Some of the staff here at Connecting Up Australia have recently returned from a trip to San Francisco where they attended an annual Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) http://www.nten.org/ntc Apart from receiving some of the greatest hospitality the US had to offer, our staff were afforded the opportunity to hear great minds illuminate some very real technology issues facing the world today.

We heard Clay Shirky http://www.shirky.com/ a futurist, talk about the power of social media and the impact it will have on how we communicate in the coming years, and Eben Moglen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen a computer programming language designer come crusader for free software, talk about the issues arising from free as opposed to proprietary software usage.

Not only did these speakers inspire great debate on such issues, there were many other motivating speakers in the breakout sessions. These speakers provided not just philosophical viewpoints and discussion topics, but excellent ideas and practices for nonprofits to employ on return to their day jobs.

We have listed below some take home tips from the NTC Conference on how you can generate more interest as well as increase traffic to your website. And don’t forget, the spinoff of a good website with a clear message is potential supporters/members/fundraisers for your cause.

The purpose of this guide is to help you find the Windows server and licenses appropriate to your organization's needs.

Windows Server is a server operating system that enables a computer to handle network roles such as print server, domain controller, Web server, and file server and to be the platform for separately acquired server applications such as Exchange Server or SQL Server.

• 2008 and 2003 Versions
• Standard and Enterprise Editions
• Licensing

2008 and 2003 Versions

Microsoft offers both the 2008 and the 2003 R2 versions of Windows Server through DonorTec in order to allow organizations to select the server operating system that will meet their needs.

Generally, Windows Server 2008 is appropriate for organizations that can take advantage of its many enhancements to server management, virtualization, remote access, security and policy enforcement, and its Web and application platforms. In addition, because Windows Server 2008 shares its code base with the Windows Vista system, it is particularly effective and efficient for managing Windows Vista computers.