
The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, with improvements eyed in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said on Wednesday afternoon.
Version 7 of Tomcat is due in alpha release around the Christmas/New Year's timeframe, said Mark Thomas, an Apache member, Tomcat committer and senior software engineer at VMware-owned SpringSource.
The Federal Government has published a statement of requirements for its data centre migration services panel and expects to publish a full request for tender by the end of the month.