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 ...

As part of an effort to improve the performance of Web applications, NGINX continues to blur the line between where a Web server, also known as an application delivery controller, ends and an ...

Welcome, dear readers, to the final piece in our long-running "Web Served" series. Starting last November, Ars has been helping to shed light on the fun world of DIY Web hosting—we started with ...

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 MATEO, CALIF. — iPlanet e-commerce solutions anticipates embedding its Web and application server technologies with the Sun Microsystems Inc. Solaris operating system and may seek similar deals ...

While both Web and app servers face pressing security issues, the latter is increasingly in the firing line as more users are now utilizing mobile devices to access apps. The risk is further ...