Azul, the world’s fastest and most efficient Java Virtual Machine (JVM) software, said today that it is expanding its efforts to help businesses in the Philippines decrease cloud computing costs. The availability of Azul Platform Prime in the country would ensure that enterprises in Southeast Asia’s largest economy may continue to expand their cloud usage without suffering drawbacks such as cost overruns and poor performance.
Azul Platform Prime, the world’s most performant Java runtime, improves Java performance by allowing more transactions from the same hardware even as loads grow and optimizing capabilities to ensure constant response times and reduced latency. Together, these advantages enable Azul clients to raise cloud utilization limits confidently and, as a result, lower the number of cloud computing instances. Azul Platform Prime has helped Azul customers save on average 50% on their cloud bills.
According to Statista, revenue in the Philippine public cloud market is expected to exceed $1 billion in 2023 and reach over $2.28 billion in 2028. Cloud computing provides on-demand capacity, flexibility, automation, and availability, enabling businesses large and small to run in a modern, flexible manner to meet today’s dynamic business needs. However, cost overruns constitute a significant disadvantage for many organizations. Gartner discovered in a 2021 study that firms with little or no cloud cost optimization policies wind up overspending on cloud services by up to 70% without gaining their intended value.
“Since inking the APAC-wide distribution agreement with Azul last November, we’re really excited to see accelerating results starting to flow from the channel investment we’ve made with Azul in the Philippines. Azul is such a massive opportunity in the DevSecOps market and NEXTGEN’s unique channel services, dedicated headcount and capabilities are enabling more and more partners to leverage the opportunity at speed. We are thrilled to be playing a pivotal role in the Azul growth journey!” said Wendy O’Keeffe, NEXTGEN’s executive vice president and managing director, Asia.
Helping companies get the most out of their Java applications is not new to Azul, who has two decades of experience providing superior Java infrastructure and support to its customers. Azul’s solution includes:
- Commercial Java Support – With the most recent Java licensing and pricing changes introduced by Oracle in January, companies could find themselves paying twice as high as 10 times more. With the largest Java engineering team outside of Oracle, Azul offers customers a typical savings of 70% compared to Oracle Java SE, while also provides the most extensive breadth of platform and version support, quarterly security-only updates, and Java expertise.
- Java Security – Azul Vulnerability Detection (AVD) was developed to help address the increasing risk of attacks on enterprise software supply chains, compounded by Java vulnerabilities such as Log4j that continue to rise. AVD detects known vulnerabilities in Java applications in production with no performance penalty.
- Java Code Maintenance – Launched last week, Azul Code Inventory is a new feature of AVD that provides developers and DevOps teams a precise catalog of the source code used in production by Java applications, making it easy to identify dead and unused code for removal accurately. Code Inventory improves developer productivity and ultimately saves money by removing the burden of maintaining and testing code that is not being used.
“Our unwavering commitment at Azul is to empower businesses to harness the full potential of their cloud investments, and Java sits at the heart of this mission,” said Scott Sellers, co-founder and CEO at Azul. “By introducing Azul Platform Prime to the Philippines, we are not just providing a solution – we are providing a pathway for businesses to realize unparalleled efficiency and cost savings in their cloud journey.”
Azul’s CEO, Scott Sellers, is currently on an APAC roadshow visiting customers and partners, including in Manila, Philippines, on October 9-10, and Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 11.
“We are seeing increasing demand for Azul’s solutions as organizations across the region struggle with out-of-control Java support costs and their cloud costs continue to rise,” said Dean Vaughan, vice president of APAC, Azul. “We are excited by the market opportunity to present a superior Java alternative to the Philippines. Our substantial investment and growth in the region, including the expansion of our channel partner program, will benefit our customers large and small as we drive forward our commitment to making cloud efficiency both accessible and sustainable.”
