New Survey Finds Fortune 1000 Companies Firmly Entrenched In Microsoft Web Server Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2003 Port80 Software Shows Microsoft's Software Currently Serves 54% of Top 1000 Corporate Web Sites Versus Apache's 18% Market Share A new survey of Fortune 1000 corporate Web sites conducted by Port80 Software, Inc., an innovative developer of software modules for Microsoft's Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ), reports that Microsoft IIS Microsoft IIS - Internet Information Server commands a strong 54% market share in the race for corporate Web server dominance. Microsoft's lead among the Fortune 1000 casts a different light on the popular Netcraft Web Server Survey, which typically shows a total 60% market share for the Apache Web server See Apache. and 26-30% market share for Microsoft IIS. Microsoft IIS, widely criticized for security and scalability issues, faced a perception of declining market share during the past few years. This belief has been furthered by the Netcraft Survey, which reviews every detectable domain name on the Internet to generate its Web server statistics. "Hosting vendors using Apache Apache (əpăch`ē), Native North Americans of the Southwest composed of six culturally related groups. They speak a language that has various dialects and belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American to serve numerous small sites bump up bump up Verb Informal to increase (prices) by a large amount Verb 1. bump up - increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil" Netcraft's numbers in Apache's favor," said Chris Neppes, Director of Sales and Marketing for Port80 Software. "Netcraft's survey reflects a relatively high ratio of domains to Apache servers. If you look at dedicated hosting Typically refers to a single Web site that is hosted on a stand-alone server. See dedicated server. or corporate environments however, Apache's market share is likely much smaller. Port80's survey results indicate that Microsoft IIS is the Web server of choice for the world's largest companies. We have found that Fortune 1000s This article or section recently underwent a major revision or rewrite and needs further review. You can help! Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune. have the resources and in-house expertise to tailor IIS to fit their needs." Port80 Software's survey of Fortune 1000 corporate Web server market share shows: Microsoft IIS: 54.1% Netscape Enterprise: 21.0% Apache: 17.6% Other Web servers: 7.3% For additional details on Port 80 Software's survey methodology and a tool that checks each company's Web server type in real-time, visit http://www.port80software.com/servermask/top1000webservers. The Netcraft Web Server survey is available at http://www.netcraft.com/survey. About Port80 Software Port80 Software, Inc. develops software products for administrators, developers and owners to enhance Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server (IIS) based Web servers and sites. Adopting the successful functional enhancements or "mods" approach from the Apache community, Port80's products strengthen security, performance and user experience in the Microsoft IIS world. The software ranges in price from $29.95 to $299.95 per single server license, with discounts offered for five or more multi-server licenses. Port80 Software is a Microsoft Certified See certification. Partner located in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA. More information and free 30 day trial downloads are available at http://www.port80software.com. Recommended Reading A recent article in InfoWorld Magazine by Window Manager columnist Brian Livingston, "There's life left in IIS", explores the changing perceptions about Microsoft's Web server technology and spotlights emerging IIS tools like Port80 Software's ServerMask, software that hides the identity of a Windows Web server from malicious hackers and scripts. The article is available online at http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/03/01/20/030120opwinman.xml. The names Port80 Software, ServerMask, CustomError, httpZip, CacheRight, and URLSpellCheck, as well as their respective logos and Web sites, are trademarked by Port80 Software, Inc. All other company names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. The "Fortune 500" and "Fortune 1000" registered trademarks 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. |
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