Performance profiling should be an important part of your DevOps strategy. Follow these five Java performance profiling tips to optimally tune your JVM or troubleshoot runtime issues.

I’ll also discuss some common optimizations used by Just-In-Time (JIT) compilers for Java. (See “JVM performance optimization, Part 1” for a JVM overview and introduction to the series.) ...

To get the best performance out of enterprise apps, it's helpful to understand the difference between JVM tuning and Java optimization within your environment.

A major issue stands in the way of Java scalability today, and better performance tuning parameters will not solve it. Find out why true Java application scalability requires a dramatic overhaul ...

Azul Systems' latest release of its Zing Java Virtual Machine (JVM) improves performance and scalability of Cassandra, DataStax and Spark.

Java Performance, by Charlie Hunt and Binu John, provides performance tuning advice for both Java SE and EE applications. InfoQ reviews the book, and talks to the authors about their approach.

Microsoft has announced the private preview of jaz, a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) launcher tailored for cloud deployments on Azure. The tool aims to address long-standing challenges developers face ...

Over the past 18 years Java has evolved into the premiere language of the enterprise. Yet cognitive fallacies persist about Java performance. In this article we examine some popular misconceptions.

First revealed in August, Project Sumatra uses the features and libraries of Java 8’s Lambda Project as well as Oracle’s HotSpot for the Java Virtual Machine.