Manila, Philippines – June 18, 2025 — Orange and Bronze Software Labs (O&B), the Philippines’ premier experts in Java, Cloud, and DevOps solutions for the past two decades and the leading independent consulting firm in ASEAN, has announced a partnership with Azul, the only company focused exclusively on Java. This collaboration marks a major step forward to help enterprises gain detailed insights into their java use to enhance application performance, strengthen security, and lower total cost of ownership for Java-based systems.

Since its founding in 2005, Orange and Bronze (O&B) has led the Philippine software industry in building and modernizing world-class enterprise systems. With deep specialization in the Java ecosystem, O&B has enabled organizations across sectors—from finance and government to education and technology—to achieve digital transformation through scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

At the heart of this new partnership is Azul Intelligence Cloud, a SaaS-based platform that provides actionable intelligence from production Java runtime data to efficiently identify unused and dead code that can be prioritized for vulnerability remediation and also removal to drive greater DevOps efficiencies.  By enabling visibility into live production systems without requiring code changes, Azul Intelligence Cloud dramatically boosts developer productivity by empowering DevOps teams to identify problems faster, optimize performance proactively, and reduce time spent on troubleshooting and maintenance across an organization’s entire Java estate.

In addition, Orange and Bronze (O&B) will offer Azul’s Platform Prime and Platform Core solutions, Azul’s industry-leading Java runtimes. Platform Prime, Azul’s high-performance Java platform, is an enhanced build of OpenJDK that helps enterprises optimize their critical applications, improving the performance of related applications by up to 37%, and their resultant cloud costs by 20%+, all without changes to the code or production impact. Azul Platform Core is a secure, stable drop-in replacement for Oracle Java SE and is up to 70% less expensive than Oracle. Organizations leveraging these runtimes experience measurable savings in cloud infrastructure usage and significant reductions in software development maintenance costs due to fewer performance-related issues and reduced tuning overhead.

“Java continues to be the backbone of enterprise software, and we’ve built our company around helping clients succeed with it,” said Calen Legaspi, Founder and Chief Scientist ofOrange and Bronze (O&B). “By partnering with Azul, we’re offering our clients a Java platform that not only boosts performance and strengthens security but also cuts costs significantly—both in the cloud and in the ongoing maintenance of software systems. Azul Intelligence Cloud is especially exciting, giving us a new way to bring Java runtime observability and diagnostics into our clients’ environments with zero disruption.”

Azul supports mission-critical Java environments for many of the world’s largest organizations, including global banks, e-commerce leaders, and technology firms. Its product suite is recognized for long-term reliability, performance optimization, and enterprise-grade support.

“We’re excited to partner with Orange and Bronze (O&B), whose reputation for Java excellence and regional leadership makes them a natural fit for bringing Azul’s capabilities to Southeast Asia,” said Simon Taylor, vice president of Global Partners and Alliances at Azul . “Together, we’re helping enterprises in the Philippines and beyond innovate faster, run more reliably, and operate more efficiently.”

This partnership reinforces Orange and Bronze (O&B) leadership in Java-based digital transformation and cloud modernization in the Philippines, equipping organizations with tools to deliver high-performing, cost-effective, and future-proof software systems.

About Orange and Bronze Software Labs

Founded in 2005, Orange and Bronze (O&B) is the Philippines’ pioneer in Spring Framework, Java enterprise development, and Agile engineering practices. The company provides custom software development, training and expert advisory, consulting, and cloud-native modernization services to enterprises across banking, education, government, and technology sectors.

About Azul

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Azul provides the Java platform for the modern cloud enterprise. Azul is the only company 100% focused on Java. Millions of Java developers, hundreds of millions of devices and the world’s most highly regarded businesses trust Azul to power their applications with exceptional capabilities, performance, security, value, and success. Azul customers include 36% of the Fortune 100, 50% of Forbes top 10 World’s Most Valuable Brands, all 10 of the world’s top 10 financial trading companies. and leading brands like Avaya, Bazaarvoice, BMW, Deutsche Telekom, LG, Mastercard, Mizuho, Priceline, Salesforce, Software AG, and Workday. Learn more at azul.com  and follow us @azulsystems.