What is a DNS server? It’s a program or computer that handles a DNS query. There are four types of DNS servers, each with one specific function: The DNS resolver (or recursor), the Root ...

Anyone familiar with previous versions of Windows will find themselves right at home in Windows 2003 Server. If you’re not running a server in your small business and you have more than five employees ...

This is the second of a series of newsletters based on a Server Computing 2004 presentation I gave at CD Expo's Enterprise IT Week in Las Vegas last month.

A proxy server is an easy and secure way to protect your identity online. But is it better than a VPN? We explain how proxies work and whether you should be using one.

Everything old is new again-desktop virtualization moves computing from current fat-client server architecture back to a model similar to times past. What is now device-oriented will become ...

Client computing usually is about downloading data from the network, and often running client software in a client-server model.

What else will enterprise-wide client/server computing provide a city, county or state? Look to your local corporations for guidance.

An innovative server from a Silicon Valley startup uses cell phone chips to produce a low-power server.