Abstract: The invention relates to a method of more efficient data transmission, in particular transmission of structured data, such as web pages, in a system comprising a server means and a client means which are interconnected via a plurality of proxy means, including a server proxy means and a client proxy means.

Abstract: A process for installing a software application on a platform, the platform comprises several servers including one or more application servers and a control server on which a platform configuration database is installed. The process comprises the following steps after a predefined software application is selected by an user: reading out configuration data and solution data from the platform configuration database wherein the registration data describes the platform configuration and the solution data describes a solution of the selected software application which is registered on the platform, determining the virtual server(s) which is needed to run the selected software application, creating the determined virtual server(s) on the platform, installing an instance of the selected software application in the created virtual server(s), connecting the instance to an interface of the platform to provide an access for listeners to the instance.

Abstract: An apparatus for authentication of fragments using hash trees may include a processor. The processor may be configured to provide one or more data fragments and a hash tree representing the one or more fragments, send at least one first fragment accompanied by any nodes of the hash tree necessary to authenticate the one or more first sent fragments, and send one or more subsequent fragments accompanied by only some, but not all, of the nodes of the hash tree necessary to authenticate the one or more subsequent fragments with the other nodes that are not sent but are necessary for authentication having been previously sent in conjunction with a prior fragment.