“Apple is expected to launch Mountain Lion next week,” Ryan Faas reports for Computerworld. “At the same time, the company will be launching Mountain Lion Server. The new edition of Apple’s server platform is revolutionary in a lot of ways, not the least of which is its $19.99 price tag.”
“Mountain Lion Server includes the basic server functionality that you’d expect from a product intended for the small to mid-size business (SMB) market. That means features like file sharing, network printing, client backups, website hosting, VPN, email services, centralized contacts for an organization, and shared calendaring,” Faas reports. “All of that is important and Mountain Lion Server seems destined to make those services easy to set up and manage.”
Fass reports, “In addition to those basic capabilities, however, Mountain Lion Server comes with some pretty incredible functionality for businesses or workgroups of any size or type.”
10 reasons why your business needs Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion Server:
• Profile Manager
• Collaboration and document/project management
• Self-servicing portal
• iPad/iWork integration
• Push notifications
• RADIUS for small business
• Streamlined management
• Next steps advice
• Active Directory integration
• Enterprise features
Tons more in the full article – recommended for SMBs – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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