Excessive object creation can be a huge problem in Java programs. Despite continuing improvements in JVM technology for memory management, the object creation and garbage collection cycle is still ...

Garbage collection provides Java memory management, reclaiming objects no longer used by a program. But Terracotta describes garbage collection as the “Achilles’ heel” of Java applications ...

Memory management is an important part of managing the runtime of Java-based applications and microservices. Those interested in landing a job that involves Java performance tuning need to be able to ...

In this installment, the author describes the various techniques used for memory management in an embedded OS. Adapted from “Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition” by Tammy Noergaard (Newnes) 9.3 ...

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.

AppDynamics just introduced version 3.0 of its application performance management product that is designed to seek out these issues in a distributed java-based environment.

Poor memory-management practices have been the cause of over 70% of the vulnerabilities found in today’s software. This can lead to a host of problems from programs that fail or degrade to ...

Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails ...

Don't let high Java CPU usage problems on Windows or Linux distract you from the underlying performance problem you're trying to troubleshoot. There are many ways to fix 100% Java CPU utilization ...