Tag: macservers

BusinessWeek reports that companies are finding the combination of Mac OS X and Xserve “a viable, sometimes cheaper, alternative to Windows-based networks.” The publication talks with three companies about Mac server solutions, including RiskWise, which screens credit-card applications and does fraud detection, and Target Health, a pharmaceutical research company.

A new Web site has launched that seeks to provide help to users looking to develop and serve Web sites on a Mac. MacServers offers daily news about Mac server software and hardware, in-depth feature articles, how-to tutorials, reviews of hardware and software server solutions, discussion forums for the exchange of tips and best practices, and more. Of particular note today, the site is featuring a step-by-step tutorial for setting up Apache, PHP, and MySQL on a Mac.