Patent ID: 6862616

Claim:
A distributed server administration system, comprising: a first server configured to be accessed via an electronic data network and to store and serve a first version of at least one first software package via said electronic data network, wherein said first version of said at least one first software package corresponds to at least one software system of said first server; a second server configured to be accessed via said electronic data network and to store and serve a second version of said at least one first software package via said electronic data network, wherein said second version of said at least one first software package is different than said first version of said at least one first software package and corresponds to at least one software system of said second server; and a client administrator configured to access each of said-first server and said second server, to receive each of said first version of said at least one first software package and said second version of said at least one first software package, and to execute each of said first version of said at least one first software package and said second version of said at least one first software package, the execution of said first version of said at least one first software package allowing said first server to be administered by said client administrator via said electronic data network, and the execution of said second version of said at least one first software package allowing said second server to be administered by said client administrator via said electronic data network.