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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Apple Announces New Mac OS X Server Leopard Features</h1></div>
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<p>Apple Announces New Mac OS X Server Leopard Features</p>
<p>WWDC 2007, SAN FRANCISCO--June 11, 2007--Apple today announced<br />
groundbreaking new features of Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard that<br />
make it even easier for users to set up and manage. Scheduled to ship in<br />
October, Leopard Server is the most significant improvement to the server<br />
operating system since Mac OS X Server was launched, introducing new<br />
features such as a wiki server, making it easy to connect groups over a<br />
shared intranet; Podcast Producer, the ideal way to automatically produce<br />
and publish podcasts to iTunes or a blog; and Spotlight Server to quickly<br />
find content stored on other servers. Leopard Server also includes the new<br />
iCal Server, based on the CalDAV open standard that works with Leopard's<br />
new iCal application.</p>
<p>"Only Apple can deliver an advanced server operating system packed with<br />
over 250 new features on the same day as our client OS," said Philip<br />
Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.<br />
"With no client access licenses, Leopard Server is the most affordable way<br />
to bring innovative server features, such as group calendaring and a wiki<br />
server, to everyone from small businesses to large educational<br />
institutions."</p>
<p>Small businesses and workgroups without an IT department can take advantage<br />
of Leopard Server's ability to automatically configure Leopard clients for<br />
use on the server, including file sharing, Mail, iCal, iChat, Address Book<br />
and VPN. Leopard Server also includes a new setup interface with a built-in<br />
Network Health Check, a new Server Preferences application and a server<br />
status Dashboard widget.</p>
<p>With the wiki server, groups can easily create and edit collaborative web<br />
pages, called wikis, with a few clicks of a mouse. The wiki server also<br />
maintains a complete history to restore previous entries and merge or<br />
compare different versions. Podcast Producer is the easiest way for anyone<br />
to record content, automatically upload it to the server and convert it<br />
into a podcast. Using Xgrid, Podcast Producer can leverage Macs on the<br />
network to encode the video, and the podcast can then be delivered over the<br />
Internet to a blog, iTunes, or even to multimedia enabled mobile phones<br />
over high speed wireless networks using QuickTime Streaming Server.</p>
<p>Apple has made scheduling across different calendar programs simple with<br />
iCal Server to coordinate events, schedule meetings and track time more<br />
effectively. iCal Server uses the open CalDAV standard for integration with<br />
leading calendar programs, including iCal 3 in Leopard, Mozilla's Sunbird<br />
and OSAF's Chandler. In addition, Apple's Directory makes it easy to search<br />
for people in an organization and view their contact information, picture,<br />
colleagues, groups and even see a location map.</p>
<p>Spotlight Server takes Spotlight's lightning-fast desktop search capability<br />
to the network server level. Designed for workgroups with shared documents,<br />
projects and files, Spotlight Server delivers search results of content<br />
stored on mounted network volumes. Content indexing is done automatically<br />
and transparently on the server so searches are always fast and up-to-date.</p>
<p>Leopard Server's core services, including Apache 2, MySQL 5, Postfix,<br />
Cyrus, Podcast Producer and QuickTime Streaming Server are 64-bit, allowing<br />
users to take full advantage of their 64-bit hardware's performance and<br />
processing power and work with larger data sets. Since Leopard Server is<br />
fully 32-bit compatible, users can run 32-bit and 64-bit applications<br />
natively side-by-side. Leopard Server is also optimized to take full<br />
advantage of Intel's latest multi-core processors.</p>
<p>Other new features in Leopard Server include:</p>
<p> * Server Admin 4 with new file sharing and permission controls,<br />
tiered administration, and options for organizing servers into smart groups;</p>
<p> * iChat Server 2 to securely communicate over instant messaging<br />
with others on different systems outside an organization's firewall;</p>
<p> * External Accounts to enable Leopard users to store their home<br />
directory on an external FireWire or USB portable drive;</p>
<p> * a new System Imaging Utility that uses a workflow-based editor to<br />
create customized images that can include Boot Camp partitions;</p>
<p> * Xgrid 2 featuring GridAnywhere for ad hoc distributed computing<br />
in environments without dedicated controllers, and Scoreboard for<br />
prioritizing job distribution to the fastest available CPU; and</p>
<p> * QuickTime Streaming Server 6 with support for 3GPP Release 6 bit<br />
rate adaptation for smooth streaming when delivering content to mobile<br />
phones regardless of network congestion.</p>
<p>Pricing & Availability</p>
<p>Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard is scheduled to ship in October and<br />
will be available through the Apple Store (<a href="http://www.apple.com" title="www.apple.com">www.apple.com</a>), Apple's retail<br />
stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $499<br />
(US) for a 10-client edition and $999 (US) for an unlimited-client edition.</p>
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