Why high-performance Java is becoming a business imperative

A new generation of JVM technologies is reshaping how businesses build, deploy, and scale mission-critical Java applications.
Ars Technica

Running a "big endian platform" (Java) on a "small endian architecture" (x86)

While arguing about programming languages with someone they asserted that Java in Windows (or x86 Linux) will always suffer a significant performance penalty compared to a SPARC architecture because ...
Forbes

Java's 30th Anniversary—A Look At Years Of Sun And Clouds

The 30th anniversary of Java, which the Java community is celebrating this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes the ecosystem has undergone. In this article, I aim ...
TheServerSide

What are the advantages of Java?

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When the seminal Java whitepaper introduced the language in 1995, it listed seven key benefits ...
InfoWorld

Sun reworks Java plug-in technology in Java SE 6

SAN FRANCISCO (10/18/2007) – With an eye toward both consumer and enterprise needs, Sun Microsystems is reworking the plug-in architecture of Java in an upcoming update to Java Platform Standard ...