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 ...

At the heart of it, an application server is simply an environment that enables your enterprise applications to run and be properly serviced at runtime. Of course, there are many vendors out there ...

It's a myth that technology develops in a linear way, moving full speed ahead without looking back. Much like food or fashion trends, technology goes through cycles every 15 to 20 years, often looping ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of deploying the open-source GlassFish Java Application server on the latest release of Ubuntu Server. Glassfish is a free, open-source Java application ...

Parallels has acquired 2X Software with the intention of improving virtual desktop solutions in the enterprise. Announced on Wednesday, the virtual desktop provider said there are "huge synergies" ...

Attackers can exploit several security vulnerabilities in IBM HTTP Server, License Metric Tool, and WebSphere Application Server. Patches provide a remedy.

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 ...