Azul Intelligence Cloud aims to enhance the security and efficiency of Java applications. In this video, Erik Costlow, Senior Director of Product Management at Azul, talks about its key features and how it is addressing engineers’ challenges, freeing up their time so they can focus on innovating. Costlow says, “How much faster would your build and deployment pipeline be if you could get rid of things that you didn’t need?”

Azul Intelligence Cloud, a tool for Java applications that reduces security risks and maintenance efforts

• Azul specializes in Java technologies. Its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) helps people run applications faster at lower costs. Azul Intelligence Cloud takes advantage of the information the JVM produces to make applications more secure and efficient.
• Costlow explains that over the years, a significant amount of Java code has been accumulated, leading to maintenance challenges. He discusses how Intelligence Cloud helps reduce maintenance efforts.
• Intelligent Cloud enhances security by utilizing the knowledge of what code the JVM is actually running, helping DevOps teams prioritize security risks based on actual JVM usage.
• Intelligence Cloud’s target audience is DevOps teams who are working heavily with individual Java applications. Costlow discusses how Intelligence Cloud helps users understand security risks and put that into perspective.
• Costlow explains how Intelligence Cloud’s use of AI automates security vulnerability triage for Java applications by whittling down the vulnerabilities that researchers have found to figure out which apply to Java applications.

Improving Java development efficiency with Azul Intelligence Cloud

• Azul’s Intelligence Cloud helps Java engineers identify and remove unused code while the JVM runs. Costlow highlights how this helps accelerate build and deployment pipelines.
• Costlow explains how Azul Intelligence Cloud fits into the Java ecosystem’s product portfolio and its integration with other offerings. He talks about how Java Agent enables compatibility with JVMs from various vendors.
• Costlow discusses the benefits of Intelligence Cloud: it helps eliminate the need to maintain excess code and manage test pipelines to free up time for engineers.
• Freeing up engineers’ time can lead to more innovation and faster release cycles as they are not so bogged down in mundane tasks like maintaining code.
• Costlow talks about Azul’s competition on the security side and redundant code side and what sets them apart.
• Costlow explains how the tool easily integrates with existing customer systems such as Jira, Confluence and other dashboards.
• Intelligence Cloud is a cloud-as-a-service operated by Azul and Costlow explains the process for how interested customers can get set up.
• Azul’s key focuses are to enhance Java, providing better intelligence to improve the experience for engineers using Java applications.

Guest: Erik Costlow (LinkedIn) 
Company: Azul (Twitter)
Show: Let’s Talk

This summary was written by Emily Nicholls.