Application servers have burst onto the Internet computing scene so quickly that most system administrators and Webmasters have a tough time figuring out exactly how to implement them. And the app server market certainly has done nothing to dispel this confusion, with over 40 products trying to create a niche in this potentially lucrative market. Experts estimate that the application server market could mature into a multibillion-dollar industry by the turn of the century. It's no surprise that industry leaders like IBM, Netscape Communications, Oracle, Sybase and Sun Microsystems are staking a claim in this market...continued