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 and fewer CO2 emissions. It ...

Today, it announced general availability of the in-memory database, integrated with the Hadoop distro. “GemFire XD is migration of and porting of SQLFire [Pivotal's in-memory SQL database] ...

Azure jaz: Automatic memory and startup optimization for Java in the cloud The new Microsoft tool for the Azure cloud aims to improve launch times for Java applications and thus reduce cloud costs.