Introducing and configuring Hibernate It’s good to understand the need for object/relational mapping (ORM) in Java applications, but you’re probably eager to see Hibernate in action.

Using Memcached with Hibernate in Java web applications However you slice it traditional caching requires performance trade-offs that some enterprise applications cannot afford.

JPA is the Java standard for data persistence, especially for relational systems. Here, we explore how Hibernate and JPA work together to make database processes easier.