Cloud Computing: Windows Server 2003 Isn’t Broke – So Why Fix It?

February 13, 2015 Off By David
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Grazed from CIO. Author: Seth Mitchell.

Twelve million. That’s the number of physical servers around the world still running Windows Server 2003, according to Microsoft’s count. But July will see extended support for the beloved 11-year-old workhorse operating system come to an end. It’s never easy to change, but since when has IT been immune to change? You deal with change every day.

IT teams today serve less as technicians and more as service providers to the business, thanks to highly virtualized environments and cloud computing in its various flavors. To keep pace with business demands in these contexts—better yet, to stay one step ahead of the game—IT needs to make the leap to a next-generation server operating system…

Windows Server 2003 did a great job for IT teams once consumed by administrative tasks like setting up specific physical server roles. Now, Windows Server 2012 is geared toward IT leaders now focused on speed-to-market, enterprise scalability and adaptability. Newsflash: virtualization and the cloud have changed the picture in so many ways—no longer is IT buying servers based on specific needs but rather to be part of a common pool of private or hybrid cloud infrastructure that provides flexibility for a range of services…

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