For those running Java applications or services, the Windows Performance Monitor (WPM) contains a treasure trove of valuable information—see Figure 1. There are hundreds (or thousands) of performance ...

The code is polished, the site map is frozen, and the UI is dripping with gorgeous colors. Everything is perfect — aside from worrisome reports that some beta testers are finding that buttons are slow ...

These solutions are now more than a decade old, and their code is well established in many of the biggest software stacks in the business. That means the time is ripe for another round of innovation.