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 ...

Sun Microsystems has spruced up a key piece of e-business software in hopes of capturing more software sales and closing the gap between itself and market leaders BEA Systems and IBM. Sun's iPlanet ...

Microsoft this week released a preview of Office Online Server, which supports running Office Web Apps via an organization's premises-based servers. Office Web Apps are scaled-down versions of Excel, ...