Software applications are today's basic operations layer for any corporation, and Java remains the dominant code for enterprise development.

It’s been a long time since Microsoft brewed its own Java. But now it’s back, with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, fit and finished for running in the Azure cloud.

Interest in OpenJDK, and in commercial support for it, has intensified as Oracle Java SE becomes increasingly more expensive.

Microsoft's implementation of OpenJDK is now ready for developers who want to use Java on the Azure cloud.

In September of that year, the two companies unveiled Zulu for Windows Server and Windows Azure. In January of this year, the company launched a version of Zulu for both Java 6 and Java 7 running on ...

Microsoft's acquisition of jClarity brings instant Java credibility to the software giant, to lure enterprises with Java workloads over to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Microsoft also inherits the ...

SAP has joined the OpenJDK project, an Oracle-led initiative producing an open source implementation of Java that also has gained support of such companies as IBM and Apple in recent months. In an ...