Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the next generation of the Windows Server operating system that helps information technology (IT) professionals maximize control over their infrastructure while providing unprecedented availability and management capabilities, leading to a significantly more secure, reliable, and robust server environment than ever before. Windows Server 2008 delivers new value to organizations by ensuring all users regardless of location are able to get the full complement of services from the network. Windows Server 2008 also provides deep insight into the operating system and diagnostic capabilities to allow administrators to spend more time adding business value.
Windows Server 2008 builds on the success and strengths of the award-winning Windows Server 2003 operating system and on the innovations delivered in Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 R2. However, Windows Server 2008 is far more than a refinement of predecessor operating systems. Windows Server 2008 is designed to provide organizations with the most productive platform for powering applications, networks, and Web services from the workgroup to the datacenter with exciting, valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the base operating system.
As well as the standard and enterprise versions of Windows 2008, a new family of integrated server solutions is now available, that uses Windows 2008 at the core. Called Windows Essential Server Solutions, there are currently two configurations available:
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008: For small to mid-sized businesses, this consists of up to 4 servers - a management server, messaging server, security server and optional database server.
- Windows Small Business Server 2008: This solution is aimed at small businesses, and uses one or two servers - the first runs management, messaging and security, with the second running the optional database server.
Both Essentials server solutions use Exchange Server 2007, ForeFront Security and optionally, SQL Server 2008.
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 is a platform for building an infrastructure of connected applications, networks, 
and Web services, from the workgroup to the data centre.
Released on 24th April 2003, Windows Server 2003 is the follow-up to Windows Server 2000, incorporating compatibility and other features from Windows XP.
Windows Server 2003 provides a scalable, security-enhanced Web platform and enables new scenarios, including simplified branch server management, improved identity and access management, and more efficient storage management. It builds upon the increased security, reliability, and performance provided by previous versions of Windows Servers and is considered by Microsoft to be the cornerstone of their Windows Server System line of business server products.
Versions include Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, x64-bit Editions and Small Business Server.
Whatever you want to accomplish in business, you can do more with less when you utilise Windows Server products. For more information on the services Citric offer, see our Infrastructure Consultancy section.