Azul launches managed services programme for Java data products

Java development platform vendor Azul has launched an MSP programme for its Intelligence Cloud services, allowing MSPs to embed Azul Intelligence Cloud’s Java inventory, vulnerability and code use analytics directly into their Java advisory, license management, security operations and DevOps services.

The programme provides sublicensing and white-label rights to SaaS features within Intelligence Cloud, such as JVM Inventory, Azul Vulnerability Detection and Code Inventory.

It also offers reporting and analytics for customers’ Java fleets, plus Azul’s Vulnerability Detection and Code inventory to help detect common security vulnerabilities and exposures and reduce false positives.

The managed service approach is aimed at customers who want to analyse production Java runtime data without having to deploy or operate their own tools.

Azul global channel and alliances vice president Simon Taylor said Java estates are expanding across deployment environments.

“The cost, time and resources required to get the right licensing and security insights for compliance-oriented decision making can be enormous,” he said.

“By giving partners full, managed access to Azul Intelligence Cloud, we’re equipping them to deliver turnkey services where they can put clear, actionable reporting and insights into the hands of their customers’ decision makers.

"Ultimately, this mitigates license audit risk and cost, surfaces critical vulnerabilities proactively and reclaims developer capacity for their customers."

Under an MSP agreement, partners provision a dedicated tenant Intelligence Cloud environment for each of their customer Java estates. Results are presented under the MSP’s brand along with 'Powered by Azul'.

Partners handle onboarding, agent deployment, data ingestion, alert configuration, and scheduled reporting.

“Telemetry can be packaged into Java license compliance advisories, modernisation initiatives and managed reconfiguration services as organisations move to different OpenJDK solutions, or managed DevOps offerings, giving partners flexibility in service design and recurring revenue models,” Azul said.