Sometimes referred to as a type of middleware, application servers occupy a large chunk of computing territory between database servers and the end user, and they often connect the two. more
Akorri Looks for Keys to Virtual Efficiency [February 11, 2008]BalancePoint 2.0 expands support for virtualized storage, adds a Key Performance Indicator metric and offers its management tools as a virtual appliance.
Trends
White Box Market Changing but Growing [February 20, 2008]The white box server sector may have changed, but it's big, it's thriving and it has a powerful friend in the business — Intel.
Tutorials
Reining in Bandwidth With Squid Proxying [March 28, 2008]SWatch Reader Favorite! Network hogs gobbling too much bandwidth? Consider throttling them with the squid caching proxy.
News Virtually Speaking: Is the Party Over for VMware? [July 15, 2008]
With its founder and CEO out, Hyper-V breathing down its neck and its parent company pulling it closer, the glory days may be over already for the virtualization market's bellwether company.
Tutorials Tip of the Trade: QEMU [July 14, 2008]
Hungry for an open source virtualizer that is a full-meal deal? Consider tasting QEMU.
Reviews The 'Other' Open Source Web Server [July 7, 2008]
If you thought Apache was the only viable open source Web server out there, you thought wrong. nginx boasts a lightweight footprint and high load handling capabilities.
