Typesafe found that 65 percent intend to upgrade to Java SE 8 within the next 24 months.

"This upgrade is about future-proofing without the hassle," said Alexander Belokrylov, co-founder and CEO of BellSoft. "Many companies are still running business-critical applications on Java 8 or ...

Oracle has started auto-updating JRE 7 to JRE 8. Auto-update was turned on in January 20, 2015 and affects Windows 32-bit and OS X users who use Java's auto-update mechanism. This is not a silent ...

An email being sent by Oracle sales representatives about upcoming critical security updates for Java 8 being only available to licensed users has sparked controversy ...

Johan Janssen describes the six-months release process of Java and why applications should use a recent version, the challenges of upgrading, and provides some tips to make the process easier.