In my consulting practice, one of the most common complaints I hear about Java is that it’s “too slow,” “too resource intensive,” or that “performance may be a problem.” These statements are often ...

Those of you familiar with writing scientific applications will probably agree that your first choice in languages for core algorithms will fall somewhere around Fortran, C or C++. Notice that Java is ...

It's a commonly asked question in a world where every software developer wants to get the most out of every clock cycle their programs consume. It was also a topic at a Java "Birds of a Feather" ...

Want fast Java programs? Then start with Aonix’s All-Java solution. It is especially good in hybrid environments that mix Java and C. In fact, replacing C code with Java executing in Aonix’s PERC Pico ...

MicroStream is a modern Java object graph persistence layer that achieves high performance through a vastly superior approach to serialization. Let’s take a look. MicroStream is a very interesting and ...

Oracle this week released a free dev tool for its Fusion middleware. The new productivity tool called Oracle Developer Depot provides access to a library of reusable and sample code for rapid ...

At last year’s Oracle Code One conference, Java’s rapid-release cadence—a new version every six months—was still making news. And it wasn’t even new anymore. The change in release frequency from years ...

ARM Holdings plans to unveil a series of chip designs later this year that will allow mobile devices to run everything from 3D games to enterprise applications on Java. ARM's chip architectures power ...