 percent of Java EE and GlassFish application server components to the foundation
Removed from JDK 11, JavaFX 11 arrives as a standalone module
Developers must now explicitly include JavaFX modules in applications
Oracle forges a Java microservices framework
The Helidon framework supports the MicroProfile technology and is intended to make it easier to develop microservices
Oracle and Intel seek to build a Java API for SIMD support
The Java Vector API aims to provide a mechanism to write complex vector algorithms in Java
Oracle’s and IBM’s IaaS cloud strategy: Talk big, invest little
They’re both woefully behind AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, but you wouldn’t know it from their Scrooge-like investments in their cloud platforms