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 ...

In-memory data grids An in-memory data grid (IMDG) copies disk-based data from RDBMS, NoSQL, or Hadoop databases into RAM, where processing takes place without the delays caused by continual disk ...

A look at some of the best database and RDBMS tools for Java software developers. Learn more about Java and database programming.

In-memory computing has been maturing quickly over the last three years. It had been used mostly in small-scale databases but is now ready to hit the big time due to changes in the technology and ...

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.

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.

In-memory databases work by storing the entire database within working memory, eliminating, or at least delaying, the time-intensive process of writing to and reading from a database on a disk.

Here we explain the difference between the four JDBC driver types, and how to choose the right JDBC driver for your database-driven Java apps.

SAN FRANCISCO — In-memory databases aren’t new. At OpenWorld, Oracle made them newer. For years, development teams have been able to use in-memory databases, such as SQLite, McObject’s ...

The GemFire database traces its roots back more than thirty years to GemStone Systems, which created an application framework and object database of the same name that was based on the SmallTalk ...