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Java continues to power large-scale business applications | Simon Taylor, Azul

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In this segment, Simon Taylor, Azul’s Vice President of Global Channel Sales, discusses the enduring role of Java in critical industries like finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Taylor highlights Java’s foundational design for high-performance applications, which makes it essential for compute-heavy operations like trading floors and interconnect systems.

Taylor also points out that, despite the rise of alternative programming languages like Python and C++, Java remains unmatched in supporting large-scale business applications and is still widely used by 36% of Fortune 100 companies today.


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Guest: Simon Taylor (LinkedIn
Company: Azul
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