Ben Evans — Why you should upgrade your Java for containers

Research at New Relic shows that roughly 62% of production Java workloads in 2021 are run in containers. However, a majority of containerized Java workloads are still running Java 8 — a version that is suboptimal for containers and will not ever have those problems fixed. This session is a no-nonsense journey through the main reasons why Java 8 is no longer an acceptable solution — primarily for container deployments but the lessons are applicable more generally. We’ll discuss the technical improvements present in Java 11, why it is so much better for containers than Java 8, and helpful tips about how to measure efficiency and cost savings.