A once-profitable market for a key piece of e-commerce software is cooling, forcing big software makers to rethink their strategies. In the past three years, BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle and Sun ...

A Java/Jakarta EE-compliant, Web-based application server from Sun. It supports C, C++ and Java applications, Java servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSPs) and Enterprise JavaBeans. From more recent to ...

It's a myth that technology develops in a linear way, moving full speed ahead without looking back. Much like food or fashion trends, technology goes through cycles every 15 to 20 years, often looping ...

In a non-Web environment, an application server performs the business logic (the data processing), although some amount of business logic may be handled by the user's machine. In a private or public ...

Chances are good that the average reader thinks a Java application server basically provides an implementation of the servlet specification, probably an implementation of JavaServer Pages, and perhaps ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Legacy technologies present various challenges for businesses. Adopting a cloud-native application server offers the tools needed to stay competitive in today’s evolving markets Modernising the ...