Windows Server 2003 could help turn tide on IT spending
crn.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft's much-ballyhooed Windows 2003 Server product launch is no quick fix but could help turn the tide on the current IT spending slump, according to industry executives.
"It is not a magic bullet, but everything they are announcing is going to help accelerate and reduce the road blocks to clients buying [in the enterprise market]," said Peter Samson, vice president and general manager of enterprise server market development at Unisys, a Blue Bell, Pa.-based computer maker. This week Unisys introduced a new Windows server that mixes and matches 32- and 64-bit processors to run as much of a data center as possible.
"In a down economy clients are looking for cheaper ways to do things they have got to do anyway." Windows 2003 Server provides a strong punch in the server consolidation market where return on investment is definable, he said.