Friday, 13 October 2006

IIS6 Beats Apache on Fortune 1000 Web Sites

The Microsoft Internet Information Services 6 Web server (IIS 6) has surpassed Apache, the Web server, for the first time, as per the results of a survey conducted by Port80 Software. With 27.0% market share, IIS 6 penetration has more than doubled in the past year and will soon overcome IIS 5 to be the most widely deployed Fortune 1000 Web server. Overall, IIS 4, 5, and 6 deployments continue to lead with a combined 54.9% share of all Fortune 1000 corporate sites versus Apache’s 23.3% share.

IIS 5 and 6, Microsoft ASP.NET application server environments are also currently used on 48.4% of Fortune 1000 sites. Other application servers like Java platforms (J2EE, JSP, WebLogic, WebSphere, and Tomcat), PHP, and ColdFusion all combined to account for only 21.2% of Fortune 1000 site deployments.

Brian Goldfarb, group product manager of the Web Platform and Tools Marketing Group at Microsoft said, "As part of the upcoming Windows Server 'Longhorn' launch, Microsoft aims to deliver more value with the release of IIS 7. This new Web server is designed for industry partners such as Port80 Software to develop modules, extending IIS functionality for our shared customers."