Application Server Software Resources
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Application Server Software Articles
A Guide to Application Modernization for Businesses
The technology landscape is constantly evolving, and, as a result, businesses need to stay on top of their applications and ensure they’re keeping up just as fast.
by Holly Landis
What Is An Application Server? Types, Features, and Benefits
Middleware connects data, users, and applications in the same way connective tissues hold organs together.
by Sudipto Paul
Application Server Software Glossary Terms
Application Server Software Discussions
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Question on: ejabberd
how do we extended ejabberd
While maintaining ejabberd based instant messenger in 2015-2018 we used https://github.com/altenwald/ecomponent to extend ejabberd functionality with new features. Even ejabberd supports own plugin architecture we found it is more convenient to add functionality on top ejabberd without much intrusion in the code. Ecomponent communicates with ejabberd via XEP-0114 protocol.
What is ecomponent. It is an independent piece of functionality that can receive and send messages through ejabberd. In ejabberd message router you can invoke ecomponent , inject to it user data. It is very modular and flexible architecture. Ecomponent supports XMPP external components XEP-0114 protocol and provides dynamic enabling and service discovery in ejabberd.
Use cases of ecomponent use in our work are : user upload images moderation via Google Gloud Vision service; user reactions module; user geolocation information module and many others. Basically all extension for ejaberd were made with ecomponent. So i highly recommend this way to ejabberd developers
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Question on: Apache HTTP Server Project
Why apache is a process based server
As a Apache web server why apache is a process based server.
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Apache has been around since 1995, a time when a process-based approach was sufficient. It has grown over the years and serves over 100 million websites so continues to perform well with this approach.
Of course there are some scenarios where this process-based approach is insufficient and a real CPU hog. In those cases you'll want to use nginx. You'll need to be seeing a tremendous amount of traffic before you run into a scenario where the event-driven approach is necessary.
If you are starting off and are sure you're going to see that kind of traffic, nginx can work easily for small sites so you should use it at the beginning.
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Question on: IBM WebSphere Application Server
What are my options for licensing WebSphere Application Server for container deployments?
Licensing for container deployments
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To help optimize the various deployment environments used with WebSphere, perpetual PVU and monthly VPCs are great options for licensing a server environment. For containerized environments running mixed workloads, the new WebSphere hourly option for containers may be the best fit.
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Application Server Software Reports
Mid-Market Grid® Report for Application Server
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Grid® Report for Application Server
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Enterprise Grid® Report for Application Server
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Momentum Grid® Report for Application Server
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Momentum Grid® Report
Small-Business Grid® Report for Application Server
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Enterprise Grid® Report for Application Server
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Small-Business Grid® Report for Application Server
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Mid-Market Grid® Report for Application Server
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Grid® Report for Application Server
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Momentum Grid® Report for Application Server
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Momentum Grid® Report






