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Web server software NGINX is now bigger than Microsoft IIS

Web server software NGINX is now bigger than Microsoft IIS

In the latest Netcraft Web Server, for January 2012 , the lightweight open source web server software NGINX amassed more active sites than Microsoft Internet Information Server for the first time. That makes NGINX the second most used web server software in the world right now, only trumped by Apache . Let’s look at the numbers

NGINX skyrockets 300% in one year: Q&A with the team behind the web server software

NGINX skyrockets 300% in one year: Q&A with the team behind the web server software

Apache is still the undisputed king of web server software but according to the latest Netcraft Web Server Survey from November 2011, NGINX usage has grown almost 300% over the last year. In real numbers NGINX increased from about 15 million sites a year ago to 43 million in November 2011

Apple’s iPad owns 88% of global tablet web traffic

Apple’s iPad owns 88% of global tablet web traffic

There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Apple’s iPad is the biggest seller in the tablet space, but we have seen many iPad competitors come out over recent months, including Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Blackberry PlayBook, Amazon Kindle Fire, and many more. However, despite all these Android tablets, according to comScore in October 2011, 95.5% of all tablet web traffic in the U.S. comes from iPad

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