Microsoft Corporation acquired jClarity, a transaction announced in August 2019.
jClarity operates in Microsoft Azure. jClarity is the leading contributor to the AdoptOpenJDK project, staffed by Java champions and data scientists specializing in data-driven Java Virtual Machine (JVM) performance optimization. Microsoft acquired it to improve Java workload performance on Azure and support the team's continued open-source contributions.
Apply jClarity's JVM optimization expertise to Java workloads on Azure and deepen Microsoft's engagement with the Java community.
At Microsoft, we strongly believe that we can do more for our customers by working alongside the Java community.John Montgomery, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.