Windows Server 2008: It's The Security That Makes it Great

Of the nearly 800 IT decision-makers polled by CDW Corp., 49 per cent cited security features as the benefit of most interest to their company, school or government agency.

Better security is the biggest draw of Windows Server 2008, the newest server operating system from Microsoft Corp., but worries about first-version bugs top their list of IT professionals' concerns, according to a recent survey.

Of the nearly 800 IT decision-makers polled by CDW Corp., 49 per cent cited security features as the benefit of most interest to their company, school or government agency. Other perceived benefits of Windows Server 2008, according to the survey, included faster setup and configuration (cited by 41 per cent of the respondents), easier administration (40 per cent) and the operating system's new integrated virtualization (35 per cent).

"Security ranked No. 1, both here and in the three surveys we did on Windows Vista," said David Cottingham, director of product and product management at the Vernon Hills, Ill.-based computer and software reseller. "It's [because] Microsoft's been effective in getting its message across," he said, referring to the security drum that the developer has pounded for both Windows Vista and Server 2008. "They spent a lot of time talking about security.

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