Java management company Azul today begins offering its Managed Services Provider Program that allows MSPs to embed Azul’s Intelligence Cloud into their Java advisory, license management, security operations and DevOps services.
The Intelligence Cloud provides partners with Java inventory, vulnerability and code use analytics, as well as unique reporting and insights into active Java Virtual Machines from any OpenJDK distribution, including Oracle Java and Azul.
The Managed Services Provider Program was created to help channel and services partners deliver the benefits of the program without having to have their customers to run new tools or build analytics functionality. Partners get access to Intelligence Cloud’s software-as-a-service features that include JVM Inventory, Azul Vulnerability Detection and Code Inventory, through sublicensing and white-label rights.
JVM Inventory gives continuous runtime detection of all running JVMs, with specifics on vendor, version, installation location and the applications that are running on the JVM. Azul Vulnerability Detection uses production runtime data down to the class level to detect vulnerabilities in any Java application, and Code Inventory spots unused and dead Java code for removal, which helps in modernization efforts by eliminating that code from being upgraded or maintained, the company explained in its announcement of the program.
“Java estates continue to expand across a myriad of deployment environments, and the cost, time and resources required to get the right licensing and security insights for compliance-oriented decision making can be enormous,” Simon Taylor, vice president of Global Channel and Alliances at Azul, said in the announcement. “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.”
