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Azul Systems Announces General Availability of Release 16.10 of Zing Runtime for Java
[November 09, 2016]

Azul Systems Announces General Availability of Release 16.10 of Zing Runtime for Java


QCon San Francisco -- Azul Systems (Azul), the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, today announced the immediate general availability of release 16.10 of the company's Zing runtime for Java. The new release meets the needs of Java-based enterprises who need consistent application performance coupled with low average and peak latencies.





Zing 16.10 feature Key Enterprise Benefit
New low-latency profile options More consistent application performance for both average and peak response time and latency, fewer missed opportunities in transaction-intensive environments, greatly improved application throughput, better use of existing system capacity
Reduced runtime memory "footprint" per JVM instance Reduction in server resources needed to run Java applications with Zing while maintaining pauseless operation. Operations teams can now configure and specify smaller AWS machine images, saving on operating expenses in Cloud deployments
Zing is now a supported JVM for Elasticsearch Elastic, the company behind the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash) now supports customers running on Azul Zing for version 5.0+
Ubuntu (News - Alert) and Oracle Linux support added to Zing Self-Service Trial program Extends the ability of developers and devops teams to download and test Zing in their environment using their preferred Linux distro
 

"With Zing 16.10 we are delivering enhanced performance for Java applications with low-latency requirements, better use of runtime memory resources, and a supported JVM for Elasticsearch," said Scott Sellers, Azul Systems (News - Alert) president and CEO. "Azul continues to invest heavily in our engineering capabilities, and our consistent cadence of Zing releases ensures that Zing is and remains the best JVM for enterprise Java applications where performance and consistency are paramount."

Pricing and Availability

Zing 16.10 is available immediately from the Azul website and the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. The single license annual subscription price for Zing is $3,500 USD per physical server, with significantly lower prices for higher volumes and longer-term subscriptions. Special pricing is available for start-ups and companies with $25 million or less in annual revenue, and for ISVs and manufacturers looking to embed or integrate Zing with their products.

For additional information about the Zing runtime for Java visit www.azul.com/zing. Free Zing trial downloads are available from www.azul.com/zing. Users of Amazon Web Services (News - Alert) can find Zing AMIs in the AWS Marketplace.

About Azul Systems

@azulsystems

Azul Systems, the industry's only company exclusively focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), builds fully supported, certified standards-compliant Java runtime solutions that bring the power of Java to the enterprise, the embedded community and the IoT. Zing is a JVM designed for enterprise Java applications and workloads that require any combination of low-latency, high-transaction rates, large working memory, and/or consistent response times. Zulu is Azul's certified, freely available open source build of OpenJDK. Cost-effective Zulu Enterprise subscriptions extend OpenJDK support to Java-based businesses who prefer open source solutions. Zulu Embedded is Azul's 100% open source build of OpenJDK for Intel, ARM (News - Alert), and PowerPC -based designs that require custom configurations and long support life cycles. For additional information, visit www.azul.com.

Azul Systems, the Azul Systems logo, Zulu, Zing and ReadyNow! are registered trademarks.

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