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 ...

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 ...

Too often, the success of a web site brings its doom. After a good publicity blitz, or a healthy growth of its popularity, the number of users visiting a site becomes very large. Then, at certain ...

In today’s world of larger-then-ever software applications, users still expect real-time data and software that can process data at blazing speeds. With the advent of broadband access, users have ...

A computer that runs a website. Using the HTTP protocol, the Web server delivers Web pages to browsers as well as other data files to Web-based applications. The Web server includes the hardware, ...

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 ...

I've always been a big proponent of using NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices for dedicated file and media storage and backup. They are a low-power, low-cost alternative to a dedicated PC server, ...

Server 2003 to manufacturing. The company’s best-performing, highest-quality Windows server operating system released to date, Windows Server 2003 delivers an integrated server platform that enables ...

There are critical differences in the protection offered by non-proxy based and proxy-based application firewalls Hackers are no longer merely scanning for open ports on network firewalls to attack, ...

The first app on our list is EasyPHP Devserver. It is a simple application that automates the process of setting and maintaining the web server application for you. EasyPHP Devserver allows you to ...