Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On gives small businesses a flexible and cost-effective solution for deploying additional servers on a network running Windows SBS 2011. It provides a platform for running line-of-business (LOB) applications that are based on the SQL Server operating system, role-based server deployments (such as additional domain controllers), and virtual servers that run in a Hyper-V environment. It also gives you the flexibility to access a second application platform when you need it, yet requires minimal IT resources. Designed as an add-on component for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials or Standard, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On includes Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Technologies and SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business.

- Windows Server
2008 R2 Standard: Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On includes an additional license for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, which allows you to deploy another server on your SBS network. Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server
2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable businesses to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructure. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows
7 integration help save time and reduce costs.

- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business: SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business contains a range of features that can help businesses maximize the value of their information with greater capabilities in development, manageability, business intelligence, and data warehousing. SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business has exactly the same capabilities as SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard, however it is only available to use in SBS 2011 and SBS 2008 environments.

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on can be used in a number of different ways, depending on your specific needs.

Running Business Applications
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on is perfect for businesses that need to run a large number of applications but have limited IT expertise. It combines the powerful server platform capabilities of Windows Server 2008 R2 and the rich analysis, reporting features, and data management capabilities of SQL Server. It is an excellent way to run applications that require a centralized database and shared user information. From accounting and business planning to contact management software, you
ll be able to capture and harness your data and work more productively.

Virtualization
With virtualization powered by Hyper-V, it's easier than ever to optimize your server hardware investments by consolidating multiple server roles as separate virtual machines running on a single physical machine.

Remote Desktop Services
You can use Windows Small Business Server Premium Add-on to take advantage of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to deliver additional desktops and applications to a wide array of client devices. For instance, you can create flexible work scenarios by installing and managing session-based desktops and applications
or virtual machine-based desktops
on the central server. All user interactions occur on the server itself, but look, feel, and behave like local applications.

Additional Domain Controller
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on is an excellent way to implement an additional domain controller, giving you redundancy and protecting your role-based data against failure.

Branch Deployments
If you have branch offices or remote sites, you can use the Windows Small Business Server Premium Add-On to start improving application response time and reduce WAN traffic. BranchCache
a feature in Windows 7 and the Windows Server 2008 platform
allows content from file and web servers to be cached on local computers, and either distributed across peer client computers or a centrally hosted server. In addition, you can use various branch office related technologies, such as Read only Domain Controllers, secure file and data access and higher fault tolerance for connectivity between sites

Office Web Apps
Whether you
re in the office, at home, or on the road, Microsoft
Office Web Apps help you get more things done virtually anywhere and anytime. Microsoft Office Web Apps are free online companions to Microsoft
Word, Microsoft
Excel
, Microsoft
PowerPoint
and Microsoft
OneNote
giving you the freedom to access, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents from virtually anywhere on your PC, mobile phone, and Web browser. Office Web Apps are available as an optional download through Microsoft
SharePoint
Foundation 2010, which is easy to install on your Premium Add-on.

Office Visio 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, analyze, and communicate complex information, systems, and processes. Using professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams, you can improve your understanding of systems and processes, gain insight into complex information, and use that knowledge to make better decisions for your business.

Easily Visualize Processes, Systems, and Information

Using Office Visio 2007, visually document, design, and fully understand the state of your business processes and systems with a wide range of diagrams, business process flowcharts, network diagrams, workflow diagrams, database models, and software diagrams, just to name a few. Make diagrams more useful by linking them with underlying data to provide a more complete picture.

More easily visualize processes, systems, and complex information using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Get started quickly with templates. With Office Visio 2007 you can easily create diagrams using predefined SmartShapes symbols coupled with powerful search capabilities to locate the right shape, whether it is on a computer or the Web. Office Visio 2007 includes specific tools to support the diverse diagramming needs of IT and business professionals.

- Quickly access templates you use often. Access the templates you used recently with the new Recent Templates view in the new Getting Started window that appears when you start Office Visio 2007.

- Get inspired by sample diagrams. Find new sample diagrams more easily by using the Samples window. View them to get ideas for creating your own diagrams and to determine which template you want to use.

- Connect shapes without drawing connectors. New connector functionality in Office Visio 2007 connects shapes, distributes them evenly, and aligns them for you
with only one click. When you move the connected shapes, they stay connected and the connectors automatically reroute between the shapes.

- Easily connect data to diagrams and link data to shapes. Automatically connect diagrams to one or more data sources, such as Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheets or Microsoft Office Access 2007 databases, by using the new Data Selector Wizard. Save time associating data with shapes by using intuitive new linking methods, which populate each shapes properties (also known as shape data) with data values. For example, link all the shapes in a diagram to rows of data from connected data sources by using the new Automatic Link Wizard.

- Display data attractively in diagrams. Easily display data associated with shapes in attractive ways by using the new Data Graphics task pane to choose from a number of data formatting options. With a single click, display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, and place fields of data directly on top or to the side of a shape
all using the new Data Graphics task pane.

- Easily refresh data in diagrams. The new Refresh Data feature puts Office Visio 2007 to work for you. Use it to automatically refresh all the data in your diagrams so you don't have to do it manually. If data conflicts arise, easily resolve them by using the Refresh Conflicts task pane.

Analyze Complex Information to Rapidly Gain Insight

Using Office Visio 2007, you visually explore complex information to identify key trends, exceptions, and insights. Take Office Visio 2007 even further by analyzing, drilling down into, and creating multiple views of business data for better business insight. Easily identify key issues, track trends, and flag exceptions using a library of icons and flags that make it easy to highlight key issues for effective action.

Analyze complex business information by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Visualize business data. Visually explore business data that's normally shown in static text and tables by using PivotDiagram views. Create different views of the same data to more fully understand the issues.

- Identify issues, track trends, and flag exceptions. Rapidly highlight key issues, trends, and exceptions, and depict the progress of a project. The new Data Graphics task pane makes conditional formatting easy with good-looking and intuitive shapes, such as flags and data bars that can be displayed based on user-defined conditions.

- Visually report on project information. Office Visio 2007 is an indispensable tool for visualizing complex project information. Easily generate reports directly from within Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that track project tasks, owners, roles, and responsibilities, and depict complex project ownership structures. Automatically modify the reports as project information changes.

Effectively Communicate Information for Better Decision-Making

Using Office Visio 2007, communicate with diagrams to maximize the impact on your audience more effectively than by using words and numbers alone. Share professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams with anyone, even those who do not have Visio.

Communicate better and in more ways to reach broader audiences by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Communicate effectively with new shapes and diagram types. Easily find a template to fit your needs by using the simplified diagram categories in Office Visio 2007. Create a broader range of diagrams with new templates, such as the Windows Workflow Services template. Create more dynamic workflows with new 3-D Workflow shapes.

- Design professional-looking diagrams. The new Theme Colors and Theme Effects task panes in Office Visio 2007 makes it easy to format the colors and effects in an entire diagram with a single click. Office Visio 2007 uses the same colors as Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 so you can easily design professional-looking Visio 2007 diagrams that match your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

- Reach broader audiences. Save Office Visio 2007 diagrams in Portable Document Format file (PDF) to make them more portable and able to reach broader audiences. View Office Visio 2007 diagram attachments from within Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

- Share diagrams with anyone. Save your diagrams as Web pages complete with navigation controls, a shape data viewer, reports, choice of image format, and style sheet options. Then make the diagrams viewable from within Microsoft Internet Explorer on intranets and extranets to anyone who is using Visio Viewer with Internet Explorer.

- Collaborate with Office Visio 2007 diagrams. Shared workspace functionality supports collaboration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology. Office Visio 2007 diagrams saved on a Windows SharePoint Services technology workspace can be opened directly in Visio 2007 from the workspace. When a diagram is opened from a Windows SharePoint Services workspace, Office Visio 2007 opens a Shared Workspace task pane that contains all of the information in the workspace, including other files, members, tasks, and links.

- Annotate diagrams with digital ink. The integration of digital ink in Office Visio 2007 supports natural markup of existing drawings and free-sketch creation with the pen on the Tablet PC. Enhancements to simplify input with the pen and provide support for the higher-resolution display environment in the Tablet PC can help bring true mobility to scenarios.

- Collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. With the Track Markup feature, multiple people can collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. Generally used for reviewing a diagram and incorporating feedback, the feature helps make each reviewer's contributions more clear to other reviewers and to the person who later incorporates the revisions back into the original file.

Customize and Extend Office Visio 2007 Programmatically

Extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically or by integrating it with other applications to fit your industry-specific scenarios or unique organizational requirements. Develop your own custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio Solution Providers.

Customize and extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically by using these features:

- Plan, analyze, and visualize your custom solutions. Visualize any custom solution with Office Visio 2007 diagrams, such as unified modeling language (UML), data flow, and Microsoft Windows user interface diagrams by using templates in the Software and Database category of Office Visio 2007.

- Build powerful custom solutions. The Office Visio 2007 software development kit (SDK) can help new and existing Visio developers build programs with Visio 2007. The SDK includes extensive samples, tools, and documentation to simplify and speed up development of custom applications. The SDK provides a set of reusable functions, classes, and procedures for the most common Office Visio 2007 development tasks and includes support for a broad range of development languages, including Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft Visual C++.

- Add Visio diagramming functionality to any context or program. With Office Visio 2007 and the Visio Drawing Control, create custom data-connected solutions that make it easy to connect to and display data in any context. Using the Visio Drawing Control, developers can embed and program the Office Visio 2007 drawing environment in custom applications. It opens up new opportunities for solution integration, making it easy to include the power of Office Visio 2007 in any smart client application. Because the Visio Drawing Control can be integrated with the host application's user interface, developers can take advantage of the Office Visio 2007 drawing functionality as a seamless part of their application without having to develop similar functionality themselves.

Office Visio 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, analyze, and communicate complex information, systems, and processes. Using professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams, you can improve your understanding of systems and processes, gain insight into complex information, and use that knowledge to make better decisions for your business.

Easily Visualize Processes, Systems, and Information

Using Office Visio 2007, visually document, design, and fully understand the state of your business processes and systems with a wide range of diagrams, business process flowcharts, network diagrams, workflow diagrams, database models, and software diagrams, just to name a few. Make diagrams more useful by linking them with underlying data to provide a more complete picture.

More easily visualize processes, systems, and complex information using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Get started quickly with templates. With Office Visio 2007 you can easily create diagrams using predefined SmartShapes symbols coupled with powerful search capabilities to locate the right shape, whether it is on a computer or the Web. Office Visio 2007 includes specific tools to support the diverse diagramming needs of IT and business professionals.

- Quickly access templates you use often. Access the templates you used recently with the new Recent Templates view in the new Getting Started window that appears when you start Office Visio 2007.

- Get inspired by sample diagrams. Find new sample diagrams more easily by using the Samples window. View them to get ideas for creating your own diagrams and to determine which template you want to use.

- Connect shapes without drawing connectors. New connector functionality in Office Visio 2007 connects shapes, distributes them evenly, and aligns them for you
with only one click. When you move the connected shapes, they stay connected and the connectors automatically reroute between the shapes.

- Easily connect data to diagrams and link data to shapes. Automatically connect diagrams to one or more data sources, such as Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheets or Microsoft Office Access 2007 databases, by using the new Data Selector Wizard. Save time associating data with shapes by using intuitive new linking methods, which populate each shapes properties (also known as shape data) with data values. For example, link all the shapes in a diagram to rows of data from connected data sources by using the new Automatic Link Wizard.

- Display data attractively in diagrams. Easily display data associated with shapes in attractive ways by using the new Data Graphics task pane to choose from a number of data formatting options. With a single click, display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, and place fields of data directly on top or to the side of a shape
all using the new Data Graphics task pane.

- Easily refresh data in diagrams. The new Refresh Data feature puts Office Visio 2007 to work for you. Use it to automatically refresh all the data in your diagrams so you don't have to do it manually. If data conflicts arise, easily resolve them by using the Refresh Conflicts task pane.

Analyze Complex Information to Rapidly Gain Insight

Using Office Visio 2007, you visually explore complex information to identify key trends, exceptions, and insights. Take Office Visio 2007 even further by analyzing, drilling down into, and creating multiple views of business data for better business insight. Easily identify key issues, track trends, and flag exceptions using a library of icons and flags that make it easy to highlight key issues for effective action.

Analyze complex business information by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Visualize business data. Visually explore business data that's normally shown in static text and tables by using PivotDiagram views. Create different views of the same data to more fully understand the issues.

- Identify issues, track trends, and flag exceptions. Rapidly highlight key issues, trends, and exceptions, and depict the progress of a project. The new Data Graphics task pane makes conditional formatting easy with good-looking and intuitive shapes, such as flags and data bars that can be displayed based on user-defined conditions.

- Visually report on project information. Office Visio 2007 is an indispensable tool for visualizing complex project information. Easily generate reports directly from within Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that track project tasks, owners, roles, and responsibilities, and depict complex project ownership structures. Automatically modify the reports as project information changes.

Effectively Communicate Information for Better Decision-Making

Using Office Visio 2007, communicate with diagrams to maximize the impact on your audience more effectively than by using words and numbers alone. Share professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams with anyone, even those who do not have Visio.

Communicate better and in more ways to reach broader audiences by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Communicate effectively with new shapes and diagram types. Easily find a template to fit your needs by using the simplified diagram categories in Office Visio 2007. Create a broader range of diagrams with new templates, such as the Windows Workflow Services template. Create more dynamic workflows with new 3-D Workflow shapes.

- Design professional-looking diagrams. The new Theme Colors and Theme Effects task panes in Office Visio 2007 makes it easy to format the colors and effects in an entire diagram with a single click. Office Visio 2007 uses the same colors as Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 so you can easily design professional-looking Visio 2007 diagrams that match your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

- Reach broader audiences. Save Office Visio 2007 diagrams in Portable Document Format file (PDF) to make them more portable and able to reach broader audiences. View Office Visio 2007 diagram attachments from within Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

- Share diagrams with anyone. Save your diagrams as Web pages complete with navigation controls, a shape data viewer, reports, choice of image format, and style sheet options. Then make the diagrams viewable from within Microsoft Internet Explorer on intranets and extranets to anyone who is using Visio Viewer with Internet Explorer.

- Collaborate with Office Visio 2007 diagrams. Shared workspace functionality supports collaboration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology. Office Visio 2007 diagrams saved on a Windows SharePoint Services technology workspace can be opened directly in Visio 2007 from the workspace. When a diagram is opened from a Windows SharePoint Services workspace, Office Visio 2007 opens a Shared Workspace task pane that contains all of the information in the workspace, including other files, members, tasks, and links.

- Annotate diagrams with digital ink. The integration of digital ink in Office Visio 2007 supports natural markup of existing drawings and free-sketch creation with the pen on the Tablet PC. Enhancements to simplify input with the pen and provide support for the higher-resolution display environment in the Tablet PC can help bring true mobility to scenarios.

- Collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. With the Track Markup feature, multiple people can collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. Generally used for reviewing a diagram and incorporating feedback, the feature helps make each reviewer's contributions more clear to other reviewers and to the person who later incorporates the revisions back into the original file.

Customize and Extend Office Visio 2007 Programmatically

Extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically or by integrating it with other applications to fit your industry-specific scenarios or unique organizational requirements. Develop your own custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio Solution Providers.

Customize and extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically by using these features:

- Plan, analyze, and visualize your custom solutions. Visualize any custom solution with Office Visio 2007 diagrams, such as unified modeling language (UML), data flow, and Microsoft Windows user interface diagrams by using templates in the Software and Database category of Office Visio 2007.

- Build powerful custom solutions. The Office Visio 2007 software development kit (SDK) can help new and existing Visio developers build programs with Visio 2007. The SDK includes extensive samples, tools, and documentation to simplify and speed up development of custom applications. The SDK provides a set of reusable functions, classes, and procedures for the most common Office Visio 2007 development tasks and includes support for a broad range of development languages, including Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft Visual C++.

- Add Visio diagramming functionality to any context or program. With Office Visio 2007 and the Visio Drawing Control, create custom data-connected solutions that make it easy to connect to and display data in any context. Using the Visio Drawing Control, developers can embed and program the Office Visio 2007 drawing environment in custom applications. It opens up new opportunities for solution integration, making it easy to include the power of Office Visio 2007 in any smart client application. Because the Visio Drawing Control can be integrated with the host application's user interface, developers can take advantage of the Office Visio 2007 drawing functionality as a seamless part of their application without having to develop similar functionality themselves.

Are you a Mac user that wants to be more productive? Then Dragon Dictate is right for you. With valuable new features, such as improved document creation flexibility in Microsoft Word and all-new auto formatting capabilities, Dragon Dictate 2 lets you accomplish more on your Mac than you ever imagined possible. Ideal for writers and bloggers, creative professionals, high school and college students, journalists, business people, home users, educators, and many others - Dragon Dictate gives you complete command of your Mac using only your voice.

With Dragon Dictate for Mac speech recognition software, you can enter text just by speaking. Control your favorite Mac applications
including Microsoft Word 2011 -- using only your voice. With Dragon Dictate you can produce reports, email, articles, books, research notes, online content, and more
quickly, easily, and accurately. And great new features mean you
ll get even more done, faster. With the introduction of the free Dragon Remote Microphone application (available in the Apple app store), you can achieve the same great accurate transcription using a device you already may have: your iPhone! And new social media commands make posting to Facebook or Twitter a breeze. Dragon Dictate provides amazing accuracy and requires just minutes of training to get started. Built upon the renowned Dragon 11 speech recognition engine, Dragon Dictate for Mac is Simply Smarter Speech Recognition.

Turn Talk into Text
Instead of a keyboard, use your voice to produce text. Speak your thoughts, then watch your words appear on screen in your favorite Mac applications with amazing recognition accuracy.

Unlock Your Creativity
Dragon Dictate for Mac keeps up with your brain. Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought. Start being creative and productive with only your voice -- don
t let typing get in the way of your ideas or productivity.

Work Comfortably
Control your Mac in a relaxed, hands-free manner without being tied to your keyboard. Instead of using your mouse, just speak commands to launch and control applications. Move the cursor or click anywhere on screen simply by voice.

Multi-task Like Never Before
Tell your Mac what to do, like
Reply To This Message
or
Open Microsoft
Word
or
Jump To Google
to work faster and smarter. Create voice commands that automate complex workflows on your Mac.

Work Your Way
Create a digital world, powered by your own voice. Customize Dragon Dictate for Mac with personal vocabulary and voice commands that reflect the kind of work you do.

Comfortable and Convenient Wireless Solution
Turn your iPhone or iPod into a wireless microphone for use with Dragon on your Mac. The free Dragon Remote Microphone app can be used with Dragon Dictate to generate the same great transcription accuracy
without the traditional headset wires.

Robust Recognition
Dragon Dictate offers Recognition Training which enables it to learn how you speak while you use the software. A powerful Vocabulary Editor lets you add specialized words, such as the names of people, places and other proper nouns.

Customizable
Create new voice commands for controlling Mac applications, or set up voice-triggered workflows using AppleScript or Automator.

Built for Mac
Dragon Dictate for Mac was built to give you the experience you expect from your favorite Macintosh applications -- an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that dramatically boosts productivity. What
s more, Dragon Dictate for Mac works with Microsoft Word 2011 and your favorite Apple applications, including Mail, iChat, iCal, TextEdit, Pages, Safari and many more.

Exceptional Online Help
For those times when you need a little assistance, Dragon Dictate offers complete, searchable online help. It
s always available, convenient to use, and easy to understand so you can get the answers you need without delay

Backup Exec Agent for SAP
Provides SAP certified data protection for business-critical SAP applications while the application is still online and in use
supporting both Oracle and MaxDB database. The Agent for SAP is a reliable solution that allows Backup Exec software to provide both local and remote protection of databases using the SAP (BC-BRI BACKINT) interface for efficient data management. Backup Exec is certified with SAP NetWeaver and BR*Tools 6.40. Protect and recover SAP applications running in a cluster environment. For protection of SAP that is running on Microsoft SQL database, the Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server should be used.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers reliable backup and recovery designed for your growing business. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime, ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds.

Key Features
- Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
- Unified archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
- Centralized 3-tier set-up, reporting and patch management
- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options.
- Continuous data protection for Exchange, file Servers, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

Key Benefits
- Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restore individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup
- Easily manage a local or distributed backup environment through a single console
- Eliminate your backup window and help ensure recovery point objectives are easily met with continuous backup protection

Backup Exec Agent for SAP
Provides SAP certified data protection for business-critical SAP applications while the application is still online and in use
supporting both Oracle and MaxDB database. The Agent for SAP is a reliable solution that allows Backup Exec software to provide both local and remote protection of databases using the SAP (BC-BRI BACKINT) interface for efficient data management. Backup Exec is certified with SAP NetWeaver and BR*Tools 6.40. Protect and recover SAP applications running in a cluster environment. For protection of SAP that is running on Microsoft SQL database, the Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server should be used.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers reliable backup and recovery designed for your growing business. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime, ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds.

Key Features
- Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
- Unified archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
- Centralized 3-tier set-up, reporting and patch management
- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options.
- Continuous data protection for Exchange, file Servers, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

Key Benefits
- Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restore individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup
- Easily manage a local or distributed backup environment through a single console
- Eliminate your backup window and help ensure recovery point objectives are easily met with continuous backup protection

Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
Continuous protection of SQL databases eliminates the daily backup window for SQL server and enables recovery of database transactions that have been made right up to the time of the hardware or software failure. Additionally, flexible recovery options allow IT administrators to restore SQL databases to destinations other than where they originated, directing a copy of the actual data streams being sent to media by a SQL database to a local directory for later use. The SQL Server 2008 snapshots are integrated into the Backup Exec catalog for a consolidated look at all data copies available for recovery in seconds. This agent provides SQL Server 2008, 2005, and 2000 users with granular protection on 32- and 64-bit systems down to the individual database or file group.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers reliable backup and recovery designed for your growing business. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime, ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds.

Key Features
- Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
- Unified archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
- Centralized 3-tier set-up, reporting and patch management
- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options.
- Continuous data protection for Exchange, file Servers, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

Key Benefits
- Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restore individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup
- Easily manage a local or distributed backup environment through a single console
- Eliminate your backup window and help ensure recovery point objectives are easily met with continuous backup protection

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers reliable backup and recovery designed for your growing business. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime, ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds.

Key Features
- Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
- Unified Archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
- Centralized 3-Tier Set-up, Reporting and Patch Management
- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options
- Continuous Data Protection for Exchange, File Server, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

Key Benefits
- Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restores individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup, eliminating Exchange mailbox backups, reducing recovery times, storage requirements and overall management resources
- Scalable job set-up, reporting and software patch management with Central Admin Server Option (CASO) and Backup Exec Infrastructure Manager (BEIM)
- Prevent data loss on heterogeneous servers and optimize your backup performance with supported NDMP filers and SAN environments
- Eliminate your backup window and help ensures recovery point objectives are easily met for Exchange, File Server, SQL servers and desktop data through continuous backup
- Integrated security, backup and archive functionality, further providing complete data protection with Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, Symantec Protection Suite and Symantec Enterprise Vault

NEW Integrated Deduplication (using Veritas NetBackup PureDisk technology)
Backup Exec
s NEW Deduplication Option provides an integrated and customizable depulication offerings to optimize any backup strategy: client deduplication (deduplicates data at source or remote server), media server deduplication (deduplicates data at media server), appliance deduplication (integrates with OpenStorage deduplication appliances) or a deduplicated backup set copy (deduplicate data from remote offices to headquarters).
- Save time and storage costs
- Minimize Backup Windows
- Operational Simplicity Fully Integrated info Backup Exec
- Easily Adaptable to Your Environment

NEW Unified Archiving (powered by Symantec Enterprise Vault)
Backup Exec NEW Archive Options provide unified backup and archiving for File and Exchange environments by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability reduce redundant data from the Exchange or Files server source to free up storage space. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles.
- Easily Automate Savings
- Consolidate Your Data
- Reduce Backup Management Resources
- Improves backup & recovery times
- Optimize Exchange and File Server Performance
- Keep storage at predictable levels

Enhanced VMware vSphere 4.0 support and new virtual server application support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and vSphere 4.0 - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will also experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items or individual Active Directory user accounts or objects.
- First-to-Market Granular Recovery for Applications
- Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
- Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
- Protect the Latest VMware vSphere Environments
- Deduplicate Virtual Server Backups
- Reduce and consolidate storage

NEW Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support
Comprehensive protection for the latest Windows desktop, email and server environmentsWindows 7 and Server 2008 support for new VSS Express Writers, plus redirected restore support to .VHD files for simple protection of virtual disk data alongside of traditional physical disk data Integrated Exchange 2010 support for the new Database Availability Group (DAG) in Exchange 2010 and enhanced granular recovery support provides fast recovery of individual email and mailboxes while eliminating the need to perform an additional mailbox-level backup.
- Backup the latest Windows desktop and server and email application environments with ease
- Easily meet your recovery point objectives for Exchange with unmatched backup technology
- Reduce your Exchange 2010 backup requirements
- Manage your desktop and server backups through a single console

Enhanced Agent for Enterprise Vault
Automated backup and recovery of Enterprise Vault 8 SP2 (and higher) infrastructures with the ability to configure a single job to protect the entire EV infrastructure and easily recover an Enterprise Vault Site or individual indexes.The Agent for Enterprise Vault will also Integrate with the Enterprise Vault Migrator to provide archived data migration to Backup Exec tapes which is easily managed and controlled via the Enterprise Vault administration interface.
- Simple and flexible backup protection for some or all of an Enterprise Vault infrastructure
- Recover all aspects of the Enterprise Vault infrastructure, from entire installations to individual index files
- New migration simplicity for migrating Enterprise Vault data to tape or a B2D folder for long-term retention
- Automatically recover data that has been migrated to tape

NEW Lotus Domino 8.5 Support
Support for the latest Lotus Domino 8.5 email environments including support for:
- New Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS)
- Ability to restore individual Domino NLO (DAOS attachments) from a Database-level backup
- 32-bit Domino installations running in a 64-bit Windows environment in order to allow for more flexible Domino environments

Plus an improved restore browse view including new Lotus Domino specific nodes which simplifies the backup selection process.
- Protection for the latest shipping version of Lotus Domino
- Provides backup and recovery of the DAOS store and associated NLO files
- Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Lotus Domino

Enhanced Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Support and Licensing
New VTL enhancements that integrates each VTL storage environment as a unique devices and shows only tape functions that are valid for VTLs (i.e. no retention). VTL media can also be modified to erase data that has reached its expiration data to reclaim storage space for more crucial data.
In addition Backup Exec introduces a new VTL Unlimited Drive Option with provides unlimited Library Expansion Options per VTL devices.
- Enhanced protection for virtual tape libraries
- Simple, cost efficient pricing for VTL devices

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers reliable backup and recovery designed for your growing business. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime, ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds.

Key Features
- Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
- Unified Archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
- Centralized 3-Tier Set-up, Reporting and Patch Management
- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options
- Continuous Data Protection for Exchange, File Server, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

Key Benefits
- Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restores individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup, eliminating Exchange mailbox backups, reducing recovery times, storage requirements and overall management resources
- Scalable job set-up, reporting and software patch management with Central Admin Server Option (CASO) and Backup Exec Infrastructure Manager (BEIM)
- Prevent data loss on heterogeneous servers and optimize your backup performance with supported NDMP filers and SAN environments
- Eliminate your backup window and help ensures recovery point objectives are easily met for Exchange, File Server, SQL servers and desktop data through continuous backup
- Integrated security, backup and archive functionality, further providing complete data protection with Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, Symantec Protection Suite and Symantec Enterprise Vault

NEW Integrated Deduplication (using Veritas NetBackup PureDisk technology)
Backup Exec
s NEW Deduplication Option provides an integrated and customizable depulication offerings to optimize any backup strategy: client deduplication (deduplicates data at source or remote server), media server deduplication (deduplicates data at media server), appliance deduplication (integrates with OpenStorage deduplication appliances) or a deduplicated backup set copy (deduplicate data from remote offices to headquarters).
- Save time and storage costs
- Minimize Backup Windows
- Operational Simplicity Fully Integrated info Backup Exec
- Easily Adaptable to Your Environment

NEW Unified Archiving (powered by Symantec Enterprise Vault)
Backup Exec NEW Archive Options provide unified backup and archiving for File and Exchange environments by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability reduce redundant data from the Exchange or Files server source to free up storage space. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles.
- Easily Automate Savings
- Consolidate Your Data
- Reduce Backup Management Resources
- Improves backup & recovery times
- Optimize Exchange and File Server Performance
- Keep storage at predictable levels

Enhanced VMware vSphere 4.0 support and new virtual server application support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and vSphere 4.0 - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will also experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items or individual Active Directory user accounts or objects.
- First-to-Market Granular Recovery for Applications
- Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
- Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
- Protect the Latest VMware vSphere Environments
- Deduplicate Virtual Server Backups
- Reduce and consolidate storage

NEW Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support
Comprehensive protection for the latest Windows desktop, email and server environmentsWindows 7 and Server 2008 support for new VSS Express Writers, plus redirected restore support to .VHD files for simple protection of virtual disk data alongside of traditional physical disk data Integrated Exchange 2010 support for the new Database Availability Group (DAG) in Exchange 2010 and enhanced granular recovery support provides fast recovery of individual email and mailboxes while eliminating the need to perform an additional mailbox-level backup.
- Backup the latest Windows desktop and server and email application environments with ease
- Easily meet your recovery point objectives for Exchange with unmatched backup technology
- Reduce your Exchange 2010 backup requirements
- Manage your desktop and server backups through a single console

Enhanced Agent for Enterprise Vault
Automated backup and recovery of Enterprise Vault 8 SP2 (and higher) infrastructures with the ability to configure a single job to protect the entire EV infrastructure and easily recover an Enterprise Vault Site or individual indexes.The Agent for Enterprise Vault will also Integrate with the Enterprise Vault Migrator to provide archived data migration to Backup Exec tapes which is easily managed and controlled via the Enterprise Vault administration interface.
- Simple and flexible backup protection for some or all of an Enterprise Vault infrastructure
- Recover all aspects of the Enterprise Vault infrastructure, from entire installations to individual index files
- New migration simplicity for migrating Enterprise Vault data to tape or a B2D folder for long-term retention
- Automatically recover data that has been migrated to tape

NEW Lotus Domino 8.5 Support
Support for the latest Lotus Domino 8.5 email environments including support for:
- New Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS)
- Ability to restore individual Domino NLO (DAOS attachments) from a Database-level backup
- 32-bit Domino installations running in a 64-bit Windows environment in order to allow for more flexible Domino environments

Plus an improved restore browse view including new Lotus Domino specific nodes which simplifies the backup selection process.
- Protection for the latest shipping version of Lotus Domino
- Provides backup and recovery of the DAOS store and associated NLO files
- Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Lotus Domino

Enhanced Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Support and Licensing
New VTL enhancements that integrates each VTL storage environment as a unique devices and shows only tape functions that are valid for VTLs (i.e. no retention). VTL media can also be modified to erase data that has reached its expiration data to reclaim storage space for more crucial data.
In addition Backup Exec introduces a new VTL Unlimited Drive Option with provides unlimited Library Expansion Options per VTL devices.
- Enhanced protection for virtual tape libraries
- Simple, cost efficient pricing for VTL devices

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Powered by Insight, Symantec Endpoint Protection is the fastest, most powerful endpoint protection security solution you can buy. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides state-of-the-art defense against all types of attacks for both physical and virtual systems. Seamlessly integrating the essential security tools you need into a single, high performance agent with a single management console, Symantec Endpoint Protection provides leading protection without slowing you down.

Key Features
Unrivaled security. Blazing performance. Built for Virtual Environments.

- State-of-the-art protection from the world leader in security;
- Integrated antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and intrusion prevention as well as device control and application control;
- Requires only a single agent;
- Powerful central management of security for physical and virtual Windows and Mac endpoints;
- Enables instant upgrade to self-enforced network access control without additional software deployment;
- Antivirus and antispyware for Windows, Mac and Linux clients;
- Seamless migration from previous versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection;
- Built to secure your virtual infrastructure;
- Secures both physical and virtual environments.

Key Benefits
- Stops malware such as viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, adware, bots, zero-day threats and rootkits;
- Prevents security outbreaks thus reducing administrative overhead;
- Powerful protection of both physical and virtual environments;
- Lowers total cost of ownership for endpoint security.

New Features
Unrivaled security. Blazing performance. Built for Virtual Environments.
We've worked hard to further the unrivaled security and blazing performance for which Symantec Endpoint Protection is known. Built for virtual environments it has dramatically improved performance, and a new state-of-the-art protection system
Symantec Insight. Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 includes hundreds of new features for improved security, performance and management.

Symantec Insight
Symantec Insight is the only system in the world that tracks the age, prevalence and security rating of nearly every program file on the internet. Because Insight knows what files are new or changed, Insight takes the most important advantage of cyber-criminals, their ability to generate millions of unique threats, and turns it against them.

- Real Time SONAR 3: Replacing Symantec
s TruScan technology, this version of SONAR examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behavior even of new and previously unknown threats;
- Browser Intrusion Prevention: Integrates into leading browsers to scan for attacks directed at browser vulnerabilities;
- Antivirus for Mac and Linux;
- Faster central console: Optimized database to increase responsiveness;
- Smart Scheduler: Stays out of your way by performing non-critical security tasks when your computer is idle;
- Enhanced client deployment: Improved wizards and more deployment options will allow new installs and upgrades to be faster and easier than ever before;
- Built for Virtual Environments: Enhanced to help protect your virtual infrastructure. Symantec Endpoint Protection can white list baseline images, maintain a shared scan cache, randomize scans and updates, scan offline images and automatically identify and manage virtual clients;
- SEP Manager Integration with Symantec Workflow: Optimizes efficiency, enforces processes and policies, and automates redundant tasks by integrating the SEP Manager with Symantec - Workflow;
- The Symantec Endpoint Recovery Tool and Power Eraser: The Symantec Endpoint Recovery Tool repairs severely infected PCs. The tool creates a self-booting CD or USB stick with Symantec's most powerful malware removal technology. The tool boots the computer into a specialized, virus free state so that malware can be safely removed;
- Advanced Reporting and Analytics: Symantec Endpoint Protection now includes The Altiris IT Analytics Symantec Endpoint Protection Pack. ITA complements and expands upon the traditional reporting offered by Symantec Endpoint Protection by incorporating multi-dimensional analysis and robust graphical reporting in an easy to use dashboard.

Xerox DocuMate 3640

The DocuMate 3640 is a departmental duplex
flatbed scanner with a 80 page Automatic
Document Feeder (ADF) that scans up to 80
images per minute (ipm) in duplex mode. The
A4/legal flatbed is the only departmental scanner
that can be programmed to automatically scan
to 99 customisable applications or devices.
Ultrasonic Double Feed Detection insures
that no pages are missed due to a misfeed or
stapled document in the ADF tray. Documents
can be converted to text-searchable PDF in
one easy step.

The Xerox DocuMate 3640 is the perfect
solution for company wide scanning solutions
and enables businesses to achieve high levels
of productivity by distributing fast, costeffective
departmental scanners throughout
the organisation.

Work Smarter

The DocuMate 3640
s powerful software, robust
functionality and hardware specifications deliver
the speed and quality for departmental
scanning. The DocuMate 3640 offers file
format flexibility including text-searchable PDF.

The included Kofax VRS
software provides
capabilities such as auto crop and auto
exposure and wide angle de-skew. VRS also
helps improve the accuracy of recognition
software, thereby reducing the need for
manual correction of intelligent character
recognition and OCR results.

Vertical Market Solutions

Regulatory compliance requirements have
dramatically increased the need for companies
to implement secure and reliable records for
management and document capture solutions.
Departmental scanners are ideal for document
management in small to mid volume applications
and may also be used to complement higher
volumes products in distributed scanner settings.

Document capture solutions have become
essential to meet the everyday document
imaging needs of businesses in the finance,
insurance, healthcare, transportation and
education markets. Likewise, many law offices,
courts, clients and administrators handle and
manage substantial quantities of paper.
Documents are the substance of communication,
reference, negotiation and execution of contracts,
laws and evidence. Fast reliable and cost
effective document imaging solutions like the
DocuMate 3640 provide almost immediate
return on investment when implemented in
legal offices.

The Xerox DocuMate 3640 is the perfect scanning
solution for the whole department or even just
the person who supports the whole department.

Visioneer OneTouch

Visioneer OneTouch is an easy to use utility
that connects the DocuMate scanner with a
powerful set of scanner settings to greatly
improve the efficiency of your workflow
so
that with one touch, the document is scanned
automatically to email, Word, your printer,
or simply a file folder.

In addition to scanning directly to all popular
destinations, Visioneer OneTouch also links
the DocuMate 3640 with industry-leading
document management software, such as
Microsoft SharePoint, DocuWare and Xerox
DocuShare

forming an easy to use workflow
from paper to a selected destination. A Software
Development Kit (SDK) is also available which
provides the ability to develop specific links and
integrate them into the Visioneer OneTouch
control panel quickly and easily.

Kofax VRS technology

Visioneer OneTouch with Kofax VRS is an
integrated software solution that combines
the ease of Visioneer OneTouch scanning, with
the superior image quality achieved with Kofax
VRS. Kofax VRS is an award winning patented
technology that automatically ensures the
best possible image quality and OCR accuracy
for scanned document images. As pages
pass through the scanner, VRS performs a
multipoint inspection of each document,
instantly checking and adjusting alignment
(skew), brightness, contrast and image clarity.

Kofax VRS Pro Upgrade

An upgrade from Kofax VRS Basic to Kofax VRS
Professional is available which provides additional
features such as, advanced clarity, auto colour
detect, auto rotation, blank page detection,
bleed through detection and lots more.

Text Searchable PDF

Transform volumes of paper or photos into
organised digital files that can be quickly found,
used and shared. In searchable PDF format,
the user can instantly search documents for
keywords or phrases. This provides additional
archival benefits beyond traditional storage,
and the widely accepted PDF format lets everyone
view and print documents
on any computer.

Nuance OmniPage Pro

Provides a precise OCR and layout retention
solution, quickly turning scanned documents
into editable, formatted text. The text can
then be used in virtually any word processing,
desktop publishing or web publishing programme.

- Two Powerful Scanners In One Small Device

Mobile and desktop flexibility in a compact scanner
The Xerox DocuMate 3115 has all the features you expect in a powerful desktop scanner such as a 20-page automatic document feeder (ADF), 30 images per minute duplex scanning speed, and Visioneer OneTouch with Kofax VRS technology. Then at the push of a button, the DocuMate 3115 ejects from its docking station to become a full function mobile scanner.

When undocked, the DocuMate 3115 can be powered by a second USB cable instead of an AC adapter, providing a true mobile experience for users on the go. The front feed slot accepts documents from letter/legal/A4 size to photos, receipts and plastic ID cards.

The DocuMate 3115 offers a professional software package that includes Nuance PaperPort and OmniPage Pro for desktop document management and OCR.

Flexibility to Meet the Needs of Any Job
Modern offices are no longer defined by traditional walls and desks, so when your work space is not contained within four walls, you need a scanner with flexibility. Whether scanning contracts, forms, receipts, photos, ID cards, handwritten notes or virtually any document of varying size or complexity, the DocuMate 3115 does its job so you can do yours. It is the perfect companion for anyone in the fields of healthcare, real estate, construction, financial services or insurance.

Documents are most often captured where the user first encounters them. The DocuMate 3115 is well-equipped for use in a wide range of business applications, possessing strong qualities of both mobile and desktop scanners. It is an exceptional value, offering high-speed, ADF document flow, and a productivity software bundle to meet the ever changing of the mobile-minded business user.

Scanning in One Touch
Powered by Visioneer OneTouch
technology, the scanner allows users to scan to the
destination
of their choice by pressing a single button, eliminating multiple steps usually required to save scanned documents in popular file formats. Visioneer OneTouch allows you to scan documents to your choice of 6 preset yet completely user configurable destinations. This enables your documents to be scanned with the correct settings for resolution, color, cropping, file format and then delivered to virtually any application, folder or device
all at the touch of a button.

Xerox DocuMate 742
The Xerox DocuMate 742 delivers high quality production scanning to any organization at an affordable price. With its powerful combination of image quality, easy to use features and fast scanning speeds, it is the perfect solution for businesses looking to achieve high levels of flexibility within a low volume production scanning environment. The DocuMate 742 scans documents at 50 ppm (simplex) and 100 ipm (duplex) and includes a 100-page capacity Automatic Document Feeder (ADF). It has the ability
to scan a wide range of mixed document
sizes (up to A3 / 11
x 17
) and supports
long document scanning up to 38
(965 mm).

Total Flexibility
You don
t always know what documents you will need to scan next
you might have clean laser quality pages today but tomorrow there maybe multi-colored forms, A3 documents or even long legal forms
the DocuMate 742 can handle it all with ease. The 100-page ADF makes short work out of any stack of paper of varying size and it scans with a black background to provide a wide range of cropping techniques.

Powerful Technology
The DocuMate 742 is powered by Visioneer OneTouch technology to scan documents to up to 9 preset, yet completely configurable destinations. This enables your document to be scanned with the correct settings for resolution, color, duplex, auto-crop, auto-straighten, file format and then delivered to virtually any application, folder or device
at the touch of a button! Working together with Kofax VRS (VirtualReScan) technology, imagine the workflow possibilities of delivering a perfect scanned paper documents in a searchable PDF format to email, Xerox DocuShare or a custom web application for your enterprise all at the touch of a button. Not only is this a great productivity gain but greatly reduces the training requirements for scanner users, further helping your return on investment.

Intelligent Productivity
Ultrasonic Double Feed Detection is built into the DocuMate 742 so you
ll never miss a page due to a misfeed or a stapled document going through the scanner.

The DocuMate 742 offers a professional software package together with advanced TWAIN and ISIS drivers to enable communication with advanced electronic content management (ECM) software applications.

Productivity has never been so easy or affordable. And the DocuMate 742 is as serious as you are about scanning.

Visioneer OneTouch
Visioneer OneTouch is an easy to use utility that connects the buttons on the DocuMate scanner with a powerful set of scanner settings to greatly improve the efficiency of your workflow so that with onetouch, the document is scanned automatically to email, or Word, or your printer, or simply a file folder.

In addition to scanning directly to all popular destinations, Visioneer OneTouch also links the DocuMate scanner with industry-leading document management software such as, Xerox DocuShare, DocuWare & Microsoft SharePoint, forming an easy to use workflow from paper to a selected destination. A Software Development Kit (SDK) is also available which provides the ability to develop specific links and integrate them into the Visioneer OneTouch control panel quickly and easily.

Kofax VRS
Visioneer OneTouch with Kofax VRS is an integrated software solution that combines the ease of Visioneer OneTouch scanning with the superior image quality achieved with Kofax VRS. Kofax VRS is an award winning patented technology that automatically ensures the best possible image quality and OCR accuracy for scanned document images. As pages pass through the scanner, VRS performs a multipoint inspection of each document, instantly checking and adjusting alignment (skew), brightness, contrast and image clarity.

Kofax VRS Professional
A separate scanner model with VRS Professional is available which provides additional features such as, advanced clarity, auto color detect, auto rotation, blank page detection, bleed through detection and lots more.

Text Searchable PDF
Transform volumes of paper or photos into organized digital files that can be quickly found, used and shared. In searchable PDF format, the user can instantly search documents for keywords or phrases. This provides additional archival benefits beyond traditional storage, and the widely accepted PDF format lets everyone view and print documents
on any computer.

Nuance OmniPage Pro
Provides a precise OCR and layout retention solution, quickly turning scanned documents into editable, formatted text. The text can then be used in virtually any word processing, desktop publishing or web publishing program.

Alistair Cockburn begins by updating his powerful model of software development as a "cooperative game of invention and communication." Among the new ideas he introduces: harnessing competition without damaging collaboration; learning lessons from lean manufacturing; and balancing strategies for communication. Cockburn also explains how the cooperative game is played in business and on engineering projects, not just software development. Next, he systematically illuminates the agile model, shows how it has evolved, and answers the questions developers and project managers ask most often, including: - Where does agile development fit in our organization?; - How do we blend agile ideas with other ideas?; - How do we extend agile ideas more broadly? Cockburn takes on crucial misconceptions that cause agile projects to fail. For example, you'll learn why encoding project management strategies into fixed processes can lead to ineffective strategy decisions and costly mistakes. You'll also find a thoughtful discussion of the controversial relationship between agile methods and user experience design. Cockburn turns to the practical challenges of constructing agile methodologies for your own teams. You'll learn how to tune and continuously reinvent your methodologies, and how to manage incomplete communication. This edition contains important new contributions on these and other topics: - Agile and CMMI; - Introducing agile from the top down; - Revisiting "custom contracts"; - Creating change with "stickers". In addition, Cockburn updates his discussion of the Crystal methodologies, which utilize his "cooperative game" as their central metaphor.

Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process - taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users. Read this book, and you'll learn how to: - Fight software rot; - Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge; - Write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code; - Avoid programming by coincidence; - Bullet-proof your code with contracts, assertions, and exceptions; - Capture real requirements; - Test ruthlessly and effectively; - Delight your users; - Build teams of pragmatic programmers; - Make your developments more precise with automation. Written as a series of self-contained sections and filled with entertaining anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best practices and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Whether you're a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and you'll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. You'll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career. You'll become a Pragmatic Programmer.

D is a programming language built to help programmers address the challenges of modern software development. It does so by fostering modules interconnected through precise interfaces, a federation of tightly integrated programming paradigms, language-enforced thread isolation, modular type safety, an efficient memory model, and more.

The D Programming Language is an authoritative " comprehensive introduction to D. Reflecting the author's signature style, the writing is casual " conversational, but never at the expense of focus and precision. It covers all aspects of the language (such as expressions, statements, types, functions, contracts, and modules), but it is much more than an enumeration of features.

Inside the book you will find:

- In-depth explanations, with idiomatic examples, for all language features;

- How feature groups support major programming paradigms;

- Rationale and best-use advice for each major feature;

- Discussion of cross-cutting issues, such as error handling, contract programming, and concurrency;

- Tables, figures, and "cheat sheets" that serve as a handy quick reference for day-to-day problem solving with D.

A complete and personnalized typing software for kids!

Garfield's Typing Pal is the only typing software that you will ever need and it is guaranteed that you will learn how to type - or greatly improve your skills if you already know how to type - in less than 15 days while having fun.

Many exclusive features, based on 12 years of research and development, keep motivation at a very high level.

With the help of a Wizard and a typing Test, you determine the specifics of your course and your objectives.

Follow short, step-by-step, lessons and learn to touch-type in just a few hours with this typing tutor software adapted to your skill level.
Three personal assistants guide you through the learning process and give you relevant advice.

Garfield's Typing Pal informs you on your progression. You can access, in a simple click, tovisual and detailed information on how well you are doing.

Features 80 typing exercises; Practice your typing with amusing texts starring Garfield Oral dictations to practice accuracy and spelling. 2 typing games for progressing while you have fun; A mysterious Inspector powered by hiPal analyses your performance while you use other software (word processor, e-mail, etc.) and suggests adapted exercises based on your performance; The intelligent hiPal technology in Garfield's Typing Pal gathers information on your performance and suggests a Typing Pal prescription, customized series of exercises designed to improve your weak points. Advice on ergonomics

Office Visio 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, analyze, and communicate complex information, systems, and processes. Using professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams, you can improve your understanding of systems and processes, gain insight into complex information, and use that knowledge to make better decisions for your business.

Easily Visualize Processes, Systems, and Information

Using Office Visio 2007, visually document, design, and fully understand the state of your business processes and systems with a wide range of diagrams, business process flowcharts, network diagrams, workflow diagrams, database models, and software diagrams, just to name a few. Make diagrams more useful by linking them with underlying data to provide a more complete picture.

More easily visualize processes, systems, and complex information using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Get started quickly with templates. With Office Visio 2007 you can easily create diagrams using predefined SmartShapes symbols coupled with powerful search capabilities to locate the right shape, whether it is on a computer or the Web. Office Visio 2007 includes specific tools to support the diverse diagramming needs of IT and business professionals.

- Quickly access templates you use often. Access the templates you used recently with the new Recent Templates view in the new Getting Started window that appears when you start Office Visio 2007.

- Get inspired by sample diagrams. Find new sample diagrams more easily by using the Samples window. View them to get ideas for creating your own diagrams and to determine which template you want to use.

- Connect shapes without drawing connectors. New connector functionality in Office Visio 2007 connects shapes, distributes them evenly, and aligns them for you
with only one click. When you move the connected shapes, they stay connected and the connectors automatically reroute between the shapes.

- Easily connect data to diagrams and link data to shapes. Automatically connect diagrams to one or more data sources, such as Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheets or Microsoft Office Access 2007 databases, by using the new Data Selector Wizard. Save time associating data with shapes by using intuitive new linking methods, which populate each shapes properties (also known as shape data) with data values. For example, link all the shapes in a diagram to rows of data from connected data sources by using the new Automatic Link Wizard.

- Display data attractively in diagrams. Easily display data associated with shapes in attractive ways by using the new Data Graphics task pane to choose from a number of data formatting options. With a single click, display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, and place fields of data directly on top or to the side of a shape
all using the new Data Graphics task pane.

- Easily refresh data in diagrams. The new Refresh Data feature puts Office Visio 2007 to work for you. Use it to automatically refresh all the data in your diagrams so you don't have to do it manually. If data conflicts arise, easily resolve them by using the Refresh Conflicts task pane.

Analyze Complex Information to Rapidly Gain Insight

Using Office Visio 2007, you visually explore complex information to identify key trends, exceptions, and insights. Take Office Visio 2007 even further by analyzing, drilling down into, and creating multiple views of business data for better business insight. Easily identify key issues, track trends, and flag exceptions using a library of icons and flags that make it easy to highlight key issues for effective action.

Analyze complex business information by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Visualize business data. Visually explore business data that's normally shown in static text and tables by using PivotDiagram views. Create different views of the same data to more fully understand the issues.

- Identify issues, track trends, and flag exceptions. Rapidly highlight key issues, trends, and exceptions, and depict the progress of a project. The new Data Graphics task pane makes conditional formatting easy with good-looking and intuitive shapes, such as flags and data bars that can be displayed based on user-defined conditions.

- Visually report on project information. Office Visio 2007 is an indispensable tool for visualizing complex project information. Easily generate reports directly from within Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that track project tasks, owners, roles, and responsibilities, and depict complex project ownership structures. Automatically modify the reports as project information changes.

Effectively Communicate Information for Better Decision-Making

Using Office Visio 2007, communicate with diagrams to maximize the impact on your audience more effectively than by using words and numbers alone. Share professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams with anyone, even those who do not have Visio.

Communicate better and in more ways to reach broader audiences by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Communicate effectively with new shapes and diagram types. Easily find a template to fit your needs by using the simplified diagram categories in Office Visio 2007. Create a broader range of diagrams with new templates, such as the Windows Workflow Services template. Create more dynamic workflows with new 3-D Workflow shapes.

- Design professional-looking diagrams. The new Theme Colors and Theme Effects task panes in Office Visio 2007 makes it easy to format the colors and effects in an entire diagram with a single click. Office Visio 2007 uses the same colors as Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 so you can easily design professional-looking Visio 2007 diagrams that match your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

- Reach broader audiences. Save Office Visio 2007 diagrams in Portable Document Format file (PDF) to make them more portable and able to reach broader audiences. View Office Visio 2007 diagram attachments from within Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

- Share diagrams with anyone. Save your diagrams as Web pages complete with navigation controls, a shape data viewer, reports, choice of image format, and style sheet options. Then make the diagrams viewable from within Microsoft Internet Explorer on intranets and extranets to anyone who is using Visio Viewer with Internet Explorer.

- Collaborate with Office Visio 2007 diagrams. Shared workspace functionality supports collaboration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology. Office Visio 2007 diagrams saved on a Windows SharePoint Services technology workspace can be opened directly in Visio 2007 from the workspace. When a diagram is opened from a Windows SharePoint Services workspace, Office Visio 2007 opens a Shared Workspace task pane that contains all of the information in the workspace, including other files, members, tasks, and links.

- Annotate diagrams with digital ink. The integration of digital ink in Office Visio 2007 supports natural markup of existing drawings and free-sketch creation with the pen on the Tablet PC. Enhancements to simplify input with the pen and provide support for the higher-resolution display environment in the Tablet PC can help bring true mobility to scenarios.

- Collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. With the Track Markup feature, multiple people can collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. Generally used for reviewing a diagram and incorporating feedback, the feature helps make each reviewer's contributions more clear to other reviewers and to the person who later incorporates the revisions back into the original file.

Customize and Extend Office Visio 2007 Programmatically

Extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically or by integrating it with other applications to fit your industry-specific scenarios or unique organizational requirements. Develop your own custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio Solution Providers.

Customize and extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically by using these features:

- Plan, analyze, and visualize your custom solutions. Visualize any custom solution with Office Visio 2007 diagrams, such as unified modeling language (UML), data flow, and Microsoft Windows user interface diagrams by using templates in the Software and Database category of Office Visio 2007.

- Build powerful custom solutions. The Office Visio 2007 software development kit (SDK) can help new and existing Visio developers build programs with Visio 2007. The SDK includes extensive samples, tools, and documentation to simplify and speed up development of custom applications. The SDK provides a set of reusable functions, classes, and procedures for the most common Office Visio 2007 development tasks and includes support for a broad range of development languages, including Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft Visual C++.

- Add Visio diagramming functionality to any context or program. With Office Visio 2007 and the Visio Drawing Control, create custom data-connected solutions that make it easy to connect to and display data in any context. Using the Visio Drawing Control, developers can embed and program the Office Visio 2007 drawing environment in custom applications. It opens up new opportunities for solution integration, making it easy to include the power of Office Visio 2007 in any smart client application. Because the Visio Drawing Control can be integrated with the host application's user interface, developers can take advantage of the Office Visio 2007 drawing functionality as a seamless part of their application without having to develop similar functionality themselves.

Office Visio 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, analyze, and communicate complex information, systems, and processes. Using professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams, you can improve your understanding of systems and processes, gain insight into complex information, and use that knowledge to make better decisions for your business.

Easily Visualize Processes, Systems, and Information

Using Office Visio 2007, visually document, design, and fully understand the state of your business processes and systems with a wide range of diagrams, business process flowcharts, network diagrams, workflow diagrams, database models, and software diagrams, just to name a few. Make diagrams more useful by linking them with underlying data to provide a more complete picture.

More easily visualize processes, systems, and complex information using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Get started quickly with templates. With Office Visio 2007 you can easily create diagrams using predefined SmartShapes symbols coupled with powerful search capabilities to locate the right shape, whether it is on a computer or the Web. Office Visio 2007 includes specific tools to support the diverse diagramming needs of IT and business professionals.

- Quickly access templates you use often. Access the templates you used recently with the new Recent Templates view in the new Getting Started window that appears when you start Office Visio 2007.

- Get inspired by sample diagrams. Find new sample diagrams more easily by using the Samples window. View them to get ideas for creating your own diagrams and to determine which template you want to use.

- Connect shapes without drawing connectors. New connector functionality in Office Visio 2007 connects shapes, distributes them evenly, and aligns them for you
with only one click. When you move the connected shapes, they stay connected and the connectors automatically reroute between the shapes.

- Easily connect data to diagrams and link data to shapes. Automatically connect diagrams to one or more data sources, such as Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheets or Microsoft Office Access 2007 databases, by using the new Data Selector Wizard. Save time associating data with shapes by using intuitive new linking methods, which populate each shapes properties (also known as shape data) with data values. For example, link all the shapes in a diagram to rows of data from connected data sources by using the new Automatic Link Wizard.

- Display data attractively in diagrams. Easily display data associated with shapes in attractive ways by using the new Data Graphics task pane to choose from a number of data formatting options. With a single click, display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, and place fields of data directly on top or to the side of a shape
all using the new Data Graphics task pane.

- Easily refresh data in diagrams. The new Refresh Data feature puts Office Visio 2007 to work for you. Use it to automatically refresh all the data in your diagrams so you don't have to do it manually. If data conflicts arise, easily resolve them by using the Refresh Conflicts task pane.

Analyze Complex Information to Rapidly Gain Insight

Using Office Visio 2007, you visually explore complex information to identify key trends, exceptions, and insights. Take Office Visio 2007 even further by analyzing, drilling down into, and creating multiple views of business data for better business insight. Easily identify key issues, track trends, and flag exceptions using a library of icons and flags that make it easy to highlight key issues for effective action.

Analyze complex business information by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Visualize business data. Visually explore business data that's normally shown in static text and tables by using PivotDiagram views. Create different views of the same data to more fully understand the issues.

- Identify issues, track trends, and flag exceptions. Rapidly highlight key issues, trends, and exceptions, and depict the progress of a project. The new Data Graphics task pane makes conditional formatting easy with good-looking and intuitive shapes, such as flags and data bars that can be displayed based on user-defined conditions.

- Visually report on project information. Office Visio 2007 is an indispensable tool for visualizing complex project information. Easily generate reports directly from within Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that track project tasks, owners, roles, and responsibilities, and depict complex project ownership structures. Automatically modify the reports as project information changes.

Effectively Communicate Information for Better Decision-Making

Using Office Visio 2007, communicate with diagrams to maximize the impact on your audience more effectively than by using words and numbers alone. Share professional-looking Office Visio 2007 diagrams with anyone, even those who do not have Visio.

Communicate better and in more ways to reach broader audiences by using these features in Office Visio 2007:

- Communicate effectively with new shapes and diagram types. Easily find a template to fit your needs by using the simplified diagram categories in Office Visio 2007. Create a broader range of diagrams with new templates, such as the Windows Workflow Services template. Create more dynamic workflows with new 3-D Workflow shapes.

- Design professional-looking diagrams. The new Theme Colors and Theme Effects task panes in Office Visio 2007 makes it easy to format the colors and effects in an entire diagram with a single click. Office Visio 2007 uses the same colors as Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 so you can easily design professional-looking Visio 2007 diagrams that match your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

- Reach broader audiences. Save Office Visio 2007 diagrams in Portable Document Format file (PDF) to make them more portable and able to reach broader audiences. View Office Visio 2007 diagram attachments from within Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

- Share diagrams with anyone. Save your diagrams as Web pages complete with navigation controls, a shape data viewer, reports, choice of image format, and style sheet options. Then make the diagrams viewable from within Microsoft Internet Explorer on intranets and extranets to anyone who is using Visio Viewer with Internet Explorer.

- Collaborate with Office Visio 2007 diagrams. Shared workspace functionality supports collaboration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology. Office Visio 2007 diagrams saved on a Windows SharePoint Services technology workspace can be opened directly in Visio 2007 from the workspace. When a diagram is opened from a Windows SharePoint Services workspace, Office Visio 2007 opens a Shared Workspace task pane that contains all of the information in the workspace, including other files, members, tasks, and links.

- Annotate diagrams with digital ink. The integration of digital ink in Office Visio 2007 supports natural markup of existing drawings and free-sketch creation with the pen on the Tablet PC. Enhancements to simplify input with the pen and provide support for the higher-resolution display environment in the Tablet PC can help bring true mobility to scenarios.

- Collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. With the Track Markup feature, multiple people can collaborate on the same Office Visio 2007 diagram. Generally used for reviewing a diagram and incorporating feedback, the feature helps make each reviewer's contributions more clear to other reviewers and to the person who later incorporates the revisions back into the original file.

Customize and Extend Office Visio 2007 Programmatically

Extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically or by integrating it with other applications to fit your industry-specific scenarios or unique organizational requirements. Develop your own custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio Solution Providers.

Customize and extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically by using these features:

- Plan, analyze, and visualize your custom solutions. Visualize any custom solution with Office Visio 2007 diagrams, such as unified modeling language (UML), data flow, and Microsoft Windows user interface diagrams by using templates in the Software and Database category of Office Visio 2007.

- Build powerful custom solutions. The Office Visio 2007 software development kit (SDK) can help new and existing Visio developers build programs with Visio 2007. The SDK includes extensive samples, tools, and documentation to simplify and speed up development of custom applications. The SDK provides a set of reusable functions, classes, and procedures for the most common Office Visio 2007 development tasks and includes support for a broad range of development languages, including Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft Visual C++.

- Add Visio diagramming functionality to any context or program. With Office Visio 2007 and the Visio Drawing Control, create custom data-connected solutions that make it easy to connect to and display data in any context. Using the Visio Drawing Control, developers can embed and program the Office Visio 2007 drawing environment in custom applications. It opens up new opportunities for solution integration, making it easy to include the power of Office Visio 2007 in any smart client application. Because the Visio Drawing Control can be integrated with the host application's user interface, developers can take advantage of the Office Visio 2007 drawing functionality as a seamless part of their application without having to develop similar functionality themselves.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers reliable backup and recovery designed for your growing business. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime, ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds.

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- Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
- Unified Archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
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- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options
- Continuous Data Protection for Exchange, File Server, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

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- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restores individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup, eliminating Exchange mailbox backups, reducing recovery times, storage requirements and overall management resources
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- Prevent data loss on heterogeneous servers and optimize your backup performance with supported NDMP filers and SAN environments
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Backup Exec NEW Archive Options provide unified backup and archiving for File and Exchange environments by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability reduce redundant data from the Exchange or Files server source to free up storage space. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles.
- Easily Automate Savings
- Consolidate Your Data
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- Improves backup & recovery times
- Optimize Exchange and File Server Performance
- Keep storage at predictable levels

Enhanced VMware vSphere 4.0 support and new virtual server application support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and vSphere 4.0 - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will also experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items or individual Active Directory user accounts or objects.
- First-to-Market Granular Recovery for Applications
- Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
- Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
- Protect the Latest VMware vSphere Environments
- Deduplicate Virtual Server Backups
- Reduce and consolidate storage

NEW Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support
Comprehensive protection for the latest Windows desktop, email and server environmentsWindows 7 and Server 2008 support for new VSS Express Writers, plus redirected restore support to .VHD files for simple protection of virtual disk data alongside of traditional physical disk data Integrated Exchange 2010 support for the new Database Availability Group (DAG) in Exchange 2010 and enhanced granular recovery support provides fast recovery of individual email and mailboxes while eliminating the need to perform an additional mailbox-level backup.
- Backup the latest Windows desktop and server and email application environments with ease
- Easily meet your recovery point objectives for Exchange with unmatched backup technology
- Reduce your Exchange 2010 backup requirements
- Manage your desktop and server backups through a single console

Enhanced Agent for Enterprise Vault
Automated backup and recovery of Enterprise Vault 8 SP2 (and higher) infrastructures with the ability to configure a single job to protect the entire EV infrastructure and easily recover an Enterprise Vault Site or individual indexes.The Agent for Enterprise Vault will also Integrate with the Enterprise Vault Migrator to provide archived data migration to Backup Exec tapes which is easily managed and controlled via the Enterprise Vault administration interface.
- Simple and flexible backup protection for some or all of an Enterprise Vault infrastructure
- Recover all aspects of the Enterprise Vault infrastructure, from entire installations to individual index files
- New migration simplicity for migrating Enterprise Vault data to tape or a B2D folder for long-term retention
- Automatically recover data that has been migrated to tape

NEW Lotus Domino 8.5 Support
Support for the latest Lotus Domino 8.5 email environments including support for:
- New Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS)
- Ability to restore individual Domino NLO (DAOS attachments) from a Database-level backup
- 32-bit Domino installations running in a 64-bit Windows environment in order to allow for more flexible Domino environments

Plus an improved restore browse view including new Lotus Domino specific nodes which simplifies the backup selection process.
- Protection for the latest shipping version of Lotus Domino
- Provides backup and recovery of the DAOS store and associated NLO files
- Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Lotus Domino

Enhanced Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Support and Licensing
New VTL enhancements that integrates each VTL storage environment as a unique devices and shows only tape functions that are valid for VTLs (i.e. no retention). VTL media can also be modified to erase data that has reached its expiration data to reclaim storage space for more crucial data.
In addition Backup Exec introduces a new VTL Unlimited Drive Option with provides unlimited Library Expansion Options per VTL devices.
- Enhanced protection for virtual tape libraries
- Simple, cost efficient pricing for VTL devices

Alistair Cockburn begins by updating his powerful model of software development as a "cooperative game of invention and communication." Among the new ideas he introduces: harnessing competition without damaging collaboration; learning lessons from lean manufacturing; and balancing strategies for communication. Cockburn also explains how the cooperative game is played in business and on engineering projects, not just software development. Next, he systematically illuminates the agile model, shows how it has evolved, and answers the questions developers and project managers ask most often, including: - Where does agile development fit in our organization?; - How do we blend agile ideas with other ideas?; - How do we extend agile ideas more broadly? Cockburn takes on crucial misconceptions that cause agile projects to fail. For example, you'll learn why encoding project management strategies into fixed processes can lead to ineffective strategy decisions and costly mistakes. You'll also find a thoughtful discussion of the controversial relationship between agile methods and user experience design. Cockburn turns to the practical challenges of constructing agile methodologies for your own teams. You'll learn how to tune and continuously reinvent your methodologies, and how to manage incomplete communication. This edition contains important new contributions on these and other topics: - Agile and CMMI; - Introducing agile from the top down; - Revisiting "custom contracts"; - Creating change with "stickers". In addition, Cockburn updates his discussion of the Crystal methodologies, which utilize his "cooperative game" as their central metaphor.

Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process - taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users. Read this book, and you'll learn how to: - Fight software rot; - Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge; - Write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code; - Avoid programming by coincidence; - Bullet-proof your code with contracts, assertions, and exceptions; - Capture real requirements; - Test ruthlessly and effectively; - Delight your users; - Build teams of pragmatic programmers; - Make your developments more precise with automation. Written as a series of self-contained sections and filled with entertaining anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best practices and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Whether you're a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and you'll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. You'll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career. You'll become a Pragmatic Programmer.

D is a programming language built to help programmers address the challenges of modern software development. It does so by fostering modules interconnected through precise interfaces, a federation of tightly integrated programming paradigms, language-enforced thread isolation, modular type safety, an efficient memory model, and more.

The D Programming Language is an authoritative " comprehensive introduction to D. Reflecting the author's signature style, the writing is casual " conversational, but never at the expense of focus and precision. It covers all aspects of the language (such as expressions, statements, types, functions, contracts, and modules), but it is much more than an enumeration of features.

Inside the book you will find:

- In-depth explanations, with idiomatic examples, for all language features;

- How feature groups support major programming paradigms;

- Rationale and best-use advice for each major feature;

- Discussion of cross-cutting issues, such as error handling, contract programming, and concurrency;

- Tables, figures, and "cheat sheets" that serve as a handy quick reference for day-to-day problem solving with D.

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Honeywell
s Dolphin 6100 is a stylish and reliable mobile computer that provides advanced data collection and real-time wireless communication for in-premise applications including price lookup/audits, inventory management, customer assistance, and merchandising.
Designed with ergonomics in mind, this pocket-sized mobile computer features an angled imager that allows users to view the screen while scanning a bar code.
Despite its stylish exterior, the Dolphin 6100 was built to withstand harsh conditions. This IP54-rated device can endure exposure to dust, dirt and splashing water, as well as accidental drops from distances as high as 1.2 meters. The high-performing Dolphin 6100 can sustain up to 500 tumbles from 1 meter, ensuring reliability for years to come.
Integrated 802.11b/g wireless connectivity provides users with access to critical data throughout the enterprise. A long-lasting battery minimizes the need to change the battery during an eight-hour shift, even in wireless, scan-intensive environments. Advanced security protocols ensure data accuracy and security. Users can also make phone calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, eliminating the need to carry additional devices.
Powered by Adaptus Imaging Technology 5.0, the 6100 delivers the broadest suite of advanced data capture capabilities, including linear and 2D bar code scanning, digital image capture, and intelligent signature capture, allowing users to increase efficiency and improve customer service.
Purpose built for in-premise applications, Dolphin 6100 provides mobile workers with the tools needed to streamline tasks, improve productivity, and maximize investment protection.

Sleek, User-Friendly Design:
Ultra-lightweight device provides instinctive data entry and comfortable single-handed use in a stylish form factor

Real-Time Wireless Communication:
Advanced integrated 802.11b/g technology delivers real-time network access to critical information and supports advanced wireless security standards

Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 with PXA300 Processor:
Combines a new, class-leading microprocessor with a powerful, familiar and easy-to-use platform

Powerful Software Utilities:
Comprehensive suite of intuitive software utilities simplify device configuration, application development, and remote device management

Versatile, High Performance Data Collection:
Adaptus Imaging Technology 5.0 reads linear and 2D bar codes, captures digital images, and enables electronic signature capture
enabling workers to do more with a single device

Engineered for Reliability:
Constructed for use in light industrial in-premise environments

D is a programming language built to help programmers address the challenges of modern software development. It does so by fostering modules interconnected through precise interfaces, a federation of tightly integrated programming paradigms, language-enforced thread isolation, modular type safety, an efficient memory model, and more.The D Programming Language is an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to D. Reflecting the author's signature style, the writing is casual and conversational, but never at the expense of focus and pre¡cision. It covers all aspects of the language (such as expressions, statements, types, functions, contracts, and modules), but it is much more than an enumeration of features.Inside the book you will findIn-depth explanations, with idiomatic examples, for all language featuresHow feature groups support major programming paradigmsRationale and best-use advice for each major featureDiscussion of cross-cutting

Advances in computer technology and in the development of modern microwave test instruments over the past decade have given electrical engineers, researchers and university students a number of new approaches to study microwave components, devices and circuits. Vector network analyser (VNA) is a valuable tool for providing fast and accurate characterisation of microwave components and devices for other circuits working at high frequencies.This book together with associated software serves as an introduction to microwave network analysis, microwave components and devices, and microwave circuit design. Software VNA and Microwave Network Design and Characterisation also provides both device and circuit simulators powered by the analytical formulae presented in the book. The book consists of chapters on network analysis theory and network parameters, installation and functions of the software, built-in device models, circuit design and operation principles and design examples.The Software VNA provided with the book includes:a trainer for users to gain experience of how a VNA would operate in practice.Capability of accessing to the data on a commercial VNA test instrument.device simulator equipped with 35 device builders from which an unlimited number of devices can be defined and studied.circuit simulator that can be used to build circuits and study their properties.Software VNA and Microwave Network Design and Characterisation is a practical guide for senior undergraduate and MSc students as well as practising engineers and researchers in the field of microwave engineering.

Protect your rights, and your hard work! The laws covering website and software development are complex and confusing, but if you don't untangle them, it could cost you thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees and lawsuits.Fortunately, Legal Guide to Web & Software Development decodes this complex area of the law, thoroughly and in reader-friendly English. It also provides contracts, agreements and legal forms on CD-ROM, with step-by-step instructions for filling them out, so you can protect your software and website without paying a lawyer's ransom.Use Legal Guide to Web & Software Development to learn:what kind of legal protection you needthe strengths and limitations of each type of protectionhow to avoid infringementwhich provisions you need when drafting an agreementhow to obtain permission to use other people's materialsYou'll find complete, step-by-step instructions to draft:employment agreementscontractor and consultant agreementsdevelopment agreementslicense agreementsThe 5th edition of Legal Guide to Web & Software Development is completely updated to provide the latest case law and statutory revisions.

Imation DVD+RW discs are the complete recording and high capacity data storage solution at work or at home, with 4.7 GB of space on a single disc. In addition to being able to store thousands of digital photographs, MP3 audio files or other large files, such as presentations or graphics, they are also perfect for music and video recording, at home or in the studio, whether this is to be played back on a PC or a TV. A 4.7GB DVD+RW can record up to 2 hours of high quality MPEG2 DVD video, or 4 hours when set to EP (extended play) mode. They are also highly flexible, allowing a combination of both digital video and audio files on the same disc.

DVD+RW discs are ideal for duplicating, and being rewritable up to 1,000 times, they are also perfect for data transfer and software development.

Reasons to buy
-High capacity.
-Reliable, rewritable data storage.
-From Imation, the data storage brand trusted by more businesses than any other.

Features
-4.7GB capacity.
-Rewritable format allows 1,000 rewrite cycles.
-Complete disc compatibility between DVD Video players and DVD+RW recorders.
-Holds seven times more data than a full size CD-R.
-Outstanding picture quality.
-Long archival life.
-Available in 4x and 8x recording speeds.

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Imation DVD+RW is the format of choice for data transfer and temporary storage of all data types, from video and music through to just about every kind of business document. If it
s worth writing to DVD, it
s worth using the brand trusted by more businesses than any other. Imation DVD+RW discs are manufactured to the highest specification and tested to destruction, to make sure your data stays safe.

Imation DVD+RW discs are the complete recording and high capacity data storage solution at work or at home, with 4.7 GB of space on a single disc. In addition to being able to store thousands of digital photographs, MP3 audio files or other large files, such as presentations or graphics, they are also perfect for music and video recording, at home or in the studio, whether this is to be played back on a PC or a TV. A 4.7GB DVD+RW can record up to 2 hours of high quality MPEG2 DVD video, or 4 hours when set to EP (extended play) mode. They are also highly flexible, allowing a combination of both digital video and audio files on the same disc.

DVD+RW discs are ideal for duplicating, and being rewritable up to 1,000 times, they are also perfect for data transfer and software development.

Reasons to buy
-High capacity.
-Reliable, rewritable data storage.
-From Imation, the data storage brand trusted by more businesses than any other.

Features
-4.7GB capacity.
-Rewritable format allows 1,000 rewrite cycles.
-Complete disc compatibility between DVD Video players and DVD+RW recorders.
-Holds seven times more data than a full size CD-R.
-Outstanding picture quality.
-Long archival life.
-Available in 4x and 8x recording speeds.

Ad copy
Imation DVD+RW is the format of choice for data transfer and temporary storage of all data types, from video and music through to just about every kind of business document. If it
s worth writing to DVD, it
s worth using the brand trusted by more businesses than any other. Imation DVD+RW discs are manufactured to the highest specification and tested to destruction, to make sure your data stays safe.

Imation DVD-RW discs are the complete recording and high capacity data storage solution at work or at home, with 4.7 GB of space on a single disc. In addition to being able to store thousands of digital photographs, MP3 audio files or other large files, such as presentations or graphics, they are also perfect for music and video recording, at home or in the studio, whether this is to be played back on a PC or a TV. A 4.7GB DVD-RW can record up to 2 hours of high quality MPEG2 DVD video, or 4 hours when set to EP (extended play) mode. They are also highly flexible, allowing a combination of both digital video and audio files on the same disc.

DVD-RW discs are ideal for duplicating, and being rewritable up to 1,000 times, they are also perfect for data transfer and software development.

Reasons to buy
-High capacity.
-Reliable, rewritable data storage.
-From Imation, the data storage brand trusted by more businesses than any other.

Features
-4.7GB capacity.
-Rewritable format allows 1,000 rewrite cycles.
-Complete disc compatibility between DVD Video players and DVD+RW recorders.
-Holds seven times more data than a full size CD-R.
-Outstanding picture quality.
-Long archival life.
-Available in 4x recording speeds.
-Fully recorded disc in 16 minutes at 4x speed.

Imation DVD-RW discs are the complete recording and high capacity data storage solution at work or at home, with 4.7 GB of space on a single disc. In addition to being able to store thousands of digital photographs, MP3 audio files or other large files, such as presentations or graphics, they are also perfect for music and video recording, at home or in the studio, whether this is to be played back on a PC or a TV. A 4.7GB DVD-RW can record up to 2 hours of high quality MPEG2 DVD video, or 4 hours when set to EP (extended play) mode. They are also highly flexible, allowing a combination of both digital video and audio files on the same disc.

DVD-RW discs are ideal for duplicating, and being rewritable up to 1,000 times, they are also perfect for data transfer and software development.

Reasons to buy
-High capacity.
-Reliable, rewritable data storage.
-From Imation, the data storage brand trusted by more businesses than any other.

Features
-4.7GB capacity.
-Rewritable format allows 1,000 rewrite cycles.
-Complete disc compatibility between DVD Video players and DVD+RW recorders.
-Holds seven times more data than a full size CD-R.
-Outstanding picture quality.
-Long archival life.
-Available in 4x recording speeds.
-Fully recorded disc in 16 minutes at 4x speed.

Imation DVD+RW discs are the complete recording and high capacity data storage solution at work or at home, with 4.7 GB of space on a single disc. In addition to being able to store thousands of digital photographs, MP3 audio files or other large files, such as presentations or graphics, they are also perfect for music and video recording, at home or in the studio, whether this is to be played back on a PC or a TV. A 4.7GB DVD+RW can record up to 2 hours of high quality MPEG2 DVD video, or 4 hours when set to EP (extended play) mode. They are also highly flexible, allowing a combination of both digital video and audio files on the same disc.

DVD+RW discs are ideal for duplicating, and being rewritable up to 1,000 times, they are also perfect for data transfer and software development.

Reasons to buy
-High capacity.
-Reliable, rewritable data storage.
-From Imation, the data storage brand trusted by more businesses than any other.

Features
-4.7GB capacity.
-Rewritable format allows 1,000 rewrite cycles.
-Complete disc compatibility between DVD Video players and DVD+RW recorders.
-Holds seven times more data than a full size CD-R.
-Outstanding picture quality.
-Long archival life.
-Available in 4x and 8x recording speeds.
-Fully recorded disc in 8 minutes at 8x speed.

Ad copy
Imation DVD+RW is the format of choice for data transfer and temporary storage of all data types, from video and music through to just about every kind of business document. If it
s worth writing to DVD, it
s worth using the brand trusted by more businesses than any other. Imation DVD+RW discs are manufactured to the highest specification and tested to destruction, to make sure your data stays safe.

This add-on features the famous single engine, two-seater GA aircraft, the Katana DA-20. Here, the PC-Pilot is given the opportunity to enjoy a realistic simulation of this aircraft including true flight dynamics and aircraft sounds. The Diamond DA20 Katana is a light, 2-seat aircraft, although intended for flight training, it is a great airplane for sightseeing. The Katana features are safety, easy handling, performance, and it is quiet. The software simulates the DA20-80 with a Rotax 912 F3 engine, and the DA20-100 powered by the Rotax 912 S3. Attention is directed to realism, but also to the atmosphere of this special airplane. So get into the pilots seat, fly it, feel it, and experience features you have never seen before. - Realistic flight dynamics (climb rates, air speed, fuel consumption " handling); - Realistic soundsets taken from recordings on the real aircraft; - GMAX model; - Exact animations of the cowling, gear and flaps; - Five different liveries; - Accurate panel with pilots-and copilots view; - Large, and very readable instruments; - Complete simulated Avionics; - Highly detailed virtual cockpit; - Knee board with extensive documentation.

Travel North America
With nearly 6 million points of interest and road coverage for U.S., Canada and Mexico, plus Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and the Bahamas, City Navigator North America NT gives you everything you need to travel North America. Powered by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality digital map data, City Navigator brings you the most detailed street maps available so you can navigate with exact, turn-by-turn directions to any address or intersection.
Available as a download or on microSD/SD card or DVD.

- Provides nearly 6 million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, parking, entertainment, fuel and shopping.
- Includes new extended coverage for Mexico.
- Includes highways, interstates, and business and residential roads in metropolitan and rural areas.
- Includes turn restrictions, roundabout guidance, speed categories.
- Gives turn-by-turn directions.
- Includes postal code support for Canada.
- Contains traffic data for compatible devices with traffic receivers.
- Speaks street names (example:
Turn right on Main Street.
).
- (DVD only) Includes MapSource Windows software that lets you plan trips on your computer and transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your computer and your device.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Improvements to the Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows Server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices.

Server Roles

Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles, depending on your needs, in either a centralized or distributed fashion. Some of these server roles include:

- File and print server.
- Web server and Web application services.
- Mail server.
- Terminal server.
- Remote access and virtual private network (VPN) server.
- Directory services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Streaming media server.

Windows Server 2003 Core Technologies

Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Learn about the many new features and technologies that make Windows Server 2003 an ideal server platform for organizations of any size.

Dependable

Windows Server 2003 has the reliability, availability, scalability, and security that make it a highly dependable platform.

- Availability.The Windows Server 2003 operating system provide improved availability through enhanced clustering support. Clustering services have become essential for organizations deploying critical e-commerce and line-of-business applications, because they provide significant improvements in availability, scalability, and manageability. Clustering installation and setup is easier and more robust in Windows Server 2003, while enhanced network features in the product provide greater failover capabilities and high system uptime. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems supports server clusters for up to eight nodes. If one of the nodes in a cluster becomes unavailable because of failure or maintenance, another node immediately begins providing service, a process known as failover. Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

- Scalability. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems provide scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including the Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components, and networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

- Security. Businesses have extended the traditional local area network (LAN) by combining intranets, extranets, and Internet sites. As a result, increased system security is now more critical than ever before. As part of the Microsoft commitment to reliable, secure, and dependable computing, the company has intensely reviewed the Windows Server 2003 operating systems to identify possible fail points and exploitable weaknesses. Windows Server 2003 provides many important new security features and improvements including:

- The common language runtime. This software engine is a key element of Windows Server 2003 that improves reliability and helps ensure a safe computing environment. It reduces the number of bugs and security holes caused by common programming mistakes. As a result, there are fewer vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit. The common language runtime also verifies that applications can run without error and checks for appropriate security permissions, making sure that code performs only appropriate operations.
- Internet Information Services 6.0. To increase Web server security, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is configured for maximum security out of the box. IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 provide the most dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution with fault tolerance, requesting queuing, application health monitoring, automatic application recycling, caching, and more. These are among the many new features in IIS 6.0 that enable you to conduct business securely on the Web.

Productive

Windows Server 2003 has capabilities in numerous areas that can make your organization and employees more productive, including:

- File and print services. At the heart of any IT organization is the ability to efficiently manage file and print resources while keeping them available and secure for users. As the network expands with more users located on-site, in remote locations, or even at partner companies, IT administrators face an increasingly heavy burden. The Windows Server 2003 operating systems deliver intelligent file and print services with increased performance and functionality, allowing you to reduce TCO.

- Active Directory. Active Directory is the directory service for the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. It stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find, providing a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. Windows Server 2003 brings many improvements to Active Directory, making it more versatile, dependable, and economical to use. In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory provides increased performance and scalability. It also allows you greater flexibility to design, deploy, and manage your organization's directory.

- Management services. While computing has proliferated on desktops, laptops, and portable devices, the real cost of maintaining a distributed personal computer network has grown significantly. Reducing day-to-day maintenance through automation is key to reducing operating costs. Windows Server 2003 contains several important new automated management tools, including Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better utilize the Active Directory service and take advantage of its powerful management features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console. GPMC is available as a separate component.

- Storage management. Windows Server 2003 introduces new and enhanced features for storage management, making it easier and more reliable to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and restore data, and connect to storage area networks (SANs).

- Terminal Services. The Terminal Services component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services let you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device
including those that cannot run Windows.

Connected

Windows Server 2003 contains new features and improvements to make sure your organization and users stay connected:

- XML Web Services. IIS 6.0 is an important component of Windows Server 2003. Administrators and Web application developers demand a fast, reliable Web platform that is both scalable and secure. Significant architectural improvements in IIS include a new process model that greatly improves reliability, scalability, and performance. IIS is installed by default in a locked-down state. Security is increased because the system administrator enables or disables system features based on application requirements. In addition, direct editing support of the XML metabase improves management.

- Networking and communications. Networking and communications has never been more critical for organizations faced with the challenge of competing in the global marketplace. Employees need to connect to the network wherever they are and from any device. Partners, vendors, and others outside the network need to interact efficiently with key resources, and security is more important than ever. Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 operating systems extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures.

- Enterprise UDDI services. Windows Server 2003 includes Enterprise UDDI services, a dynamic and flexible infrastructure for XML Web Services. This standards-based solution enables companies to run their own internal UDDI service for intranet or extranet use. Developers can easily and quickly find and reuse the Web services available within the organization. IT administrators can catalog and manage the programmable resources in their network. With Enterprise UDDI services, companies can build and deploy smarter, more reliable applications.

- Windows Media Services. Windows Server 2003 includes the industry's most powerful digital streaming media services. These services are part of the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media technologies platform that also includes a new Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, audio/video codecs, and Windows Media Software Development Kit.

Best Economics

PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003 provides the best economics for both scale-up and scale-out purposes and provides an IT infrastructure that runs 30 percent more efficiently. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive. This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:

- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft has a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.

- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.

- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.

- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.

This ecosystem of products and services reduces TCO, helping your organization be more productive and efficient.

XML Web Services and Microsoft .NET.

Microsoft .NET is deeply integrated into Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework enables an unprecedented level of software integration using XML Web services: discrete, building-block applications that connect to each other
as well as to other, larger applications
via the Internet.

Feature Packs

The following new or enhanced Windows Server 2003 components deliver targeted solutions at no additional charge. Available as downloads, these feature packs boost productivity and reduce costs for customers by easing server deployment, helping to safeguard digital information, enhancing file and information sharing, and more.

- Automated Deployment Services. Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services (ADS), is a powerful solution for rapidly deploying Windows server operating systems onto bare-metal servers across large, scaled-out installations. With support for script-based mass server administration, ADS also enables administrators to administer hundreds of servers as if they were one. ADS is an early deliverable of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI).

- Identity Integration Feature Pack. Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory helps you reduce the cost of managing identity information. IIFP synchronizes identity information and allows you to easily provision and deprovision user accounts. Using IIFP, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource into a single, logical view. IIFP manages identities and coordinates user details across Microsoft Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 implementations.

- Windows Rights Management Services. Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use
both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. Combining Windows Server 2003 features, developer tools, and industry security technologies
including encryption, certificates, and authentication
RMS helps organizations create reliable information protection solutions.

- Windows SharePoint Services. Organizations can take file sharing and collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services, the new Web-based collaboration solution of Windows Server 2003. Windows SharePoint Services enables teams to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual and team productivity.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition provides a comprehensive suite of testing tools for Web applications and services that are integrated into the Visual Studio environment. These testing tools enable testers to author, execute, and manage tests and related work itemsall from within Visual Studio.Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition is an easy-to-use yet comprehensive testing technology that enables testers to ensure the performance and quality of applications while reducing the complexity of the testing process, increasing team productivity, and improving team collaboration. Web testing tools enable you to record repeatable tests and generate code automatically to reduce time to create, execute, and maintain tests. Your team can optimize application performance and leverage knowledge of server behavior built into the performance tools. Using Team Foundation Server, testers can better collaborate with the rest of the team and integrate quality throughout the software development process.Create more comprehensive test validation rules and bind to additional data sources for more accurate, real-world application evaluation using enhanced Web tests. Open or remove existing load-test results from the load-test repository. Share imported and exported results files with other users. Gain insight into application performance by viewing summary load-test reports with a new load-test analyzer.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition provides a comprehensive suite of testing tools for Web applications and services that are integrated into the Visual Studio environment. These testing tools enable testers to author, execute, and manage tests and related work itemsall from within Visual Studio.Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition is an easy-to-use yet comprehensive testing technology that enables testers to ensure the performance and quality of applications while reducing the complexity of the testing process, increasing team productivity, and improving team collaboration. Web testing tools enable you to record repeatable tests and generate code automatically to reduce time to create, execute, and maintain tests. Your team can optimize application performance and leverage knowledge of server behavior built into the performance tools. Using Team Foundation Server, testers can better collaborate with the rest of the team and integrate quality throughout the software development process.Create more comprehensive test validation rules and bind to additional data sources for more accurate, real-world application evaluation using enhanced Web tests. Open or remove existing load-test results from the load-test repository. Share imported and exported results files with other users. Gain insight into application performance by viewing summary load-test reports with a new load-test analyzer.

Easy to use wireless network management for small networks

The NETGEAR ProSafe 5-AP Wireless Management Software is an easy to use tool to simplify the set up and maintenance of small wireless networks. Supporting up to five access points, the WMS105 Software provides a single location to configure and upgrade the entire wireless network. Priced less than a single access point, the WMS105 software provides significant time savings and simplifies the deployment of a wireless network.

Deployment

Mimicking the set up process of a single access point, the easy to use WMS105 Software enables even novice users to adopt a centralized management architecture. With automatic discovery of all supported access points in the network, the WMS105 Software speeds the configuration of a multiple access point network.

Security

By centrally configuring all access points in the network, the WMS105 Software ensures identical wireless parameters and security settings throughout the coverage area so that clients, guests and unwanted intruders all get appropriate access to network resources. Setting up WPA2 encryption keys to keep traffic safe from prying eyes and MAC authentication lists to only allow approved devices on the wireless network can be done once and sent out to the entire network. When used with ProSafe Access Points, the WMS105 software can configure a guest SSID for the wireless network to allow visitors safe access to the Internet without allowing visibility to company files or resources. Additionally, 802.1x network authentication can be applied for further verification of clients
rights to be on the network.

Access Points

Supporting a wide portfolio of standard NETGEAR access points, the WMS105 Software enables customers to select the right access points for their needs, even mixing models to provide the right coverage, as well as an upgrade path as technology changes. The access points retain their standalone capabilities and do not require a conversion to be managed by the WMS105 software. Supported models include SOHO-class 802.11G access points as well as professional caliber dual band 802.11N access points.

Access Points Supported
- WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point
- WNDAP330 ProSafe 802.11n Dual Band Wireless Access Point
- WNAP210 ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point
- WG302v2 ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g
- WG103 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point
- WN802Tv2 Wireless-N Access Point
- WG602v4 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point