As a proud open-source business, we value the contributions of our community of users - driving the Payara Platform forward and shaping its development. 

Users can suggest and make improvements or bug fixes by issuing a pull request on GitHub. We then reward our contributors with Payara 'swag' - t-shirts, stickers and pens! 

Did you know? Payara Services is the proud recipient of a 2021 Queen's Award for Enterprise - International Trade. Often called the "Knighthood for Business", theQueen's Award is the UK's premier business accolade. 

On the back of this achievement, our CEO and Founder Steve Millidge was in high demand as an interviewee. In two recent interviews, you can find out more about what winning this award meant, Payara as a business, more about our open source business model and even Steve's motto! 

We are now sharing the FINAL video in our'Dismiss the Myths: Get to Know Jakarta EE (Java EE)'. 

This one asks the question: 'Is the Java EE Deployment Model Out of Date?'. We definitely don't think so! 

Steve Millidgeshows you why the Java EE (Jakarta EE) deployment model is not old fashioned or out of date - and goes into battle with Spring!

Our'Dismiss the Myths: Get to Know Jakarta EE (Java EE)' webinar series continued with 5/6 - the penultimate video - 'Do JavaEE Standards Matter?'.

Steve Millidgeexplained why standards like Java EE (Jakarta EE) ARE beneficial.

Earlier this week, we were offically presented our2021 Queen's Award for Enterprise- International Trade - trophy, in a ceremony held at Malvern Hills Science Park. TheQueen's Awardis signed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2nd and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 

Read more below, and find a round-up of news coverage! 

4/6 in our'Dismiss the Myths: Get to Know Jakarta EE (Java EE)' webinar series was 'Can Java EE Do Microservices?' 

The answer is yes! Steve Millidge told you why. You can now watch the entire video if you missed it when it when first broadcast. 

Our'Dismiss the Myths: Get to Know Jakarta EE (Java EE)' webinar series continued with 'Is Java EE Cloud Native?'

Steve Millidge, CEO & Founder of Payara Services, showed the audience that Java EE IS cloud-native and can handle microservices and containers in the cloud.

Our CEO and FounderSteve Millidge is a guest on the WaterWorks podcast, the technology discussion podcast run by journalist and authorJohn K. Waters. 

Waters is the editor in chief of theConverge360 news and information sites Application Development Trends(ADT Mag), Pure AI, and Futuretech360 - with his career also including writing books, including "The Everything Guide to Social Media," one of the first deep dives into this world-changing phenomenon, and "Blobitecture," an exploration of an architectural and industrial design trend enabled by computer software. He also co-scripted the documentary film "Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance," which aired on PBS.

Steve had a conversation over Zoom with John. Steve - in Malvern, England, after work - spoke to John - in his Silicon Valley office just before 9am. Their discussion was wide-ranging and insightful, covering everything from the future of Jakarta EE and how it will fare under Eclipse Foundation stewardship, to the specifics of Payara's journey and how we got our marine logo! It's a must listen for those interested in open source and Enterprise Java. 

We're hiring for a range of roles this August! 

Wherever you are in the world, you can come and work for our rapidly-growing, expert team. We are a proudly 'remote-first' company -here'sour Talent Acquisition Lead Mag Dutka explaining what this means. As a result, in all but one of the roles we are welcoming applications from any country in the world. 

A key role we are recruiting for isSoftware Engineering Manager. You will be leading a team of world-class Java / Jakarta EE developers to deliver regular releases of both ourCommunity andEnterprise products to meet product roadmap objectives. 

For all of our engineering roles, we'd love to see applications from those who have worked with us before - whether that's partnering in events orcontributing via GitHub. 

And don't think that you need Java coding skills to join us! It takes a vast range of HR, Marketing, Design, and Operations skills to power an award-winning, multi-talented and energised team - in this round of recruitment, for example, we are also looking for a Head of Marketing! 

Welcome to our July Payara Monthly Catch - a collection of articles, videos & podcasts around Java, Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, open source and cloud computing. This month, the list mixes up quirky content you may not have seen - weird programming facts, tips on using the Snowflake Database - to insight from some of the most esteemed experts in the industry. Payara Platform has also been appearing all over the web, as influencers and our community use it in demos and discuss our products in conferences. Find out where Payara can be found across external blogs, conferences and media outlets in our 'Featuring Payara and Payarans' section.

On the internal news side, we announced that Payara Server Community 6.2021.1.Alpha1 is now a Certified Jakarta EE 9.1 9.1 (Full Profile) Compatible Product! Even though we aren't encouraging users to run Payara Server 6 in production yet - you can achieve the same result, migrating to Java SE 11, in Payara Server 5 - this is important news in the journey of Payara Platform products alongside Jakarta EE.

We also published a full summary of what we got up to for our annual team-bonding company event, Payara Week - from chocolate Payara fishes to cocktail making challenges, open source business model learning to daily workshops. Make sure you read ithere! You can also watch videos from our summer webinar series, 'Dismiss the Myths: Get to know Java EE / Jakarta EE'here - the second half of the sessions took place this month.