With over 20 years of existence, Java is still one of the most popular programming languages and is used in many enterprise applications. In SQL Server 2019, we added a Java language extension, which enables secure execution of Java programs in the context of a SQL Server query.
As the volume and variety of data has risen, it has become more common to store the data in disparate and diverse data sources. A challenge many organizations face today is how to gain insights from all of their data across many different data sources.