Report: Application Server Market Strategies, Worldwide Shares and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015
The 2009 study indicates worldwide markets are positioned for significant growth.
Sometimes referred to as a type of middleware, application servers occupy a large chunk of computing territory between database servers and the end user, often connecting the two.
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The 2009 study indicates worldwide markets are positioned for significant growth.
Java developers fond of the popular Spring Framework might gain an interesting deployment option -- the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform -- if an alliance can emerge between Spring proponents and Microsoft.
Red Hat wants to open up the game for Java in the enterprise with its JBoss Open Choice application platform. The recently-announced strategy aims to make it easier to develop and deploy applications and redefine the use of Java in the enterprise.