At the InfoQ Dev Summit Munich, Markus Kett presented a database alternative for Java: the in-memory EclipseStore promises faster data processing with lower cloud costs. It stores Java objects as ...

Space4J is a simple database system that will let you work with Java Collections in memory. Since memory is several orders of magnitude faster than disk for random access to data, Space4J provides ...

You can fix your Java memory leak problem without a costly JVM heap dump. Just use Java Flight Recorder's Old Object Sample event and view the recording in JDK Mission Control.

Because Java uses automatic garbage collection, developers think Java programs are free from possible memory leaks. Although automatic garbage collection solves the main cause of memory leaks ...

Hazelcast today announced the beta release of the latest version of its namesake in-memory data grid, Hazelcast IMDG 3.12. With this release, the company adds new features focused on data integrity, ...

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Data grids tend to use key-value stores as embedded objects on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), while in-memory databases are optimized for columnar storage.

Oracle has released the first update to the TimesTen in-memory database it acquired a few months ago, and plans to promote the product to a broader audience of enterprise customers, it announced ...

Hazelcast is designed to prevent enterprise applications from drowning in data. The open source technology provider closed a $2.5 million series A round today.

MemSQL announced Sept. 18 that its distributed in-memory database, which competes with similar DBs from SAP, SAS, Teradata, Oracle, Birst and several others, has become the first to provide Java ...