With the end of community support for Java 8, organizations are being pushed to modernize their Java 8 applications to avoid security and operational risks. Technical debt from older Java versions can hinder innovation and efficiency. This is why we are introducing IBM Enterprise Application Runtimes (EAR), a software solution designed to streamline Java application development and deployment while providing robust modernization tooling and runtime flexibility.
IBM Enterprise Application Runtimes (EAR) introduces IBM Modernized Runtime Extension for Java (MoRE) to the portfolio, allowing you to do more with your existing operational model by leveraging your existing investments in the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS ND) administrative console and enable Java 8 and Java 17 workloads to be managed under a single operational model. IBM Application Modernization Accelerator (AMA) helps you discover and visualize existing relationships and dependencies, accelerate data collection to determine which modernization strategy to employ, and customize your plan with automatically generated intelligent guidance for your applications.
IBM EAR includes an array of runtimes to support your current and future Java estate: IBM WebSphere Liberty, Red Hat build of Quarkus, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
Read the full blog post on IBM.com and learn more about IBM EAR here.
What challenges are you facing in modernizing Java applications? Have you explored IBM EAR, IBM MoRE, or IBM AMA?
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Chloe Macdonald
IBM Modernized Runtime Extension for Java (MoRE) - Product Manager (WW & all geos)
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