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. A couple of weeks ago an anonymous ...

Microsoft's sweeping infusion of advanced AI tech throughout its dev tooling continues apace, most recently providing a new focus point for the company's Java on Azure team. In the cloud, Java rules ...

GigaSpaces Technologies has just rolled out the feature-complete beta version of its Cloudify for Azure enterprise Java application platform for on-boarding JEE, Spring and big-data apps to ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Java developers can now use Azure Functions, Microsoft’s ...

'For us, this is the perfect match,' says John Montgomery, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of program management for developer tools and services. 'The relationship with this team is not new: ...

"We use more Java than one can imagine," Microsoft says on the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK website. The marketing hyperbole notwithstanding, Redmond has been promoting Java to its developer community ...

While Windows Azure is designed first and foremost to appeal to .Net developers, Microsoft has been adding tools for those who want to work on cloud apps using PHP, Ruby and even -- gasp -- Java.