Chances are good that the average reader thinks a Java application server basically provides an implementation of the servlet specification, probably an implementation of JavaServer Pages, and perhaps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Oracle is adding grid computing capabilities to a new version of its application server software, part of a broader effort to revamp its entire product line around the "utility" computing model.

BEA Systems today unveiled plans to release a new version of its flagship application server that will allow upgrades to mission critical applications on the fly. "Upgrades are now on the fly. This is ...