As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

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 ...

In some cases, applications can be based upon industry-accepted standards, as shown in Figure 10-27. For example, for devices that need to be able to connect to other devices to transfer data or to ...

Like other Java enterprise tools, Tomcat has migrated from the original Java EE specification to Jakarta EE. Tomcat 9 and earlier were based on Java EE; Tomcat 10 and later are based on Jakarta EE.

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 ...

Sun Microsystems is expected to announce Wednesday that it is bundling its application server software into its Solaris operating system, a move that could change the competitive landscape in a ...

I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...