Category Archives: Java

Posts interesting to Java developers

Cloudify for Azure – On-Board Enterprise Java Apps to the Azure Cloud in a Snap!

For those of you that missed out, we held a Microsoft Azure Live Academy webcast last night titled Easy On-Boarding of Mission-Critical Java Apps to the Azure Cloud, where GigaSpaces Cloudify for Azure was introduced. Cloudify for Azure is an … Continue reading

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Realistic Elastic

When running system in production, the last thing you want to do is to shutdown the system. This could happen when: – You need to replace one of the machines running the system. – You need to upgrade one of … Continue reading

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Fun with XStream

XStream unmarshalling is great fun when you’re not working with a fixed schema.
I’ve been working on a quick start document for GigaSpaces‘ data grid edition lately, and I’m doing it with the code in the form of tests. This makes writing it really easy (run the tests, make sure it works, if it fails, wash, [...] Continue reading

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XAP 8.0 Released – Same Data, Any API and Continuous Scaling

TheServerSide – my old stomping grounds, you know – posted “GigaSpaces XAP 8: Like Playing With a Long Lever and a Strong Fulcrum” this Monday (January 31, 2011.) Cameron pointed out the standard superlatives found in every press release, but he managed to bring up some interesting things while missing some pretty crucial points.
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Possible Impossibility – The Race to Zero Latency

I recently read a book called: "Physics of the Impossible" by the theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. Dr. Kaku lists "Possible Impossibilities" and classifies these into different categories where all these "impossibilities" may happen in the near/distant future. When talking about "zero … Continue reading

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