Java
Oracle Java is the #1 programming language and development platform. It reduces costs, shortens development timeframes, drives innovation, and improves application services. With millions of developers running more than 60 billion Java Virtual Machines worldwide, Java continues to be the development platform of choice for enterprises and developers.
The next release in the six-month cadence, Java 19, improves the performance, stability, and security of Java application development. Learn more about the new features in Java 19.
Build native executables that help Java applications start up fast, reduce memory usage, and save hosting costs.
JMS Advance features help administrators gain additional insights into Java workloads. Analyze usage, vulnerabilities, and impact from Cryptographic Roadmap updates.
Java Developer Day | Tuesday, March 21
Join Oracle’s experts to learn about the upcoming Java 20 release, enhancements for AppDev, and support for Java developer frameworks.
Java and the Art of Driving Digital Transformation
Get insights on how to leverage Java to support your modernization and transformation efforts. Learn how to get the most out of open source, cloud native, and support service capabilities in this Omdia technical brief.
Java: Modernizing Development for Secure, Cloud-Based Applications
Learn how Java helps organizations accelerate digital transformation while minimizing vulnerabilities for today’s application needs.
Top IT security and compliance pain points in application development
Security remains the most important priority for IT executives, according to a recent report from 451 Research. Read the brief to find out the top security concerns for developers and how you can achieve your IT security and compliance goals with Java.
Aberdeen Knowledge Brief
Learn why leaders in application development use Java to more efficiently build world-class applications the highest quality and the strongest security.
Java products and technologies
The world’s most popular modern development platform
The world’s most popular modern development platform, Java SE is the programming language of choice for enterprise applications. Java SE reduces costs, shortens development time, drives innovation, and improves application services. Protect your Java investment with Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription, which now includes GraalVM Enterprise and Java Management Service.
Products
Java SE Subscription includes GraalVM Enterprise—for free
Take advantage of the high-performance JDK with advanced optimizations that improve Java application performance and microservices deployment—on-premises and in the cloud. Together, the two technologies add value for cloud native deployments with native image and multilanguage support.
Features
- Advanced optimizing just-in-time compiler
- Ahead-of-time compiler (compile Java native executables)
- Seamless interoperability for polyglot applications
- Built on enterprise-class Oracle Java SE
- 24/7 Oracle Premiere Support (My Oracle Support)
The best cloud platform for developing and deploying Java
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) enhances the versatility, power, and stability of Java. As the steward and leading contributor to the Java platform, Oracle continues to drive the evolution of Java in response to the demands of enterprises and to provide unparalleled expertise to support developers.
- Enhanced Java performance. Boost peak performance with high-performance JDK. Build and deploy native executables that start almost instantly and use fewer memory resources.
- Simplified Java Management Service gives you insights into all your Java deployments, on OCI and on-premises.
- Expert Java support from the stewards of Java to optimize Java apps whenever it makes sense.
- Exclusive access to patches and updates, even beyond the end of public updates.
- Benefits of Java SE on OCI at no additional cost.
The world’s leading platform for developing and running enterprise Java applications
Oracle WebLogic Server offers a robust, mature, and scalable implementation of Oracle Java Enterprise Edition (EE) and Jakarta EE to run enterprise Java applications in the cloud or on-premises.
Products
Improves security for Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices
Java Card enables secure elements, such as smart cards and other tamper-resistant security chips, to host applications based on Java technology. Store and update multiple applications on a single, resource-constrained device.
Features
- Interoperable
- Secure execution environment
- Multiapplication, multitenant
- Extensible and updatable
Oracle’s intuitive platform for managing container workloads
Oracle Verrazzano Enterprise Container Platform is a general-purpose container platform that developers and DevOps engineers can use to deploy, secure, and manage container workloads, including microservices and traditional applications. Verrazzano is built from a familiar collection of open source components and supports Kubernetes clusters running on-premises or in the cloud.
Features
- Faster applications creation
- Existing custom application estate modernization
- Cloud benefits without vendor lock-in
- A complete container platform with easy installation and lifecycle management
- Enhanced value for both WebLogic Server and Oracle Coherence customers
- A unified, open source, DevOps-friendly environment that uses familiar and vendor-neutral tools
- Curated, opinionated container stack that simplifies platform setup
- Polyglot application management
- End-to-end container management capabilities with Oracle Linux
Oracle Java customer success
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Situation
“One of our largest customers was facing performance and memory issues after upgrading their system.
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Issue
There was huge pressure from the customer at all levels to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
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Solution
Once the Java Sustaining Engineering team got involved, collaborating with Oracle Support, they were able to pinpoint what was causing the issue and what changes to make in order to resolve the issue.
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Outcome
This solution was provided very quickly, and we received kudos from the end user’s executives as to the speed and efficacy of the solution. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the Java Sustaining Engineering Team and Oracle Customer Support.”
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Takashi Hashizume, Senior Manager, AI Platform Division, NEC Corporation
Oracle Java reviews
MIKS Limited Computer Software Company
"Oracle Java SE Subscription's multilingual support team is very experienced and readily available to provide instant and parallel support helping our developers to build their projects more timely and easily with no hassles."
—Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Project Manager
Rothbadi & Co. IT Services
"Instead of wasting time and money, we have been able to reduce overall costs by managing our Java estate with Oracle Java SE Subscription. This gives us a huge cost saving opportunity that significantly reduces our IT OPEX bills."
—Fortune Nwaiwu, Business Analyst
Webvalto
"For our professional customers, where reliability is a top priority, the small fee of Oracle Jave SE subscription is much more valuable than the many free platforms available for the returned value. We use it for many deployments, mostly for high-value solutions, where every small detail matters."
—Balázs Kiss, Software Developer
Corte Suprema de Justicia
"The technical support Oracle provides is highly efficient and of very good quality. Their staff is trained and has the necessary experience to solve or guide in the resolution of problems raised."
—Moris Mendez, Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos
New Java SE Subscription Enterprise Performance Pack
Donald Smith, Vice President of Product Management, Oracle
The Java SE Subscription Enterprise Performance Pack makes the significant memory management and performance improvements brought to Java from the releases between JDK 8 and JDK 17 available to JDK 8 users. The drop-in replacement for JDK 8 is available at no additional cost to Java SE Subscription customers and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) users.
Resources
Technical documentation and resources
Get the details on the current—and previous—releases of Java SE. Java SE helps you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today's applications require.
An Analyst's View of Java SE for the Enterprise
Constellation Research's Holger Mueller has a candid conversation with Oracle VP of Global Marketing for Java and GraalVM, Manish Gupta about the history and future of Java on its 25th anniversary. Gupta also explains why Oracle Java SE Subscription offers even more important benefits for modern businesses today.
Learn more
Monthly webcasts bring you news from the experts. Bring questions to the live events or catch the on-demand replays. And check out Oracle University's Java learning solutions to help build skills and validate expertise.
Support and services
Build, test, and deploy applications on Oracle Cloud for free.
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Manage Java SE installations, updates, and upgrades across your enterprise more cost effectively.
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