San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 6, 2004

A new survey conducted by Port80 Software of the 1000 most-visited Web sites on the Internet reports that Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) serves more high traffic sites than any other Web server, including open source Apache. Based on the best available data from Nielsen//NetRatings, the global standard for Internet audience measurement, Port80 Software analyzed the top 1000 highest traffic sites to determine which Web server software they are using.

Port80’s Top 1000 Corporations’ Web Servers Survey, analyzing US Fortune 1000 Web sites, has been intensely debated since its inception in January 2003. The company challenges the relevance of the popular Netcraft Web Server Survey for business decision makers, asserting that the Port80 surveys better reflect the large enterprise Web server market. This new Top 1000 High Traffic Web Servers Survey was conducted to illuminate market share among those sites that demand the most out of their Web server software: the most visited destinations on the Internet.

“Netcraft canvases millions of sites, whereas Port80 focuses on selective samples of high traffic and major corporate Web sites,” said Joseph Lima, COO of Port80 Software. “In response to our Fortune 1000 survey, many critics suggested that sampling the highest traffic sites would make for a more enlightening survey. Each survey provides a different picture of the Web server market and, while there is no definitive answer, we hope that this high traffic survey adds a significant new perspective to the debate.”

Port80 Software’s January 2004 survey of the Web server software used by the 1000 highest traffic Web sites revealed the following market shares:

Microsoft IIS:     43.1%

Apache:             39.7%     

Netscape Enterprise: 8.7%

Other Web servers: 8.5%

For details on Port80 Software’s new monthly Top 1000 High Traffic Web Servers Survey, methodology, and a tool that checks a site’s Web server type in real-time, visit http://www.port80software.com/surveys/hightrafficwebservers/.

Port80 Software’s monthly survey of Fortune 1000 Web servers is online at http://www.port80software.com/surveys/top1000webservers/.

The Netcraft Web Server Survey is available at http://www.netcraft.com/survey.

The list of Web sites on which this survey is based was provided by and reproduced with the permission of Nielsen//NetRatings (NetRatings, Inc.). This survey and its contents are not affiliated, endorsed, or in any way sponsored by Nielsen//NetRatings (NetRatings, Inc.). The registered trademarks “Fortune 500″ and “Fortune 1000″ and company rankings are the property of Fortune Magazine and its parent company, Time Warner. This survey utilizes publicly available information and is for market research purposes only.

About Port80 Software

Port80 Software, Inc. is a developer of software products that enhance the performance and security of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web servers. The company also develops the w3compiler desktop tool for next generation markup and code optimization. Port80 Software is a Microsoft Certified Partner located in San Diego, CA, and additional information about the company is available online at http://www.port80software.com.

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Center for Internet Security (CIS)

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 16, 2010

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) today announced the public release of its consensus security benchmarks for Apache HTTP Server 2.2, Apple Safari 4.0 and Opera 10.5 Browsers. These user-driven standards provide prescriptive guidance for IT administrators to securely configure the widely used web server that runs many Internet sites and for end users to securely configure the popular web browsers for improved privacy and protection from attacks. The benchmarks are available as free downloads at http://www.cisecurity.org.

Apache HTTP Server Benchmark

“We had excellent participation from the consensus team with a wide range of expertise. It’s clear the team is proud of the benchmark as it will be a very usable document,” shares Ralph Durkee, author of the Apache HTTP Server Benchmark, and Founder & Principal Security Consultant at Durkee Consulting, Inc.

According to Netcraft’s May 2010 Web Server Survey, Apache HTTP Server has 55% of the web server market share. Given the high prevalence of the Apache HTTP Server on the Internet and its role as the on-line “face” of many organizations by virtue of serving up their web pages, it is critical to help ensure organizations are well informed on how to secure it.

The Apache HTTP Server Benchmark provides recommendations in nine security categories including:

Planning and Installation
Apache Modules
Restricting Privileges
Access Controls
Features, Content and Options
Logging, Monitoring, and Maintenance
SSL/TLS
Information Leakage
Miscellaneous Configuration Settings

Safari and Opera Benchmarks

Web browsers, such as Apple Safari and Opera, are in constant communication with untrusted servers. Securing the browser configuration will help protect user’s privacy and reduce their system’s remote attack surface.

The Safari Browser operates on the iPhone, iPod touch, Mac and PC. The CIS Benchmark provides recommendations for Safari configuration in twelve security categories including:

Pop-Up Blocker
Proxy Settings
Cookies
Form Submissions
Form Data
Credentials
Address Book Card
Safe Browsing
Java
JavaScript
Private Browsing

Opera browsers are now used by more than 100 million people worldwide. The CIS Benchmark for Opera Browser provides recommendations in seven security categories including:

Data Storage
Dynamic Content Options
Cookies
Advanced Options
Network Settings
Informational Items

The CIS Public-Private Collaboration Process

CIS Benchmarks are developed through a consensus process involving hundreds of volunteer subject matters experts. Consensus participants provide perspective form a diverse set of backgrounds including consulting, software development, audit and compliance, security research, security operations, government and legal.

By using the benchmarks, security professionals save tens of thousands of dollars in developing custom configuration policies and are able to demonstrate compliance with the security configuration requirements of standards such as PCI and ISO, and regulations such as FISMA, GLBA, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley.

About CIS

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a non-profit organization that helps enterprises reduce the risk of business and e-commerce disruptions resulting from inadequate technical security controls, and provides enterprises with resources for measuring information security status and making rational security investment decisions. CIS develops and distributes consensus-based benchmarks for secure configuration of operating systems, software applications and network devices. The consensus security configuration benchmarks are downloaded more than one million times a year, and are globally accepted as user-originated, de facto standards. More than 150 leading corporations, government entities, universities and security organizations are CIS members. For more information, visit http://www.cisecurity.org.

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(PRWEB) December 16, 2005

SitePoint Pty. Ltd. (sitepoint.com), provider of fun, practical and easy-to-understand content for Web professionals, today announced the release of ‘Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache’, collaboration between seasoned developers Stuart Langridge and Tony Steidler-Dennison.

‘If you plan to compete with the big players, your site must be up and running all the time — it can’t be allowed to suffer the potential security and performance problems that arise when you’re trying to debug live scripts,’ commented Tony Steidler-Dennison, co-author of the book. ‘This book is the developer’s key to maintaining a professional site, while optimizing its performance.’

No prior experience with Linux is expected by the book’s authors.

‘Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache’ deftly guides readers through the installation of Linux and Apache onto a development server before explaining how to master common server admin tasks and, importantly, how to secure their servers using a firewall and intrusion detection system.

Readers also learn how to manipulate server settings for maximum performance through the management of traffic reporting, log-file rotation and more.

‘This is the how-to book I wish I had when I started with Apache on Linux,’ commented Stephen Pierzchala, Chief Performance Evangelist for WebPerformance, and technical editor for ‘Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache’. ‘This book will give the novice a deeper understanding of the system as a whole, and the tools to make things run smoothly.’

‘Managing your own server puts you in control,’ added Tony Steidler-Dennison, ‘and can potentially save you thousands each year. If your focus is on constant optimization and ultimate professionalism, managing your own development server is a must. This book will teach you how to do it right.”

ISBN: 0-9752402-2-6

Page Count: 332

Price: $ 39.95 USD / $ 55.95 CDN

Book Website: http://www.sitepoint.com/books/linux1/

About SitePoint

SitePoint.com is an online magazine and book publisher for professional Web Developers, Freelancers and Web Design Firms. The SitePoint.com Website reaches 1.8 million unique visitors per month.

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(PRWEB) September 5, 2003

Zephyr’s PASSPORT WEB TO HOST, a web based terminal emulator program, can now be deployed using the popular Apache Tomcat Web Server. PASSPORT provides TN3270, TN5250 and VT100/VT220 host access to IBM zSeries (S/390), IBM iSeries (AS/400) and Unix host systems, as well as FTP file transfer. Apache is an open source HTTP server, whereas Tomcat is an open source Java servlet engine.

Benefits

The main benefit of using the Apache server and Tomcat servlet engine is that both of these products are open source. These products can be downloaded and installed for free, they run on a variety of computer server hardware platforms, are very reliable, scalable, and are supported and enhanced by developers throughout the world. Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996. The July 2003 Netcraft Web Server Survey found that 63% of the web sites on the Internet are using Apache, thus making it more widely used than all other web servers combined.

PASSPORT Web Based Terminal Emulator

PASSPORT WEB TO HOST is a web based terminal emulation program. An administrator program is included with the product that provides centralized configuration and administration of host access session profiles. The host session profiles contain host connection information, keyboard mapping information and other attribute configuration information. All software and configuration files reside on the web server. When a terminal emulation session is started, an ActiveX applet is downloaded from the Web Server to the client desktop and runs inside the browser, making a direct connection to the host system. Using web-based deployment of terminal emulation software can lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 25%. For more information on PASSPORT WEB TO HOST visit http://www.zephyrcorp.com/web-terminal-emulator/index.htm .

The PASSPORT WEB TO HOST administrator program consists of an administration web site, a java servlet application, and an ActiveX component for remote configuration and administration. When the administrator program is started, the ActiveX component is downloaded to a Windows desktop and then communicates with the Java servlet application running on the Web Server. PASSPORT WEB TO HOST can be deployed to any Web Application Server that can display static web pages and also run Java servlets, including the Apache Tomcat Server. The Apache Tomcat Server includes a high performance web server for hosting static content and dynamic web applications. Web applications are a collection of HTML pages, Java servlet pages, servlets, Java classes, applets, images, multimedia files and other file types.

Deployment

Until recently, PASSPORT WEB TO HOST was commonly deployed from a Microsoft Windows NT or 2000 server with IIS (Internet Information Server), an IBM OS/390 or zOS system running Unix System Services and WebSphere Application Server, or any other platform running the BEA WebLogic Application Server. After many requests to deploy PASSPORT WEB TO HOST from other Web Server platforms, Zephyr has tested and certified the use of PASSPORT with the Apache Tomcat Web Server.

Deploying PASSPORT WEB TO HOST with the Apache Tomcat Application Server can be done using one of two different methods:

(1) Deploying PASSPORT with the Tomcat server standalone

(2) Deploying PASSPORT with the Tomcat server as a plugin to the Apache HTTP server

There are advantages and disadvantages for both of these methods. Please visit http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/connectors.html#integrate for more detailed information on which is best for your specific requirements.

After determining which deployment method is best to use, you can then prepare your environment accordingly. The main installation difference between the two deployment methods will be how the Apache HTTP and Tomcat servers are configured to integrate if the second method is chosen.

Installation and configuration consists of three parts:

(1) The PASSPORT WEB TO HOST administrator and deployment web site files are transferred to the Tomcat directory where HTML pages are deployed.

(2) The PASSPORT WEB TO HOST Java servlet files are transferred to the Tomcat directory where Java servlets are deployed.

(3) The Apache, Tomcat and PASSPORT WEB TO HOST configuration files are edited to complete the installation.

After installation and configuration is complete, the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST administrator program can then be accessed through a web browser to configure host access session profiles. End users can then access a web site link to start the host sessions. If you need more detailed instructions, contact Zephyr Technical Support at 1-800-966-3270 or support@zephyrcorp.com.

About Zephyr Corporation

Zephyr Development Corporation is committed to delivering high-quality, affordable TN3270, TN5250, and VT100/VT220 terminal emulation software and host access solutions. Zephyr offers subscription based licensing that substantially reduces the cost of terminal emulation software. Founded in 1985, Zephyr is a member of IBM® PartnerWorld, Microsoft® MSDN, Cisco® EAP, and the IETF. Zephyr headquarters are located in Houston, TX and can be accessed on the web at http://www.zephyrcorp.com.

About Apache Software Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the Apache community of open source software projects. The Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. Apache Software Foundation can be accessed on the web at http://www.apache.org.

About Tomcat

Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official reference implementation for the Java servlet and Java server pages technologies. The Java servlet and Java server pages specifications are developed by Sun. For documentation, available versions, source code, or licensing questions, please visit http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/index.html for additional information.

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Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) January 21, 2008

CRM OnTarget (CRM OnTarget Website), the worldwide leading provider of hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM, announced today that it has successfully deployed multi-tenant Dynamics CRM 4.0 to new customers this month, and the process of upgrading existing customers has begun.

Sean Joseph, a Senior Engineer at CRM OnTarget who had data center responsibility for the multi tenant build out, was enthusiastic. “Our deep experience in hosting the Dynamics and Microsoft HMC platform helped as we were able to build out the infrastructure, test it, and put it into production in less than one month of RTM from Microsoft. We accomplished this in no small part due to Microsoft’s thorough vetting of what they released to partners and to the general market.”

“This is another significant investment by our leadership team and demonstrates our support of Microsoft’s ‘power of choice’ strategy. Today, instead of putting each client in a single tenant server environment, we are able to load balance thousands of users across application servers, reporting servers, dashboard servers, workflow servers, and a clustered SQL farm. The change in our delivery model is enormous,” said Bill McVicker, Director of Engineering at the unit’s parent company, TriVenture.

Randal Southam heads up TriVenture’s Microsoft practice and shared in the enthusiasm. “In the first month we will deploy no less than ten new accounts and our customers are expected to upgrade at a rate of up to two per day.” He noted, “How often do you get to call your customer and say ‘your price is going down while your value is increasing’ followed by a call to the CEO that your profit margin just increased significantly? It is really a great position for us to be in today and has created a real win for our existing customers.”

CRM OnTarget released new pricing for the Dynamics CRM 4.0 environment earlier this month (CRM OnTarget Current Pricing).

Dynamics CRM Demo Server Now Available

The Company also announced that it has now made available a demo server which features an out-of-the-box installation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. The server, which replaces the Dynamics CRM 3.0 demo server, has been available since January 10th and allows visitors to completely click through all modules of the Dynamics CRM 4.0 application. The general public may access the server free of charge from CRM OnTarget’s Website (Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 Demo Server).

About CRM OnTarget

Founded in 2003, CRM OnTarget is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that expanded into hosting services for its client base in 2004. Today the company hosts Dynamics CRM, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Services for companies in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and Africa. CRM OnTarget hosts Microsoft Dynamics CRM for at least six divisions at Microsoft and hosts Dynamics CRM demo servers for several Microsoft regions in the United States, all of Canada, and Denmark. Privately held and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company maintains a presence in Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal, Spain, and Hyderabad. The company can be reached by telephone at 1-800-893-0453.

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Pretoria, South Africa (PRWEB) October 18, 2004

SurfStats Software today announced the addition of On-Demand Analytics of Apache Server Log Files to its renowned SurfStatsLive Reporting Server.

SurfStats Software’s CEO Johan Calitz says: ‘This addition makes SurfStatsLive the first Website Analytics Reporting Server that can provide real-time website traffic statistics of sites running Apache Servers. This means that Webhosts running Apache can now provide quality real-time website analytics accessible by browser to their clients.’

SurfStatsLive Reporting Server was originally designed for Webhosts, ISP’s and Oganizations running the Windows Operating System to provide remote On-Demand Website Analytics reports to their clients. Running on Microsoft Windows with IIS installed, it provides Traffic Activity Reports of Websites down to sub-directory level on Windows servers.

The software can run as a dedicated statistics server on Windows 2000/2003 servers and process log files from other web servers on the local area network. Web hosts can set up the software on Microsoft’s cheapest server offering (Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Server) and provide website analytics of sites on other operating systems.

A free, fully functional 30-day trial version of the software is available for downloading from the corporate web site at http://www.surfstats.com

Prices for the products that support the reporting on Linux/Apache Servers are:

US$ 495 for SurfStatsLive Reporting Server,

US$ 995 for SurfStatsLive Enterprise Reporting Server.

System Requirements

Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP. Pentium Processor, 64MB RAM, 50MB Hard Drive Space. The Reporting Server editions require the Windows 2000/2003 Server operating systems. The operating system used may affect the minimum hardware requirements.

Links

Download Link: http://www.surfstats.com/download.asp


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Contact

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SurfStats Software

Email – press@surfstats.com

URL – http://www.surfstats.com

SurfStats Software develops fast and effective website statistics analysis applications for Hosts, ISP’s, businesses and individuals. Well-known titles from the company include the SurfStatsLive Real-Time Reporting Service and SurfStats Log Analyzer.

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