Nginx is upgrading the commercially supported version of its popular Web server, fitting it with new HTTP/2, authentication, and caching capabilities. Nginx Plus Release 8, being unveiled today, backs ...

The open-source software for housing Web sites is widely used by big names including Facebook and Hulu. Now it's a startup selling services, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Web server company NGINX styles itself as "the secret heart of the modern web" and claims to run 60 percent of the busiest websites in the world. CEO Gus Robertson is an Australian native with big ...

Nginx is releasing a commercial edition of its namesake open source Web server software, called Nginx Plus, which it will market as a software alternative to application delivery controllers (ADCs).

The self-hosted movement is gaining momentum, with users wanting to reduce their reliance on cloud services while keeping their data safe on their home network. But once you've spun up a few ...

Some parts of the platform stack are so ubiquitous that they are almost transparent. Commercialized web servers were the first part of the Internet to make the jump from service providers to ...