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 ...

Nothing is more important for an enterprise application than scalability and availability. Learn how to use clustering to meet both existing and future demands. Enterprise application (EA) architects ...

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

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 ...

In the short history of the Web, the key decision has often been which Web server to pick. Today, for large corporations, the big decision has become which Java application server to choose. Selecting ...

BEA Systems’ release of WebLogic Server 6.0 for the Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, and HP-UX operating systems in December 2000 added a host of new capabilities to the Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) ...

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 ...