Advisory Board
Together, the organizations below make up the Foojay Advisory Board, holding periodic meetings on Foojay’s roadmap and direction.
OpenJDK technology organizations actively contributing content to Foojay are welcome to join the Foojay Advisory Board.
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Azul
Azul is the world’s only company exclusively focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Founded in 2002, we are a private software company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with additional Sales, Support, and Engineering locations worldwide.
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Chronicle Software
Billions of dollars a day are handled via Chronicle's technology platform. We are trusted to deliver exceptional performance, minimal time to market, and optimal developer efficiency.
«Foojay is an open and independent marketplace of ideas and curated information relating to the JVM, and as such is immensely useful for the entire community.
We are very happy to support Foojay however we can and are delighted to be part of the Foojay Board.»
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Contrast Security
In a world of outdated and disconnected security tools that create friction, slow developers down and clog up the development pipeline, Contrast Security breaks through with a new unified approach that empowers security and development teams to get secure code moving seamlessly through the complete software development lifecycle, enabling their businesses to take full advantage of the fast-moving application economy.
«Foojay is an indispensable resource for our Java teams. We see it as an independent source of truth for all things OpenJDK and Java broadly. This is why we are excited to contribute and bring the security perspective to the table.»
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Datadog
Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications. We bring together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.
«Foojay is a great initiative to provide a focal point for all things OpenJDK!»
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DataStax
DataStax is a hybrid database-as-a-service built on Apache Cassandra™. Over 450 data-driven enterprises use DataStax to grow their business with data.
«Java powers some of the largest, most important infrastructure on Internet. At DataStax, we not only try to enable Java developers who are building the future, we are heavy users ourselves as we contribute our efforts to Apache Cassandra™.
Having a single resource for everything OpenJDK is much needed and we’re very happy to support this effort. Our large and diverse community needs a gathering place and resources for experienced and new users alike. This is going to let us do less searching for information and more coding!»
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Gluon
Gluon enables the Java client-enterprise, by making sure that applications created with Java and JavaFX can be deployed to all kinds of client devices, including desktop, mobile, and embedded, and by providing an easy way to link those client applications with enterprise and Cloud systems.
«The IT landscape is growing at a fast pace. The Java language and the Java platform are very applicable to a large number of areas inside this landscape, ranging from server and Cloud systems over desktop to mobile and embedded devices.
It is exciting to see that Foojay covers very different parts of the Java ecosystem and thereby spreads the message that the work done in the larger OpenJDK community is very relevant to many developers, working on server or client technologies, or on both.»
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Gradle
Gradle's (Gradle Enterprise) Performance Acceleration technologies eliminate the pain of idle wait time and avoidable context switching time resulting from long build and test feedback cycle times. Build Cache and Predictive Test Selection allow you to avoid running build actions unnecessarily, Test Distribution runs the remaining build actions in parallel, and Performance Continuity provides the analytic tools to monitor and sustain performance gains over time.«From the outset, open source has been central to Gradle, starting with the build tool and now encompassing a program through which we contribute our commercial Gradle developer acceleration tools to open source endeavors and institutions.
It's wonderful to observe Foojay's emergence as a leading provider of impartial, curated content and insights on all aspects of open source Java.
The ecosystem truly needs this, and it will undoubtedly reap substantial benefits from it.»
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Hazelcast
Application performance at scale. Simplified.
«At Hazelcast, we firmly believe that Open Source is critical for driving community led innovation. Built on Java, this community has been our top ecosystem since founding, and we are very excited to be working to support and grow this key forum for OpenJDK and Java.
Foojay has become an invaluable resource for developers to keep abreast of the latest with Java and OpenJDK. I learn something every time I visit the site.»
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JFrog
JFrog is the world leader in continuous software release management, providing a unified DevOps platform that enables high release velocity through end-to-end binary traceability, security, and distribution.
«The 'J' in JFrog stands for Java with a 12+ year history of embracing open source, Java user groups, Java events and the developer community.
Foojay is an example of the strength of the Java community that is greater than any single company and is composed of active, passionate, and caring individuals who want to share their expertise and help mentor the next generation of developers.
With the support of JFrog, I am proud to be a member of this community and to continue to grow the knowledge and love of the Java programming language and powerful ecosystem that has evolved around it.»
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Lightrun
Lightrun is the world’s first IDE-native observability platform. With our revolutionary developer-first approach, we enable engineering teams to connect to their live applications and continuously identify critical issues without hotfixes, redeployments or restarts, with the Lightrun Sandbox™ ensuring there are no side effects or unexpected performance overhead to your application’s behavior.
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OmniFish
The OmniFish team is devoted to improve GlassFish and regularly contributes to the GlassFish project at the Eclipse Foundation to fix defects and vulnerabilities, improve production performance, and introduce new features.
«At OmniFish, we want to be part of the Java and Jakarta EE communities by giving back and being active participants. We like to share our knowledge and expertise, and work with other developers and industry leaders to create new ideas and improve the Java ecosystem.
As a company that provides GlassFish server support and Jakarta EE consultancy services, we want to bring innovation to the Java and Jakarta EE open source tools and solutions. We believe in working together with other community members to build unique solutions that can benefit everyone. Our team members are all passionate about collaboration, open source, and sharing with the Java community. We are active members of the Jakarta EE Working Group, and our team includes several Jakarta EE committers, Java Champions, and a JUG lead.
By joining the Foojay.io Advisory Board, we hope to connect with like-minded individuals, share our ideas, and work together to improve the Java ecosystem. We look forward to contributing to the ongoing development and growth of the Java and Jakarta EE communities which is already happening at Foojay.io.»
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OpenValue
OpenValue is fully focused on the Java ecosystem. With our decentralized teams of experienced consultants, internationally recognized Java champions and software architects we always strive for the best possible solution from one of our 11 offices in Europe.
«We work with the latest open source Java technologies and love to share what we have learned. This way we help each other to stay on top of the latest trends in the Java landscape. We are therefore heavily involved in the international Java community and speak about a range of technical subjects at international conferences & meetups.
Foojay is quickly becoming one of the foremost global communities for Java developers. It aligns perfectly with our ambition to help each other grow. We are super excited we can also contribute to this great movement from the Foojay Board.»
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Payara
Open Source Server Runtimes & Support Stable, Supported, Aggressively compatible software for production & containerized Jakarta EE & Microservices deployments.
«We like the idea of companies coming together to champion and improve Java and its related technologies. That’s why we’re key contributors to Jakarta EE as Solutions Members of the Eclipse Foundation. We believe vendor-neutral, coordinated collaboration allows us to go much further together and accomplish more than we can on our own.
We also care about driving innovation in Open Source at a community level: the Payara Platform Community Edition allows developers to experiment with the latest and greatest technologies faster and create innovative, world-class solutions; while the Payara Enterprise Edition ensures stable, supported, and secure software for mission critical operational environments.
Foojay, as a community-focused, vendor-neutral knowledge sharing platform, aligns perfectly with our ethos. Joining the advisory board was a natural and exciting decision.
The Payara team will be contributing our expertise to Foojay, particularly around Jakarta EE, Cloud Native Java, and Microservices, as well as using it ourselves to learn and build more opportunities for growth.»
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Sonatype
Sonatype, the inventors of Apache Maven and Nexus, the stewards of Maven Central, invented componentized software development and then software supply chain management. We apply that expertise and intelligence in our platform to help you develop the highest-quality and most secure software which delivers true business value.
«Since its inception, Sonatype has been passionate about open source, with particularly deep roots in the Java community.
It’s an honour to be part of the Foojay Board.
We hope to continue to help the community grow and adapt to all the challenges the future brings.»
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Snyk
Snyk is the platform developers choose to build cloud native applications securely.
«It’s incredibly important for every ecosystem to have a core location for information to help grow the community and be an educational resource for all developers to use. Java has lacked this core space for many years and I’m really excited to see Foojay’s goals and direction.
I believe Foojay has the potential to be the central resource for all Java developers. It’s a pleasure to be involved in the project both personally and with the support of Snyk to help make Java developers' applications more secure.»
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Vaadin
Vaadin is a web app development platform for Java. It helps you build reliable web apps with great UX faster than before.
«Java is at the core of everything we do at Vaadin. Since 2001, we've been building tools that help developers and companies using Java build great web applications.
We are happy to announce that Vaadin has joined the Foojay Advisory Board to help promote a thriving Java ecosystem.
As a member of the Foojay Advisory Board, Vaadin is involved in helping shape the roadmap and direction of the Foojay community.
We hope to contribute insights on web UIs and UX to the discussion.»
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Yugabyte
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the leading distributed SQL database that brings PostgreSQL to the Cloud native world by delivering ACID transactions, high availability, and global scale. The company prides itself on supporting multiple platforms and is committed to engaging with Java developers and communities.
«Developers increasingly rely on PostgreSQL and YugabyteDB for powering their backend applications, Cloud native services, and ultimately, advancing their careers.
We view Foojay as an exceptional platform where developers can enhance their understanding of databases to create more robust and high-performance applications.
Simultaneously, Yugabyte benefits from the invaluable feedback, enabling us to refine our distributed SQL database and ultimately streamline the development process for Java professionals.»
