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How to Run and Scale AI Java Applications in Production: An Overview for Developers with no Machine Learning Expertise 9 minutes
Jakarta EE

How to Run and Scale AI Java Applications in Production: An Overview for Developers with no Machine Learning Expertise

Organizations are increasingly interested in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) to improve operations and offer next-generation […]

JBoss ELS Decoded 5 minutes
Migration

JBoss ELS Decoded: What Extended Lifecycle Support Really Means for Your Java Applications​

If your Java EE 8 applications run on Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7, you can’t afford […]

Understanding the Security Issues of Aging Middleware 8 minutes
Security

Understanding the Security Issues of Aging Middleware

Middleware runs quietly in the background of most applications, which makes it easy to overlook its lifecycle. In effect, […]

5 Warning Signs Your Ageing Application Server Is Holding Back Your Java Team 4 minutes
Jakarta EE

5 Warning Signs Your Ageing Application Server Is Holding Back Your Java Team

Every software evolves, until it reaches its natural end of life, even the strongest one. This is valid for […]

Application Modernization 12 minutes
Migration

Legacy Application Modernization Best Practices

Modernizing legacy applications might sound like a dry, box-ticking IT initiative, but let’s be real: for most dev teams, […]

What Is a Java Application Server? A Short Guide 6 minutes
Jakarta EE

What Is a Java Application Server? A Short Guide

Enterprise Java applications power global commerce, healthcare, government and countless other industries. These systems must be scalable, secure and […]

How to Build Cost-Effective Cloud Architectures 4 minutes
Cloud & Microservices

How to Build Cost-Effective Cloud Architectures

Cloud adoption has transformed how developers build and scale applications, but it also brings new challenges in controlling costs. As […]

JBoss EAP 7 End of Support: What Java Developers Need to Know (And What to Do Next) 3 minutes
Cloud & Microservices

JBoss EAP 7 End of Support: What Java Developers Need to Know (And What to Do Next)

As a Java developer, you may not control runtime support contracts, but what you can do is help your team stay […]

Platform Engineering vs. SRE vs. DevOps: Practical Differences for Java Teams 5 minutes
Cloud & Microservices

Platform Engineering vs. SRE vs. DevOps: Practical Differences for Java Teams

You’ve probably been in that hallway conversation (or Teams/Zoom meeting) where DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering all get thrown around. Sometimes these words are […]

Application Modernization 9 minutes
Thought Leadership

Application Modernization: Key Strategies to Overcome Common Challenges

Many enterprise Java application developers are facing the same challenge: handling the many legacy systems used by their organizations. Modernizing these […]

Monthly catch 4 minutes
Product News

The Payara Monthly Catch – July 2025

Your Round-Up of the Latest Java & Jakarta EE News. Welcome aboard the July issue of The Monthly Catch. As […]

Cloud Excellence Award 2025 Logo 2 minutes
News

Payara’s Work to Simplify Java Cloud Transformation Shortlisted at Leading Awards

As enterprises face mounting pressure to modernize critical Java applications without disruption, the efforts of Payara Services to support […]