BANGALORE, INDIA: Java Caching System (JCS), a powerful distributed caching system for Java applications, is a highly configurable tool with a simple API. This article gives you an overview of JCS and shows how you can use it to speed up your Web applications.

Many Web applications are being rewritten from desktop applications; ideally, they should be as fast and scalable as the desktop versions.

Almost all Web applications could benefit from a substantial increase in speed. Caching of frequently viewed data that changes infrequently is a powerful way to decrease wait time for users. A utility that easily handles the caching of data with a simple, nonintrusive API can help you accomplish this goal. The open source JCS, an Apache Jakarta project, is one such tool. This article explains how to configure and use JCS to cache data for your Web applications.

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