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Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment By the 1990s, the client-server computing model came into use, providing a convenient way of interconnecting applications distributed across different locations. Virtual private networks that use internet protocol security used to be seen as a... [25 Jul 2008]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Jacob West, manager of the research group at security specialist Fortify Software, said: "Interactive and dynamic web 2.0 applications push content to the client instead of generating static pages on a server. [26 Nov 2007]
How to insure your IT
Comment TJX Group, which lost millions of credit card records after malware was installed on its server, could have been insured, but such insurance would need a dialogue between the client, the broker and the underwriter. [17 Jul 2007]
Leader: Of tipping points and SaaS
Leader With the on-demand vendors all offering to remove much of the client-server, integration headache Accenture seemed a strange choice as top sponsor. This past week saw a lot of people talking about on-demand software as a service (SaaS). [13 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: The Greening of IT
Comment I won't have been the first to realise that much of Sun's approach to computing, including an inclination for stripped-down, smaller-footprint client devices, dovetails with a philosophy of using less power. [12 Oct 2006]
Leader: Microsoft's got a tough sell for Vista
Leader Perhaps more worrying for Microsoft is the observation by one of silicon.com's CIO Jurors Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer service at Ashford Borough Council, who said: "As more of our line of business apps move towards being web or client... [29 Jun 2006]
Opinion: Why I don't trust offshore customer service
Comment Being curious as to the cause and wanting to know if a client payment had made its way by Bacs into my business account, I decided to call the Barclays helpline. As I write this column, I'll 'ping' it one more time to be sure - and the result is a... [25 May 2006]
Q&A: Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates
Comment Now we've chosen to skip doing it as a client-only thing and to do it as a big-bang client and server release. At this conference, we do give out APIs [application programming interfaces] for the MSN Search and the MSN Virtual Earth capability, so... [14 Sep 2005]
Short-term planning drives IT purchases for SMEs
Comment One such reseller is WStore, which sells servers, networking equipment and software to its client base. For both servers and new PCs, he buys any new thin client or flat screen equipment directly online. [10 Mar 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simplify the basics
Comment We have an environment where we have evolved from basic server-centric mainframe/mini-computers, through client-server to a complete mish-mash of web-based, thin-client, thick-client, server-centric, client-server applications and services that... [11 Feb 2005]
Q&A: Microsoft's CIO on Linux, security and offshoring
Comment We do, in areas on the client, have an open source client running - just for competitive analysis. Nowadays, he's in the midst of testing out new versions of SQL Server and Visual Studio. What we are doing right now is focused on the application... [15 Dec 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Pick a killer mobile app
Comment Mobile client/server: Remote access to enterprise data is broadly useful but the horizontal applications of sales force automation and field service management generate best value. Asking the question "Do we need wireless? [29 Oct 2004]
On the road again: What life's like for mobile workers
Comment On his way to a client site, he accesses his email on his smart phone. Everyone else works from client sites, on the move or is based at home. Most of Steve's time is spent between client sites and doing the rounds with the business development team. [15 Sep 2004]
Inside SAP: Fact file
Comment Huge installed base of R/3 ERP client-server software Read Tony Hallett's analysis of SAP in our vendor dossier Key financials (since 1999 in line with US GAAP accounting rules): Revenues: €6.265bn, €7.340bn, 7.413bn, €7.024bn [10 Sep 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Is programming dead?
Comment All those changes were part and parcel of the technological evolution we have experienced over the past thirty years, punctuated from time to time by leaps in understanding that gave us client/server applications, say, or the commercial potential... [23 Apr 2004]
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