The author presents a comprehensive overview of technologies related to application servers in their facilitation of e-business, and explores the roles these servers play in the modern enterprise IT infrastructure and the environment in which they operate. Includes implementation considerations for applications servers, including security, scalability, load balancing, and fault tolerance.
Autorentext
Lindgren, Lisa E.
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The modern application server is a complex platform that is the linchpin of an enterprise environment that includes a very wide range of technologies-web document formatting, web protocols, server-side scripts, servlets, applets, programming languages, distributed object technologies, security capabilities, directory and naming services, load balan
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Introduction The Evolution of Computing Architectures Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business What Is an Application Server? System Design Considerations Summary A Survey of Web Technologies Overview Web Server Applications Web Browser Protocols and Formats Active X and Java Web-to-Host Solutions Summary JAVA CORBA Application Servers A General Architecture The Client Side The Middle Tier The Back Ends Implementation and Packaging Related Products Related Products Summary Enterprise Deployment for E-Business Security Scalability Load Balancing Fault Tolerance Management Summary Putting It All Together Application Servers Within the Enterprise Case Study #1 Case Study #2 Conclusion Where to Go for More Information References Acronyms