What does application server actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

BEA, IBM, Oracle and Sun have made millions selling Java-based application server software--but now they're finding it harder to eke out a profit as their base products become commodities.

What does Sun Java System Application Server actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

You get a lot more application bang for your server buck and you improve and deploy your software quicker than ever before. So, why hasn't anyone done it before? Well, actually they have.

With an embedded Tomcat server, the ratio between the server and the application is 1-to-1. A single Java web application is deployed to a single Tomcat server. All the files associated with both the ...