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 ...

Built on a memory-centric architecture that can leverage ongoing advancements in memory and storage technologies, the solution allows companies to future-proof their applications. GridGain is based on ...

When physical memory is scarce, paging causes garbage collection to run an order of magnitude slower than explicit memory management.

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

On Sunday, Sept. 22 Ellison will deliver his first keynote, which is titled “Oracle Database 12c In-Memory Database and M6 Big Memory Machine,” according to an announcement released Tuesday.