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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Application server software makers, attempting to hook software buyers with new Java-based features, need to instead convince companies that their software will keep e-commerce Web ...

Sun is offering on Thursday its open-source Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 Prelude, a Web application server based on a modular OSGi architecture with capabilities from the planned Java ...

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 ...

A new study says Big Blue has nabbed the lead from BEA Systems in the market for Java application server software--used to run custom business applications written in Java. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...