Building a business case for Windows Server 2003
03 April, 2004
West America Mortgage is a medium-sized company with around 260 full time employees. From 2001 until 2003 the company experienced rapid growth placing great strain on the network with many servers running on NT 4. Administrators, meanwhile, were having severe headaches adding workers with different types of roles and permissions.
The company has since migrated to Windows Server 2003 and claims to have reduced network administration costs by 23 per cent, with Active Directory providing the ability to manage, monitor, and administer the network, servers, desktops, and users using a single set of administration tools.
The company also claims to be able to support 20 per cent more clients, whilst still using the same hardware, by combining Active Directory and Terminal Services to manage servers and thin clients, without the need for a physical visit.
Clearly there is a lot consider here and the decision to move to a new operating system is no snap decision for any IT department. However, with the support deadline for Windows NT4 looming large, those organisations that have yet to decide on an upgrade path need to be weighing their options carefully.
No doubt the lower up front costs of Linux will prove attractive to certain organisations. However, with Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has demonstrated its commitment to providing a secure, reliable and high performance server operating system with an ease of management that offers the potential for organisations to make longer term savings and reduce the overall cost of ownership.
The company has since migrated to Windows Server 2003 and claims to have reduced network administration costs by 23 per cent, with Active Directory providing the ability to manage, monitor, and administer the network, servers, desktops, and users using a single set of administration tools.
The company also claims to be able to support 20 per cent more clients, whilst still using the same hardware, by combining Active Directory and Terminal Services to manage servers and thin clients, without the need for a physical visit.
Clearly there is a lot consider here and the decision to move to a new operating system is no snap decision for any IT department. However, with the support deadline for Windows NT4 looming large, those organisations that have yet to decide on an upgrade path need to be weighing their options carefully.
No doubt the lower up front costs of Linux will prove attractive to certain organisations. However, with Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has demonstrated its commitment to providing a secure, reliable and high performance server operating system with an ease of management that offers the potential for organisations to make longer term savings and reduce the overall cost of ownership.
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