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How you know it's time to buy a server
By: Scott Schafer,
OSI Technologies, Inc.

Eight Reasons Your Business Needs a Server.

By: Alex Leone, OSI Technologies, Inc.

The words “server” and “network” used to be reserved for highly technical discussions amongst technologists huddled in windowless offices surrounded by equipment. Now, these words are as common as “hard drive” and “ISP”. Times have surely changed. Today, server-based networks can be found in more than 20% of the U.S. small businesses with more than one PC, a percentage that continues to grow. What's more, servers and networks have even moved into businesses with fewer than five PCs, as users see the efficiencies and better productivity of a shared network.
Some of these efficiencies include centralized and secured data, file monitoring and sharing, simple back ups, efficient communications with clients, remote access for off-site workers and lightening the burden of overworked PC’s. And even better news is that these efficiencies are only enhanced by their affordability! For less than $2,000, you can purchase a server from HP or Dell and Microsoft's new Windows Small Business Server 2003 software.

Eight Reasons You Need a Small Business Server

1. Organization improves productivity. By centralizing data on a server, you can better manage business-critical information. Sharing files and other data across PCs becomes much easier, as does migrating data from one PC to another.

2. Back Up. You can protect your data by making backups easier. Two features of Windows Small Business Server 2003, for example, enable users to better protect their data assets by simplifying backups and the restoration of critical data.

3. You can collaborate better as a business. Not only is data sharing easier with a server-based network, but Windows Small Business Server 2003 comes with Windows SharePoint Services, which is software that enables your employees and other team members to collaborate via the Web.

4. You can accommodate a mobile work force. Servers enable authorized out-of-office workers to have remote access to your network, enabling data sharing among those who travel, telecommute or work in off-site locations.

5. You can share high-speed broadband access across your network.

6. You can accommodate growth more quickly. By managing your data from a central location, you can better coordinate the addition of new PCs, software licenses and software applications.

7. You can get more processing power. A server can supercharge your network, storing large chunks of data, freeing up memory and enabling individual PCs to perform better.

8. You can look more professional — and connect better with your customers. Server software such as Windows Small Business Server 2003 enables you to consolidate your e-mail accounts (AOL, Yahoo!, Hotmail, etc.) into a single, company-hosted e-mail account, enhancing your image to customers and partners.

Best Selling Computer Sports Game:
The FIFA series of games, developed by EA Sports, has sold more than 16 million units worldwide.

Best Selling Video Game:
The Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers has sold more than 40.23 million copies worldwide.

Most Accurate Value of Pi:
As continuation of a long-running project, Yasumasa Kanada of the University of Tokyo has calculated the number pi to 1,241,100,000,000 decimal places. It was done using a HITACHI SR8000/MPP computer.

Most Popular Hand-held Video Game System:
The world's most popular videogame system is the Nintendo Game Boy, which sold more than 100 million units between 1989 and 2000. Since its launch, Game Boy has sold continuously throughout the world at an average rate of more than 1,000 systems per hour for the last 11 years.

Unlike previous headline-grabbing bugs, the "I Love You"
Unlike previous headline-grabbing bugs, the "I Love You" virus was able to forward itself to every entry in a computer's address book. It was able to write itself over existing files, and to send valuable information - such as passwords - to its home site in the Philippines. Six months after it hit, more than 50 variants of the virus were still circling the globe.