To understand how to do proper application server development, you need to understand how the two basic containers of an application server work, namely the Web container and the EJB container. This ...

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 ...

Application sharing between a client, middleware and enterprise server Application sharing between a client, application server and enterprise database server.

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers. Microsoft’s Internet ...

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 ...

Once you have decided to invest in a Java application server, you must determine which one is best for your particular needs. An application server has a wide range of uses, from simple site ...

Sun Microsystems was expected to announce on April 19 an update of its Secure Web Server Reference Architecture during its iForce Partner Summit in San Diego. Basically a set of how-to plans for ...

Oracle Corp. last week announced a new version of its application server at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. The new version, expected in the first half of next year, is called Oracle ...