SpringSource, maker of the Spring Framework for Java development, has announced a new application server that it claimed will “liberate” Java users from “antiquated legacy Java technologies ...

Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat. Analysts say it's difficult to measure the extent to which open ...

Because the Java application server is being chosen for online transaction-oriented Web applications, it has to behave like the Energizer bunny: It must keep going and going and going.

JBoss this week began shipping a J2EE 1.4-certified open source Java application server, with anyone able to get it for free. Whether they want to pay support costs is up to them. Other free Java ...

When it comes to Java application server comparisons, there isn't a starker contrast between two offerings than Apache Tomcat and IBM WebSphere. Right off the bat, let's clear up some ... Continue ...

The Java Connection Architecture is an attempt to standardize the link between legacy applications and application servers. The application server could become the natural convergence point for ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday released the latest version of its application server to run Java-enabled programs, the first update to Sun’s Java application server in nearly two years.Java ...

Image: Andrii/Adobe Stock. Glassfish is a free, open-source Java application server that simplifies the process of deploying your enterprise-grade Java apps to a scalable platform.

A Java application runs inside the server, using the Java Servlet API to access the server’s capabilities. Figure 2 shows a software stack for server-side Java. Matthew Tyson ...