The document discusses new features in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) version 2.4 and Apache Tomcat versions 7 and 8. Some key improvements in httpd 2.4 include better performance, optimizations to make it "cloud ready" with asynchronous I/O and a new multi-processing module. Tomcat 7 offers Servlet 3.0 compliance and improved startup time. Tomcat 8 features Servlet 3.1 with non-blocking I/O, HTTP protocol upgrades, and support for SPDY and web sockets. The presentation covers using httpd as a reverse proxy and load balancer for backend servers like Tomcat.