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Ubuntu Server Edition is built be easy to maintain and run to also reduce maintenance costs. From package management to our simplified installation tasks, Ubuntu has been built from the ground up to provide organizations with unprecedented benefits.

"Ubuntu, which appears in Yankee Group's Global Reliability Survey for
the first time this year, has also come on strong and is an open source
operating system to be reckoned with. Some 22% of the survey respondents
are running at least one Ubuntu server at their sites. And it has proven
highly reliable, with 1.1 hour of per server, per annum downtime."
-- Laura DiDio, Yankee Group, 2008 Server OS Reliability Survey

Lower your cost of ownership

  • Easy to manage installation, startup, shutdown, service initialisation, package management – simple on a single machine and now across a data centre with Landscape.

  • Built for purpose – no bloatware and no extraneous applications clogging up what you really want to so - run the services that run your business.

  • The platform for open and free computing – save not only on the operating system but take advantage of the fantastic array of free server software out the to compound the savings for your organisation.

  • Simple to upgrade - get the latest and greatest every 6 months or stay for the longer term on a single platform in the knowledge that we will ease the upgrade path. It's long term confidenc.

  • Simple to update - Debian packaging and APT packaging are recognised as the easiest, smoothest methods of introducing software to your server stack. It is pre-configured to insure a smooth introduction.

  • The ideal 'green' solution - whether it is virtualisation maximising your server efficiency or simply running a lean services across your network, Ubuntu is a great partner in the drive to improve efficiency.

  • Secure - the greatest risks to your business are eliminated. Continuous updates respond to the changing landscape of risk on an already hard to hack distribution.

Please read on to understand why we believe you will gain from using Ubuntu Server Edition.