Apple Announces Mac OS X “Jaguar” Server, World’s Easiest-to-Manage
UNIX-Based Server Software
“Jaguar” Server Includes More Than 50 New Features & Powerful Network
Management Tools
MACWORLD EXPO, NEW YORK-July 17, 2002-Apple=AE today announced Mac=AE OS X
Server version 10.2 “Jaguar” Server, the next major release of Apple’s Mac
OS X Server software that combines the industrial strength of UNIX with the
ease of use of the Mac. “Jaguar” Server introduces more than 50 new
features, including powerful new NetBoot and NetInstall network management
tools, based on Apple’s new LDAPv3 Open Directory architecture that
simplifies user and computer management for business, education and
government customers. As an active member of the Open Source community,
Apple has distributed Open Directory technology through the Darwin Open
Source Project.
“Jaguar Server is the world’s easiest-to-manage UNIX-based server software
and unleashes the power of our new Xserve rack-mount server,” said Philip
Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
“Combining affordable hardware with powerful open-standards based software,
Xserve and Jaguar Server offer the perfect networking solution for Mac,
UNIX and Windows environments.”
“Jaguar” Server key features include:
* new NetBoot for booting multiple Macintosh=AE systems from the
network instead of their local disk drive for making operating system
administration as easy as managing a single computer;
* new Network Install for automating the installation of Mac OS X and
application software directly from the network;
* new Workgroup Manager, a powerful new management console that works
with any LDAPv3 directory server to provide centralized management of
users, groups and computers;
* new Open Directory, an easy-to-setup LDAPv3 directory server with a
secure built-in password server;
* new QuickTime=AE Streaming Server 4 and QuickTime Broadcaster, which
captures and encodes QuickTime content in MPEG-4 for live streaming over
the web;
* improved file and print services including support for quotas,
secure file transfers and NFS resharing via AFP;
* improved web services including support for SOAP, XML-RPC,
server-optimized Java VM, JSPs and Java Servlets; and
* remote server management including the new Server Status Tool and
support for SNMP.
Training & Certification
Apple offers system administrators, technical coordinators and developers a
complete line-up of courses for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. Certification
programs and exams for system administrators and technical coordinators are
also available. Classes are offered nationwide at Apple Training Centers
and Apple Authorized Training Centers. For more information visit
www.apple.com/training.
Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X Server v10.2 will be available beginning on August 24 through the
Apple Store=AE (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores and through Apple
Authorized Resellers. Mac OS X Server v10.2 10-Client Edition has a
suggested retail price of $499 (US). Mac OS X Server v10.2 Unlimited-Client
Edition has a suggested retail price of $999 (US).
Mac OS X Server v10.2 works together with Apple’s powerful new Xserve=81
rack-mount server hardware and is designed to run on Macintosh Server G4,
Power Mac G4, Power Mac=AE G4 Cube, iMac=AE, Macintosh Server G3 and Power
Macintosh=AE G3 computers with 128MB RAM and 4GB of available disk space.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
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students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world
through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.