In today's 24-7 world, high-availability is an important requirement for any Web application. Specially designed infrastructures can help increase the availability of Web applications, but ...

All the cool new programming languages, like Ruby, always have compilers/interpreters and tools for Linux, and the old UNIX standbys like Tcl/Tk are still around when you need them. Why, then, is Java ...

When Java applications are deployed, all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java ...

While Apache continues to rule the web server roost, a host of lighter and zippier web and application servers may now be a better choice to host your high-performance web-based apps. They focus on ...

Many software developers do not pay enough attention to the shutdown (also referred to as undeploy) of the applications they write. In fact, the most popular shutdown mechanism is to execute Ctl+C or ...

LOS ANGELES — SAP AG plans to offer a Web application server that’s compliant with Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), a move that it claims will help users tie their software to other e-business ...

Hewlett-Packard has brought out a Java-based Web server that lets users quickly and easily deploy Internet services - and it's free. HP's new Internet Server, introduced last week, will be given away ...

Java developers in need of a cloud-based IDE have dozens of options available, each with characteristics to meet specific demands. That plethora makes choosing the right one a difficult process, so ...