Oracle has released the first update to the TimesTen in-memory database it acquired a few months ago, and plans to promote the product to a broader audience of enterprise customers, it announced ...

Most modern programming languages use garbage collection, but developers have options for how it is implemented and tuned. Get an overview of how garbage collection works in languages such as Java, ...

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The new version of Sybase’s flagship database system software, released Wednesday, will be the first version that can be run entirely within working memory. Version 15.5 of the Sybase ASE (Adaptive ...

Traditionally, data in tables has been stored in row format. This is good for operations in which the whole row and many columns are accessed—as long as there are few rows. It’s not ideal for many ...

Last week, application-performance monitoring service provider New Relic launched an offering that allows customers to mine its operational data for business intelligence. The new beta offering, ...