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 ...

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 ...

Four months after releasing the first version of its e-commerce software, Oracle is upgrading its 9i Application Server (9iAS) product for conducting transactions over the Web. While 9iAS Release 2 ...

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 ...

Oracle released on Tuesday an application server aimed at midsize companies, part of the company's drive to spur sales of its server software. At the Oracle OpenWorld customer conference in London, ...

Not to be outdone by rival Oracle Corp.’s conference being held a block away, BEA Systems Inc. yesterday unveiled Version 9.0 of its WebLogic Server application server, code-named Diablo. According to ...