InterSystems describes its Caché product as a "post-relational database." That's a term we're beginning to see more of in the tech press and some analyst reports, but a solid definition is hard to ...

Why? Memcached has been the standard object cache for a long time now because it's so simple, performs well, and is operationally predictable. InfoQ: Job demand wise Memcached is for example the ...

If implemented in the next version of JEE (Java Enterprise Edition), Red Hat’s specification could reduce the need for separate Java distributed caches, such as Oracle’s Coherence, VMware’s GemStone ...

Developed by Danga Interactive to improve site performance on LiveJournal.com, Memcached‘s distributed architecture today supports the exponential scalability of social web applications like Twitter, ...

Cache 2007, to ship next week, will incorporate a new framework for building browser-accessible database applications. This "Zen" framework "builds on the concept of AJAX and lets partners build a ...

Presently it is full of different .zip and matching .idx files. I am assuming they are downloaded/cached applet type things? A recent virus scan showed a "byte-verify" issue in one of them. Opening ...

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"Elastic caching" is a hot buzz-phrase, with most of the attention coming from the cloud and virtualization. It has emerged as the solution dujour to the inherent limitations of the scale-out ...

Terracotta, a software company you may know for their expertise in the caching and Java departments, recently acquired a similar company called Ehcache. This particular fusion has got some experts and ...

If implemented in the next version of JEE (Java Enterprise Edition), Red Hat’s specification could reduce the need for separate Java distributed caches, such as Oracle’s Coherence, VMware’s GemStone ...