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IBM WebSphere Application Server is a Java-servlet-based application deployment environment for server-side applications and JavaBeans. The popular app server is designed to help enterprises deploy and manage Web-based applications of varying degrees of size and complexity. Two components, the runtime environment and the integrated tools environment, comprise the server, which is available in three flavors: […]

What do you do when your chosen technology doesn’t exactly match up to the competition’s? Well, if you’re Microsoft you either buy the competition outright or you buy the rights to their technology. Microsoft NetShow is a perfect example of the philosophy that if you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em. Earlier versions of NetShow offered […]

ChatSpace is a cool new chat server that allows you to easily create and manage your own Web-based chat sites. The server provides an intuitive and user-friendly (albeit a bit slow) Java client for users to access from any Java-enabled Web browser. As long as your users have access to Netscape 3.0/Internet Explorer 3.0 or […]

Despite allegations that the Internet facilitates an asocial society, the fact remains that most people use the Internet to yap — whether in e-mail or instant messages or discussion forums. This is not to say that yapping is a trivial thing; communication is vital to us all, and software manufacturers crowd the field with their […]

If “talk is cheap,” does that mean typed talk is cheaper? Perhaps. It certainly is inexpensive on a free chat system like Alcomp, Inc.’s Pino Server. Working with Pino Server and its client program, Pino Chat, requires very little — an Internet or intranet server and some time to configure and administer the program. The […]

Ghetto FTP server is a curious product, high on aspirations but still rather rough around the edges. FTP, the old File Transfer Protocol, is a workhorse protocol of the Internet, popular for transferring files between machines for over a decade. In recent years, many FTP servers become increasingly sophisticated, layering management and policy controls on […]

With OpenLinux 2.2, Caldera Systems makes Linux easier to install and monitor, thanks to the inclusion of several graphical utilities that guide you through the Linux experience from installation to ongoing maintenance. While these tools are important, they’re not enough to hide the fact that OpenLinux doesn’t offer anything different from other Linux distributions when […]

Vicomsoft Internet Gateway is a proxy server tailored to the needs of small businesses and professional offices that must share expensive Internet access but have limited technical expertise. At $215 for five users, Internet Gateway is more expensive than similar products in its competitive set (our review of Sygate illustrates one example), but it offers […]

The MidPoint family of applications rise a level above and beyond competitive offerings by not only allowing users of a network to share modems and net connections but also allowing for the ability to consolidate multiple modem connections into a single, high-speed connection. Up to four individual modems can be “teamed” together in the Gateway […]

Netscape’s entry-level Web Server provides a wide variety of advanced features at a reasonable price. Unfortunately it doesn’t position well against competing offerings and as a result will be of interest only to a limited audience. FastTrack provides advanced features not normally found in an entry-level product including LDAP support (which theoretically simplifies user management), […]

WN is a Web server that runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms and is freely available at no cost for any use under the terms of the ever-famous GNU General Public License.  It provides support for two major standards in web servers today, HTTP/1.1 and CGI/1.1, both of which have come to be […]

[ Thanks to Jeff for this link. ] “Apache is a marvelously customizable daemon. You can tailor this web server software for specific platforms, environments, and performance thresholds. Unfortunately, most administrators run an out-of-the-box installation with few modifications to the default configuration. In this Linux-focused tutorial, you learn many suggestions, tips, and tricks for controlling […]