Steve Millidge

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Steve Millidge is the founder, CEO and Technical Director of Payara Services. He is an expert in Java EE, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile, and a Project Lead for the Eclipse Foundation GlassFish and Jakarta EE platforms. Steve has spoken at a number of events about the performance and scalability of Java systems, including Java One, JBoss World, UK Oracle User Group Conference and Special Interest Groups, JaxLondon, GeeCon, EclipseCon, and Jakarta EE LiveStream. He regularly presents technical workshops and webinars on Jakarta EE, MicroProfile and big scale Java. Steve has been working with Java since pre-1.0 and has worked on large scale distributed applications and application servers since the 1990s. Before founding Payara Services, Steve ran a consultancy company providing advice and guidance on architecting, building and running at scale large web applications on Java technologies. Steve has a keen interest in non-functional attributes of big scale Java.

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30 Years of Java, 25 Years of Enterprise Java

Over the last three decades, technology has been evolving at a breakneck pace, with innovations constantly redefining every aspect of application development. In such a fast-moving and dynamic landscape, few technologies stand the test of time, especially in computer science. Yet, Java has done just that. As we celebrate 30 years of Java and 25 years of enterprise Java, it’s clear that these solutions have not only endured but thrived—adapting, advancing and proving their lasting value to software engineers worldwide.