A Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business logic to application programs through any number of protocols. Let’s examine each in more detail. A Web ...

Configured via a dynamic API, Nginx Unit 1.0 is an open source application server. Unlike the Nginx web server, which is designed for serving web pages and websites, the Nginx Unit application server ...

As noted in Part 1 in this series, embedded Web Applications use the same HTTP communications mechanism as your bank account or the latest game on your smartphone. And why not? The HTTP protocol is ...

Four months after releasing the first version of its e-commerce software, Oracle is upgrading its 9i Application Server (9iAS) product for conducting transactions over the Web. While 9iAS Release 2 ...

Developers in search of a Java application server have no shortage of options to consider. But before any enterprise selects and ultimately adopts a Java application server for development and ...

The driving force behind the evolution of software development has always been laziness: Why code something if it's already been coded? That basic idea underlies the application server, a software ...

At Oracle World in London next month, Oracle plans to launch Oracle Application Server 10g Standard Edition, which includes its app server, Web server and portal server, said Tom Kurian, senior vice ...

What is the best application server? The answer depends on what an enterprise is looking for. Compare Apache Tomcat to these four offerings to see which Java app server fits. Continue Reading ...