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Note: WinRoute Pro was owned and maintained by Tiny Software at the time of this review. Kerio Technologies has owned the product since Feb. 1, 2002. WinRoute Pro aims to be a near-total networking administration solution — with coverage for routing issues, security (firewall), a proxy/cache server, and mail support. Tiny Software may have chosen […]

There is no arguing with the fact that BadBlue is a Web server. But that’s not really what it’s about. BadBlue’s centerpiece and key selling point is its integrated peer-to-peer facilities. Probably the buzzword of the year, peer-to-peer, sometimes called P2P, describes a model where each computer in the network is simultaneously a client and […]

Is iServer a Web server or an application server? At the moment, it’s a Web server with some application-server capabilities, but if Servertec follows through with its ambitious object-oriented development plans, in the future iServer will be added to our application-server listings as well. iServer, written entirely in Java for any Java-enabled (i.e. supporting the […]

Microsoft’s IIS version 5 continues to improve on an already great Web server. This version, which comes exclusively as part of the Windows 2000 Server operating system, contains many new features along with performance and reliability enhancements. Notable improvements include better and clearly documented security policies, support for the new WebDAV publishing standards, and faster […]

As almost any system administrator can tell you, there is no shortage of free Web servers on the market. In fact, Apache, the most widely used Web server, is a freeware Unix-based software package that owns nearly 60 percent of the Web server market according to Netcraft’s September 2001 survey. In the non-Unix world finding […]

AnalogX’s SimpleServer:WWW can best be described as one of the barest of bare-bones Web servers. Organizations that must have something up and running quickly, should take a look at this free product. AnalogX says that all the installer must know is how to drag and drop files using Windows Explorer, and this is completely accurate. […]

At the highest end of public Web servers, there are really two goals in mind. To the end user, the high-end server must present a slick public face in the hopes of attracting a high level of site traffic and commerce. Within the enterprise, the high-end server must be the gatekeeper, coordinating efforts between a […]

If you need speed but don’t want the baggage that comes with most other Web servers, Xitami may be your answer. Xitami’s strength is in its diminutive but stalwart footprint which is built around iMatix’s high performance SMT (Simple Multi-Threading) kernel. Xitami has a loyal — perhaps even fanatic — following that is growing steadily […]

Although ZBServer Pro hasn’t garnered a large following according to the latest Netcraft surveys, it does include a few features you won’t find in other Web servers. Most notably, ZBServer Pro offers more than just Web services; gopher, FTP, and Chat (Coffee Talk) services are also supported by this multidimensional server. The server also benefits […]

One of an e-business’ most valuable assets is its Web server. For an enterprise looking for room to grow, Zeus claims to be the best choice. Zeus does have a track record in this regard, being the main Web server used by eBay, Lycos, Infoseek, and Blue Mountain. It also claims to host one out […]

Sun Microsystems’ Solaris is the best-known and most widely used commercial (i.e., non-Linux) Unix around. Solaris 9 is more than an incremental update to the operating system; it’s a major change in approach for Sun. Sun Microsystems’ Solaris is perhaps the best-known and most widely used commercial Unix operating system. Solaris 9 is more than […]

For a shareware product, Fictional Daemon is a very impressive Telnet server. Although a Windows-only product, its configuration options are similar to Unix-based Telnet servers, and it offers a wide array of options to customize the permissions, such as the user being able to change his or her own password, and the capability to change […]