Sessions enable web servers to identify requests coming from an authenticated user via a unique ID number included in every request made to the server. Session persistence makes sure the same web ...

Just as bananas and plantains look similar and some recipes might permit the substitution of one for the other, reverse proxies and load balancers share overlapping functionality -- but their ...

A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers. This piece was contributed by a reader. If you ...