Catching the latest wave of Web servers
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Several Web servers were demonstrated at the Internet World trade show. Companies including Netscape, NCSA and CERN are offering Macintosh and Windows options, and O'Reilly and Assoc demonstrated a Web server software package for Windows NT and Windows 95. Other products targeted large publishers. Information Dimensions' BASIS WEBserver, a UNIX-based system, converts word processing documents into HTML automatically, and includes a full-text search engine and integrated database. Apple's Internet Server solution is a Mac configured with Web server software. It consists of a PowerPC-driven Workgroup Server, Web server and Web publishing software, and several Web publishing applications. Tandem has also announced a line of CyberWeb servers for UNIX and Windows NT. The package will include the Netscape server software and Verity search engine.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1995
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The next wave in Web development
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The Web is evolving from a text-based environment to one of distributed programs based on interoperable components. In order to take advantage of the Web's distributed nature, powerful Java- and ActiveX-based applications need a standard platform on which to communicate. For example, reservations on one server could be combined with weather forecasts on another server to create a sophisticated travel application. The rival standards for these components are CORBA, which is backed by Netscape, IBM, Oracle, Sun and others, and Microsoft's Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). In theory, developers need only make their inputs and outputs apparent to other programs. However, some critics say that CORBA, though technically strong, lacks robustness, while others say DCOM lacks cross-platform breadth.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1997
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Beyond the hits: mining Web sites for traffic data
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Identifying Web-site usage can be complicated, but the creation of standardized Web terminology, improved traffic analysis products and print-publication auditors can help Web-site developers identify and target site visitors. User sessions, which groups page downloads into a unique visit, are becoming the de facto measurement standard. While page downloads and user approximations can create Common Log format files, a more targeted idea of visits and unique users can be created by supplying each user with a 'cookie.' These markers tag each subsequent request and help track repeat traffic. However, some users deem this an invasion of privacy and not all browsers support cookies.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1996
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