UKOLN Netcraft Analyses of the Shortlist for 2001 SPIN-SOCITM Website Awards



This page provides access to the Netcraft service which will report on server software and server uptime.

This data was collected to support a paper on Approaches To Automated Benchmarking Of Public Sector Web Sites.

Table 1: Entry Point of Short-listed Web Sites

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

L B Brent Dumfries & Galloway Council Cardiff CC Antrim BC
L B Camden Dundee City Council Ceredigion CC Armagh DC
L B Richmond East Renfrewshire Council Isle of Anglesey CC Belfast City Council
Tameside MBC Moray Council Wrexham CBC Newtownabbey BC
Wokingham Council West Lothian Council    

Summary

The following information was initially recorded on 30 July 2001. The survey was repeated on 23 April 2002. The latest findings are shown in bold.

Table 2: Netcraft Analyses of Short-listed Web Sites
Site Analyse Server Software
L B Brent Go Lotus-Domino/5.0.5 on unknown
Lotus-Domino/5.0.5 on unknown
L B Camden Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
LB Richmond Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Tameside MBC Go Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) ApacheJServ/1.0b3 PHP/3.0.7 on unknown
Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) ApacheJServ/1.0b3 PHP/3.0.7 on SCO UNIX
Wokingham Council Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Dumfries & Galloway Council Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Dundee City Council Go Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) Chili!Soft-ASP/3.6.2 mod_ssl/2.8.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6c PHP/4.0.6 on FreeBSD
Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) PHP/4.0.4pl1 on FreeBSD
East Renfrewshire Council Go Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000.
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Moray Council Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
West Lothian Council Go Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Cardiff CC Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Ceredigion CC Go Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) on Solaris
Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) on Solaris
Isle of Anglesey CC Go Simple, Secure Web Server 1.1 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Wrexham CBC Go Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) ApacheJServ/1.1.2 mod_perl/1.26 mod_ssl/2.8.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6b on Solaris
Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) mod_perl/1.24 mod_ssl/2.6.6 OpenSSL/0.9.6 on Solaris
Antrim BC Go Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000
Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000
Armagh DC Go Apache/1.3.24 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 AuthMySQL/2.20 on FreeBSD
Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) PHP/4.0.5 AuthMySQL/2.20 on FreeBSD
Belfast City Council Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Newtownabbey BC Go Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98
Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98

Why Is This Information Useful?

This information can show the most popular Web server platforms and operating system environments. This may be useful in negotiations, identifying training requirements, etc.

The Web server availability data can be useful in giving an indication of the reliability of server environments.

How Can This Information Be Misinterpreted?

Certain Web server products will not provide information on the underlying hardware platform.


Review

Server Platform

Of the 18 Web sites surveyed, 12 (66.7%) were running on an MS Windows platform, 5 (27.8%) were running on a Unix platform and 1 (5.6%) on an unknown platform.

Server Software

Of the 18 Web sites surveyed, 12 (66.7%) were running an MS Windows Web server, 5 (27.8%) were running an Apache Web server and 1 (5.6%) on a Lotus Domino Web server.

Trends

No Web site has changed its platform (e.g. Unix to MS Windows or vice versa.)