Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace Published on 21 Aug 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food Payara loves to upskill its team – and we have set ourselves an ambitious challenge of investing over 100 hours of Learning and Development time for each team member each year. Over the past couple of years traditional ‘course / qualification’ based learning has been replaced by online sessions which better suits both individual and business needs … and it’s here to stay! So, what is the place in this online landscape for Mentoring and Coaching ? Is in-person knowledge sharing still beneficial ? Continue reading “Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace”
Payara Becomes Official Partner of Fadata Ecosystem Published on 18 Aug 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Newsroom Fadata, a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, is pleased to announce that Payara has become an official partner of the Fadata Ecosystem. The agreement forms part of a bigger picture from Fadata, to provide insurers with out-of-the-box software solutions. The Ecosystem of partners is designed to enable speedy, seamless deployment of new technology capabilities from different sources, to ensure insurance companies can meet changing customer needs and expectations with fast paced innovation. Fadata clients now have direct access to the Payara application server for more efficient deployment. Thanks to the partnership, Payara has been optimised for the Fadata Ecosystem to support insurers to enjoy more flexibility and functionalities in the Cloud. Becoming an Ecosystem partner means that Payara terms and conditions and licensing policies are pre-approved by Fadata, and the relationship ensures ongoing improvements from which Fadata’s clients can benefit. CEO and Founder, Steve Millidge, Payara, comments: “We are excited to be working with Fadata. Payara is one of the leading application service providers, committed to delivering robust and scalable solutions for Jakarta EE applications. By collaborating with Fadata as a trusted partner, Payara will help more insurers stay ahead in today’s competitive market, by providing first class support and performance optimization. We already have many insurance companies relying on our application server solutions and look forward to working with more with Fadata.” Neyko Bratoev, Head of Fadata Ecosystem, comments: “Payara is an ideal fit for our mission to deliver a successful Ecosystem for insurers. The complementary technology offers insurers the best infrastructure to become optimised in the Cloud. Partnering with Payara enables our clients direct, quick and easy access to the best-in-breed application server technology that can support them to adopt new technologies for a more competitive edge.” The Fadata Ecosystem continues to develop to offer insurers a pre-made enterprise solution. Fadata is partnering with leading specialists in their field to build its comprehensive marketplace and cement the forward-thinking ideal of enabling value-added, customer-centric developments with ease. For more information, explore Fadata Ecosystem.
Experience Fully Managed Jakarta EE Cloud Deployment with Payara Cloud’s New Free Trial Published on 17 Aug 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: NewsroomTagged newsrooom Payara invites developers and enterprises to explore the capabilities of Payara Cloud by taking advantage of the new Free Trial. To give developers a taste of its exceptional capabilities, Payara is proud to introduce a new 15 days Free Trial of Payara Cloud, enabling users to experience effortless cloud deployment like never before. Payara Cloud redefines the way Jakarta EE applications are deployed, taking an approach that handles server-related complexities on behalf of users. It leverages the core principles of Jakarta EE to isolate deployable applications from infrastructure intricacies. This innovative platform, built to run on Microsoft Azure using the Azure Kubernetes Service, seamlessly takes a user’s application bundle (WAR file) and deploys to automatically provisioned containers in Kubernetes pods. Continue reading “Experience Fully Managed Jakarta EE Cloud Deployment with Payara Cloud’s New Free Trial”
The Importance of Workforce Planning at Payara Published on 02 Aug 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food As a SME (Small to Medium Sized Enterprise) competing for talent in a highly competitive market, the People team focus on working alongside Team leaders to increase their understanding of how to approach ‘future state’ team organisation, identify roles, and develop the existing team members. To do this we use a mechanism called Workforce Planning. Continue reading “The Importance of Workforce Planning at Payara”
Payara’s Charity of the Year: Children International Published on 26 Jul 2023 by Rebekah I'AnsonTopics: Fish Food Payara is proud to announce that we’ve chosen Children International as our Charity of the Year! About Children International Children International were established to help bring an end to child poverty through their work with children and their communities, providing access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities, as well as empowering children to have hope for a brighter future. Continue reading “Payara’s Charity of the Year: Children International”
Do You Want a Collaborative Workforce? Invest in Cross-Team Challenges Published on 14 Jun 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food, Payara LifeTagged Fish Food In today’s remote working but interconnected business environment, effective teamworking is crucial for achieving organizational success. Team building activities play a vital role in fostering Initiative, Trust, and Community, some of our Core Company values, among team members. An innovative approach to team building is through cross-team challenges, where individuals from different teams come together to tackle shared tasks. Continue reading “Do You Want a Collaborative Workforce? Invest in Cross-Team Challenges “
Launching Payara’s New Bonus Perks Scheme Published on 08 Jun 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish FoodTagged Fish Food, People Team At Payara we aim to make working with us a great experience for everyone, but as a globally distributed SME this can be challenging. Culture, languages and time zone difference all need to be managed to make the experience beneficial for everyone. Continue reading “Launching Payara’s New Bonus Perks Scheme”
Payara Boosts Cybersecurity Credentials as CVE Numbering Authority Published on 02 Jun 2023 by Fabio TurizoTopics: NewsroomTagged newsroom Payara is proud to announe that it has become a CVE Numbering Authority. Read the full press release: Payara, a leading provider of Jakarta EE and MicroProfile runtimes, has been authorized by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). Payara can now publish authoritative cybersecurity vulnerability information about its products via the CVE Program. Vulnerabilities will be given a unique, alphanumeric identifier, building the CVE List that feeds into the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD), and playing a role in the CVE Program’s mission to identify, define and catalogue cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Continue reading “Payara Boosts Cybersecurity Credentials as CVE Numbering Authority”
Payara Retreat 2023: Payara in Prague! Published on 28 May 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, NewsroomTagged Fish Food, newsroom, Payara Cloud, payara retreat Payara Retreat (formerly “Payara Week”) is our annual, on-location event to become closer to one another, to put our ideas for Payara’s future success on the table, and to have some fun across all teams. Last year, then-Payara Week was online, and we proved that we could connect well virtually. However, it meant a lot to meet again face-to-face, for the first time since Payara Week in 2020, the week before the world closed down! A lot has changed since then – including the growth of Payara. Almost double the amount of team members, or“Payarans”, met for the renamed Payara Retreat in the beautiful city of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Continue reading “Payara Retreat 2023: Payara in Prague!”
International Girls in ICT Day: Meet Elif! Published on 27 Apr 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back Today, (April 27) is International Girls in ICT Day! This is an annual event designed to celebrate women exploring and pursuing careers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The theme this year is ‘Digital Skills for Life’, so we spoke to one of the Girls in ICT at Payara, Elif, a Junior Service Engineer. She told us about her passion for ICT and her career path. We hope her story can help encourage other young women to pursue ICT careers and pick up their own digital skills. If you are a young woman interested in a career in ICT, make sure you sign up for job alerts with Payara, to be the first to hear about our remote work graduate scheme. Continue reading “International Girls in ICT Day: Meet Elif!”
Payaran Bonus Perks – How We Built a Tailored Perks Package Published on 26 Apr 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Giving BackTagged culture In April 2023 Payara rolled out 19 company wide tailored Perks to all Payarans, but how did we decide what Perks to include? What did we focus on to make sure we were getting our offering right? Continue reading “Payaran Bonus Perks – How We Built a Tailored Perks Package”
Payara Launches Production Ready Platform for Jakarta EE 10 and MicroProfile 6 Published on 03 Apr 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: NewsroomTagged newsroom We launched our production-ready product for use with the most recent Jakarta EE and MicroProfile versions. Read the full press release: Jakarta EE developers can now use the latest releases of Jakarta EE and MicroProfile with a fully supported, production-ready version of the Payara Platform Enterprise. With this release, Payara continues to stay at the forefront of the Jakarta EE ecosystem and ensures an enhanced user experience with new features and benefits. Payara Platform Enterprise Edition 6.0 is the first release of Payara’s Enterprise product for use with Jakarta EE 10. It follows last year’s November release of the Jakarta EE 10 compatible Payara Platform Community Edition 6.2022.1, created for use in development and testing environments. Continue reading “Payara Launches Production Ready Platform for Jakarta EE 10 and MicroProfile 6”
Payara Announces Winners of First Ever Hackathon! Published on 27 Mar 2023 by Dominika Tasarz-SochackaTopics: NewsroomTagged newsroom We are proud to announce the winners of our first ever Payara Hackathon! We asked entrants to build an app with Jakarta EE 10 and Payara Platform for a chance to win £3,000 in prize money for the winner, with £2,000 and £1,000 prizes for runners up – and the chance to get key recognition in the Jakata EE Community. Continue reading “Payara Announces Winners of First Ever Hackathon!”
Satisfaction Surveys – Payara’s Results Are In! Published on 27 Mar 2023 by Rebekah I'AnsonTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back Happy, motivated staff is the goal for every business – because who doesn’t want a high performing, engaged workforce?! Working in a globally distributed, fully remote company means that, sometimes, you can’t always see what is working for your people in the moment. That’s why regular satisfaction surveys (eNPS) are so valuable. These surveys give everyone a chance to feedback what they think is going well and where changes need to be made. But what about emotional wellbeing? This refers to the other aspects that tell you about someone’s experience in the company – their personal motivators, relationships with others and general happiness levels. These factors are just as important as overall job satisfaction, helping businesses shape the perfect culture for growth and productivity. Last week, Payara got the results back from our first eNPS survey of 2023, along with the results of our very first wellbeing survey, and the results are eye-opening. See what some of our Payaran’s said below… Continue reading “Satisfaction Surveys – Payara’s Results Are In!”
Virtual Payara Day Q2/Q3: Finding Our Voices and Our Mascots Published on 24 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, NewsroomTagged newsroom, VPD Virtual Payara Day is our quarterly virtual conference! Virtual Payara Day (VPD) is an opportunity for team members to get to know each other in a way that they can’t day-to-day, as well as getting business updates from the CEO and from other functional teams. This quarterly event is a consistent opportunity for updates on Payara’s performance in the previous quarter and on its initiatives in the next, ensuring that we have an updated, shared understanding of Payara’s current position and that we are all working towards the same goals. Continue reading “Virtual Payara Day Q2/Q3: Finding Our Voices and Our Mascots”
Remote Working – For the Win?! Published on 17 Mar 2023 by Jess SnapeTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back 3 years on from the pandemic, companies are now assessing the way they want their employees to work. Most companies that could go remote, went remote and are facing the decision to either ask staff to come back into the office full time, work hybrid or stay fully remote. It’s safe to say that with the cost of living going up in the majority of countries across the globe, remote working is a better financial decision for companies as they don’t have the costs of an office building and the upkeep and maintenance. It’s also better financially for staff as they don’t have the expense of commuting, office wear and spontaneous purchases whilst at work, such as coffees and lunches. Continue reading “Remote Working – For the Win?!”
Parents of Payara: Head of People Julia Millidge Published on 13 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back, Payara Life What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking to Payaran parents about the mix of family life and a career at a fast-paced scale-up business in our ‘Parents of Payara’ series. See interviews from other parents Dominika and Simon here! Hopefully you can find some inspiration, or even just a bit of recognition for experiences shared… Continue reading “Parents of Payara: Head of People Julia Millidge”
Happy International Women’s Day! Published on 08 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day, on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. At Payara, our female employees are part of a world where women are often underrepresented – software! We wanted to speak to a few of them to spotlight their perspective and inspire others. With our flexible working opportunities and progressive maternity leave policy, as well as regular diversity and inclusion training, we are taking steps to ensure our workplace is a great place for women – but there is always more to be done. Continue reading “Happy International Women’s Day!”
Parents of Payara: Senior Marketing Specialist Dominika Tasarz-Sochacka Published on 03 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Payara Life What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking to Payaran parents about the mix of family life and a career at a fast-paced scale-up business. Hopefully you can find some inspiration, or even just a bit of recognition for experiences shared… Continue reading “Parents of Payara: Senior Marketing Specialist Dominika Tasarz-Sochacka”
Parents of Payara: Senior Test Engineer Simon Laden Published on 23 Feb 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Payara Life What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking to Payaran parents about the mix of family life and a career at a fast-paced scale-up business. Hopefully you can find some inspiration, or even just a bit of recognition for experiences shared… Continue reading “Parents of Payara: Senior Test Engineer Simon Laden”
