Video: Payara Services Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise Published on 28 Oct 2021 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: NewsroomTagged Community, event, events, HR, Jakarta EE, news & events, news and events, newsroom Earlier this year, Payara Services was honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – International Trade. This is the UK’s most prestigious business award, often called the “Knighthood for Businesses”. Continue reading “Video: Payara Services Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise”
Payara CEO Steve Millidge Interviewed in Technology Reseller Published on 13 Sep 2021 by Dominika Tasarz-SochackaTopics: NewsroomTagged interviews, newsroom Payara was the subject of a business profile in Technology Reseller: Tell us about Payara Services in just a few sentences. Payara is a born-global, micro multinational software company headquartered in the UK, with offices in Portugal. We are an organisation with a ‘remote first’ hiring approach, meaning we have customers and team members across the world. Our open source software tools are used to build transactional cloud-native web applications, making us a recognised leader in the creation of innovative infrastructure software for today and tomorrow and allowing us to gain a community of users and contributors that span the globe. Continue reading “Payara CEO Steve Millidge Interviewed in Technology Reseller”
Business Matters Interviews Steve Millidge, Founder, CEO and CTO of Payara Services Published on 13 Sep 2021 by Dominika Tasarz-SochackaTopics: NewsroomTagged interviews, newsroom An interview with the founder, CEO and CTO of Payara Services, Steve Millidge, in Business Matters, the UK’s Leading Business Magazine. 1. For those unfamiliar with Payara, tell us about your clients and the problems you’re trying to solve for them? Also why did you name your company after a large carnivorous fish with big teeth? Payara Server was created when commercial support ended for a popular application server, Oracle GlassFish, in 2014. This application server supported projects built in the programming language Java, and specifically, using standardised Java APIs for enterprise, Java EE (now Jakarta EE). When GlassFish was dropped by Oracle, many large enterprises using it – including our first client, BMW – were at a loss for a reliable, supported replacement. This was an opportunity for us to innovate and to provide open software solutions that are currently widely used by community and enterprise users globally. Continue reading “Business Matters Interviews Steve Millidge, Founder, CEO and CTO of Payara Services”
Payara Wins Small Business of the Year Award – Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber Business Awards Published on 09 Sep 2021 by Jadon OrtleppTopics: NewsroomTagged newsroom We are very proud to announce that Payara was nominated and finalists for 4 separate Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber Business Awards: Exporter of the Year Employer of the Year Small Business of the Year Health and Wellbeing Employer of the Year Continue reading “Payara Wins Small Business of the Year Award – Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber Business Awards”
Steve Millidge discusses Jakarta EE, the Eclipse Foundation & GlassFish’s future on the WaterWorks Podcast Published on 10 Aug 2021 by Dominika Tasarz-SochackaTopics: NewsroomTagged interviews, newsroom Our CEO and Founder Steve Millidge is a guest on the WaterWorks podcast, the technology discussion podcast run by journalist and author John K. Waters. Waters is the editor in chief of the Converge360 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. Continue reading “Steve Millidge discusses Jakarta EE, the Eclipse Foundation & GlassFish’s future on the WaterWorks Podcast”
Payara Week 2021: Of-FISH-ally Just as Good Online! Published on 06 Jul 2021 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, NewsroomTagged events, HR, newsroom, Payara Week Long-time followers of Team Payara will know that Payara Week is our annual company-wide event. It’s our opportunity for team bonding, to discuss and develop ideas for Payara’s future success, and, most importantly, have lots of fun. Last year, our fourth Payara Week took place at our Portugal office, located in Funchal on the island of Madeira. The fantastic event energised the team, and as the time for the fifth of these exciting company summits rolled round, we were faced with the question – what would Payara Week look like when pandemic-related restrictions meant it had to be virtual? The answer? Thanks to the invention, imagination and innovation of our HR and Engagement team – and the fantastic attitude of “Payarans” all over the globe – Payara Week was just as creative, inspiring and relationship-building than in previous years! Payara Cloud lead developer Patrik Duditš invites you to find out more… Continue reading “Payara Week 2021: Of-FISH-ally Just as Good Online!”
Payara Services Wins Queen’s Award! Published on 29 Apr 2021 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: NewsroomTagged Community, Developer, Eclipse Foundation, Jakarta EE, Java EE, Microprofile, news & events, news and events, newsroom, Payara Community, Success Stories We are overjoyed to announce that Payara has been honoured with the most prestigious UK business award: the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Often called the “Knighthood for Businesses”, the Queen’s Award is also renowned worldwide, with Payara’s award particularly recognising our international success. Continue reading “Payara Services Wins Queen’s Award!”
