Cloud Native Java with OpenJ9: Fast, Lean and Definitely Mean - Charlie Gracie, IBM
Channel: Cloud Foundry
Date: 2018-04-27

Cloud Native Java with OpenJ9: Fast, Lean and Definitely Mean - Charlie Gracie, IBM

 The economics of Cloud continues to dictate the need for radical changes to language runtimes. In this session lean about how OpenJDK with the Eclipse OpenJ9 JVM is leading the way in creating an enterprise strength, industry leading Java runtime that provides the operational characteristics most needed for Java applications running in the Cloud. This talk will introduce the significant benefits that Eclipse OpenJ9 brings to Cloud applications and will show you how easy it is to switch to OpenJDK with Eclipse OpenJ9 in various Cloud and container environments. Whether deploying micro-services or more traditional Java applications the combination of OpenJDK with Eclipse OpenJ9 can help you reduce operational costs across the board. 

About Charlie Gracie
Charlie Gracie is currently working at IBM as the Garbage Collection Architect on the Eclipse OpenJ9 and Eclipse OMR projects. He has more than a decade of JVM development experience with a focus on Memory Management and Garbage Collection. Recently, his focus has been on community growth for the OpenJ9 and OMR projects.