Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements quickly ...

Tackling memory limitations imposed on Java applications, Terracotta on Tuesday will offer what it describes as a breakthrough in solving the “universal problem” of Java garbage collection. The ...

The fall elections for 13 open seats on the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee (EC) were held in October, and some new members have joined the august body charged with guiding the ...

"Elastic caching" is a hot buzz-phrase, with most of the attention coming from the cloud and virtualization. It has emerged as the solution dujour to the inherent limitations of the scale-out ...

Java EE (Enterprise Edition) programmers will have to wait a bit longer before they can use JCache, a long-desired standard caching API (application programming interface) for the language, as its ...

Cache 2007, to ship next week, will incorporate a new framework for building browser-accessible database applications. This "Zen" framework "builds on the concept of AJAX and lets partners build a ...

Red Hat will launch a preview of a new commercial enterprise Java data caching technology, based on its experimental Infinispan data grid software, the company announced Tuesday. JBoss Enterprise Data ...