Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Server (Unlimited Clients)

Apple Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 Snow Leopard is a powerful 64-bit server operating system with new features and applications that make it easier for everyone in your organisation to collaborate, communicate, and share information. It's simple to set up and manage, and it's up to twice as fast as its predecessor, improving performance for file sharing, mail, web hosting, and more.

Simple administration. Efficiency expert.

Adding clients and administering services couldn't be simpler. If you think it takes a dedicated IT department to run a server, think again. Snow Leopard Server is designed so people of all technical levels can easily manage servers. And it provides advanced features so you can have total control over your network.

• Keeping it simple.
  Once you've set up your server, the Server Preferences application in Snow Leopard Server becomes your new best friend. With it, you can quickly manage users and groups on the server and, if you haven't already done so, set up key services such as file sharing, calendaring, instant messaging, mail, websites with wikis and blogs, virtual private networking for remote access, and backup settings for network clients.
• Status reports.
  To help you keep an eye on things, a Server Status Dashboard widget provides a fast and easy way to monitor your server. You'll get at-a-glance information on the status of essential services such as mail, file and printer sharing, iChat, and more.
  Status Report
• The end of manual labour.
  Adding clients to the network is quick and easy. In fact, it requires almost no effort. When you connect your Mac to the business network, it automatically detects and signs on to the server. After authenticating, the new computer is configured to use the services offered by your server and your applications, such as Mail, iChat and iCal, are configured and ready to use.
• Disk space monitoring.
  Running out of disk space can reduce the reliability of your server. Mac OS X Server includes tools that monitor disk space and proactively free up space by deleting or backing up noncritical logs and utilities.

iCal Server 2.

Share calendars, coordinate events and schedule meetings. With iCal Server 2, it's easy to share calendars, schedule meetings and coordinate events within a workgroup, a small business, or a large corporation. Built on open standard protocols, iCal Server integrates with leading calendaring programs. Thanks to push technology, you can notify everyone about changes instantly. And unlike other calendaring solutions, iCal Server doesn't impose a per-user license, so you don't have to pay for additional licenses as your business grows.

• An easy schedule.
  Does it sometimes seem like scheduling a meeting is harder than actually getting through the meeting? Using iCal Server, colleagues can propose and set up meetings, book conference rooms and more, quickly and easily. iCal Server is a full-featured, standards-based calendaring solution designed to make your life easier.
• A new web interface and push notifications. New
  iCal Server 2 includes a new web-based calendar client, allowing users to view their schedule, set up meetings and view the availability of others in their organisation. The web-based calendar can be used with modern web browsers including Safari 3 and 4, Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 7 and 8. In addition, iCal Server 2 offers push notifications, so you and your colleagues will know immediately when there's a new invitation or a change to an existing invitation.
• Real-time calendar access from your iPhone. New
  iCal Server 2 provides access to calendars from anywhere. iPhone users can securely access their calendar over the air, see calendar events, view notes and see who has accepted or declined invitations. No syncing required.
• Works well with others. Updated
  iCal Server uses open calendaring protocols for integrating with leading calendar programs, including iCal in Mac OS X and popular CalDAV clients from Mozilla, Open Source Application Foundation and others. These open standard protocols include CalDAV -- a set of extensions to WebDAV -- and interchange formats such as iCalendar, iMIP and iTIP. For colleagues outside your organisation who don't use iCal, you can now invite them to meetings over email. They'll receive a message with an attachment that, when opened, will add the meeting to their calendar, whether they use a Mac or a PC.

Podcast Producer 2.

Capture, encode, publish and distribute podcasts with ease. Podcast Producer 2 is a complete, end-to-end solution for encoding, publishing and distributing high-quality podcasts -- ideal for employee training, university lectures, presentations and more. New features in Podcast Producer 2 offer more options for capturing, creating and publishing podcasts, making it even easier to share critical content around your organisation.

• What is Podcast Producer 2?
  Podcasts are ideal for distributing university lectures, training a sales force, delivering product demos, or simply keeping employees, students and customers up to date. Podcast Producer 2 simplifies the process of capturing, editing and publishing them, letting your organisation produce more podcasts with less work while maintaining a high degree of standardisation among them. It's a workflow-based solution that automates the details, such as encoding content into specific file formats or adding standard title frames and opening videos. So the podcasts from your group will always have a consistent look and feel and you'll never have to worry about missing an important step.
• Easy setup. New
  Setting up Podcast Producer 2 is now easier than ever with a new setup assistant in Server Admin. It provides an express mode that can configure Podcast Producer and all its related services in a matter of minutes, whether you're setting up a single Podcast Producer server or a cluster of servers.
• Start and stop. Updated
  A podcast starts with the Podcast Capture application in Mac OS X. This innovative tool makes it easy for users to capture high-quality audio and video from local and remote cameras, record screen captures and upload existing content into Podcast Producer 2 for encoding and distribution. Podcast Capture records audio and video from a wide range of devices, including digital video cameras connected via FireWire, USB microphones and iSight cameras.
• Record at will. Updated
  Recording a podcast is a snap. Simply open Podcast Capture, log in and select the type of podcast you would like to record -- then click Start. When finished recording, click Stop. Give your podcast a title, add a description and pick the appropriate workflow. It's that simple.
• It's automatic.
  Once recording is completed, the file is automatically uploaded to Podcast Producer 2 for processing. Podcast Producer 2 leverages the power of QuickTime X to encode content into standard formats such as H.264 and MPEG-4.
• Easy-to-create workflows. New
  Podcast Producer 2 includes the new Podcast Composer, an easy-to-use application that lets you create your own workflows to automate the completion and publishing of podcasts. It offers an intuitive interface that groups the process of building a workflow into seven stages and guides you through the steps required to create a workflow. You specify everything from import to notification, including details about which titles, transitions and effects to use; what output format is used; where the podcast is published; and more.
• Publish it. updated
  Once the podcast is complete, Podcast Producer 2 makes it easy and automatic to publish it to the right location -- whether to a blog, to iTunes or iTunes U, to multimedia-enabled cell phones using QuickTime Podcast Storage Streaming Server, or to the new Podcast Library. Podcast Library provides long-term storage and organisation for submitted and generated media files. Podcasts are delivered using automatically generated RSS feeds or with Atom feeds, which allows each feed to contain multiple versions or formats of the podcast for different devices.

Wiki Server 2.

Publish collaborative documents on your own wiki-powered website. Mac OS X Server makes it easy for groups to collaborate and communicate through their own wiki-powered intranet website complete with group calendar, blog and mailing list. Users can create and edit wiki pages, tag and cross-reference material, upload files and images, add comments, use Quick Look with attachments, and access pages from their computer or iPhone.

• Communication is key.
  Whether it's a small business or a workgroup inside a large corporation, all members need access to the same materials in order to work effectively. Wikis assist users in the clear exchange of information, eliminating confusion, and ensuring that all members of a project have access to the resources they need.
• Look and search.Updated
  Wiki Server 2 now includes one of the most useful features in Mac OS X: Quick Look. Just click the Quick Look icon next to an uploaded document and you can view it without downloading the file. Quick Look supports all standard file formats including text documents, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, QuickTime and PDF.
• Customised web workspace.
  Wikis allow you to create custom, project-specific websites. Select from 20 built-in themes with different colours, fonts and layout styles. You can customise these templates with your own banner image and a custom sidebar title that displays pages with a user-defined tag at initial login. Once the wiki is set up, it's easy to add, delete and edit content in whatever way makes sense. No syntax or markup knowledge is required -- what you see on the page is exactly what you get.
• New iPhone support. New
  Wiki Server 2 brings business collaboration to the iPhone. You can securely log in to view confidential wikis and content, view your My Page for tracking content updates and even tag pages, view comments and review document changes -- all from your iPhone.
  iPhones

Address Book Server

Access and synchronise contacts across multiple computers and the devices you own. With the new Address Book Server in Snow Leopard Server, it's incredibly easy to access and synchronise contacts across multiple computers and the devices you own.

• Introducing Address Book Server.
  While most companies store contact information in centralised LDAP directories, IT administrators usually prevent users from modifying or adding their own contacts to the directory. This makes it hard for users to maintain a centralised list of contacts and access those contacts on multiple computers and devices they own.
• How it works.
  Address Book Server uses CardDAV -- the new protocol standard for exchange of contact information. With Address Book Server, contacts are stored as standard vCard files on the server, outside the LDAP directory. This allows users to easily modify contact information and add new contact fields, such as URLs for Twitter or Facebook accounts, without having to modify LDAP schema or get write access to the corporate directory server.
• Simplified directory access.
  Address Book Server not only lets users search their personal contacts but acts as a gateway to let them search for contacts within the organisation's directory service (sometimes called a Global Address List). When searched, Address Book Server delivers real-time results from personal address books as well as contacts stored in LDAP directories.
  

Mobile Access Server

Securely access firewall-protected services with your iPhone or mobile Mac. Ensuring secure remote access to your business network is even more critical in today's mobile world. Mobile Access Server makes it easy for people to access their corporate network whenever and wherever they have an Internet connection.

• Introducing Mobile Access Server.
  To access secure files remotely, most servers require you to use VPN services, which involve special configuration and an extra layer of authentication. You get security at the expense of convenience and, in some cases, extra cost.
• Perfectly integrated.
  Mobile Access Server integrates into your organisation's existing directory service for authentication and single sign-on, so it doesn't require the installation or configuration of client software. Not only does this mean much less hassle for users, it also means many fewer support calls for your IT staff -- and no extra charges for client software licenses.
• Strong encryption and authentication.
  To keep data secure as it travels across the public Internet, Mobile Access Server uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide strong encryption and authentication of communication between your iPhone or Mac and the private network. To reduce unnecessary traffic, only information accessed and destined for the corporate network is sent through Mobile Access Server. IT administrators can even restrict access through Mobile Access Server to a select set of users and groups in your organisation.
  

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Mac desktop or server with Intel processor
• 10GB of available disk space
• 2GB of RAM

FEATURE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Podcast Producer 2
  Mac with Mac OS X Server v10.6.3, 2GB of RAM plus 512MB of RAM per core and a Quartz Extreme-enabled video chipset. For optimal performance, an Xsan clustered file service is recommended.
• Podcast Capture
  Mac with Mac OS X v10.6.3 or Mac OS X Server v10.6.3
• Wiki Server
  Interacting with Wiki Server requires a modern web browser such as:
  • Safari 3 or 4 (Mac OS X, Windows)
  • Safari (iPhone, iPod touch)
  • Internet Explorer 7 or 8
  • Firefox 3

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