A Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business logic to application programs through any number of protocols. Let’s examine each in more detail. A ...

In the physical data center, installing a new server or moving it around was a controlled exercise involving multiple teams, including network, application, storage and security folks.

Another Java application server with these characteristics is Jetty from the Eclipse Foundation. Both are also open source projects, but neither support the full Java EE Web Profile Stack. Tomcat and ...