Over the last decade garbage collection has gone from being a sign of decadence among programmers to a must-have feature for a language. David Chisnall examines how various collectors work along with their costs and benefits....

This chapter outlines the tenets of Agile Analytics and establishes the foundational principles behind each of the practices and techniques that are introduced in the successive chapters in this book....

David Linthicum briefly describes the two basic flavors of virtualation desktop virtualization and server virtualization and why both should be considered for your small- to medium-sized business....

David Chisnall continues his look at solid state disks examining the changes that are required in operating systems as flash takes over from mechanical disks as the dominant storage technology....