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Thin client computing comes of age

News Thin client technology has come of age and can help boost security and trim IT costs, according to a panel of users. And Don Griffin, director of infrastructure research and development at nursing home group Beverly Enterprises, said increased data...

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[08 Sep 2006]

Thin Client Virus Vulnerability Analysis

whitepaper When compared to the traditional unmanaged PC network model, the HP thin client computing model yields a less vulnerable segregated approach to computing with substantially better recovery time, while minimizing total cost of ownership (TCO).

Tags: roi - tco, recovery, protection, total cost

[19 Jan 2005]

Thin-client apps reduce network costs

News IT managers who deploy thin-client applications within their networks are reducing the cost of running them by up to 80 per cent, according to research from Gartner Group's Datapro unit. Based on interviews with 25 IT managers, the report also...

[02 Jun 1999]

Thin-Client Desktops: Not Defunct Yet

whitepaper Thin-client computing has been around for a decade, but the rising costs of updating software and installing security patches on networked personal computers is sparking renewed interest in the technology, according to users and industry experts.

Tags: thin clients, client, pcs, desktop

[19 Jan 2005]

Thin-Client Computing for the Government Sector

whitepaper Its relatively simple interface encouraged widespread deployment of PCs for use with shared applications, giving birth to client/server computing. But the client/server model quickly became more complex and expensive than first imagined.

Tags: interfaces / buses / i/os, client, deployment, class

[24 Feb 2004]

Thin-Client Solutions for K-12 Schools

whitepaper This white paper examines the barriers to affordable technology for schools and reviews thin-client technology as one solution to the problem. The idea behind thin-client computing is simple: centralize computing power, storage, applications, and...

Tags: learning management systems, client, thin client, paper examines

[16 Jan 2005]

Thin Client Solution Enhances Academia in the UK

whitepaper After evaluating the university's current IT system and future objectives, Unisys representatives were able to prescribe the perfect solution to Bristol UWE's problems - a Unisys Thin Client Solution.

Tags: application servers, maintenance, client, programs

[24 Feb 2004]

Emergic Freedom (Thin Client - Thick Server) White Paper

whitepaper A thin client is a stripped down version of a PC. Low end (read cheaper) PCs, old discarded (rendered useless) PC or a thin client terminal can be used. The thin client architecture uses Linux as the operating system with the KDE desktop environment.

Tags: linux server os, client, desktop, thin client

[12 Jan 2005]

Thin-Client Vs. Fat-Client TCO

whitepaper Thin-client deployment will offer substantial savings for enterprises without best practices for managing fat-client desktops, with a quick return on investment. Enterprises planning to deploy thin-client applications for TCO benefits they expect...

Tags: thin clients, deployment, client, thin client

[16 Jan 2005]

Thin Client Technology

whitepaper Thin Client is an industry accepted standard achieving significant savings over the cost of traditional PC's. Thin Client technology is essentially PC's without local and removable storage. This paper provides an introduction to Windows Terminal...

Tags: application servers, client, pc, thin client

[12 Jan 2005]

Building Multi-Device, Component-Based, Thin-Client Groupware: Issues and Experiences

whitepaper This paper describes a set of server-side software components that has been developed providing a variety of thin-client groupware solutions. These components provide HTML and WML-based thin-client user interfaces and can be readily "plugged into...

Tags: application servers, domain, client, thin client

[17 Jan 2005]

Thin Client Solves Weighty Student Record Problem in California

whitepaper Sierra Systems proposed an innovative thin client architecture. Java applets, servlets and Java Server Pages provided Client functions. California School Information Services (CSIS) was created with a mandate to help local education agencies (LEAs...

Tags: thin clients, client, education, reporting

[10 Apr 2008]

Thin Client Server Computing: Benefit Analysis

whitepaper Thin client server computing can provide enterprises with valuable business-critical benefits and substantial savings. The HP line of thin client products can help provide increased benefits and savings through more robust performance and added...

Tags: thin clients, client, savings, thin client

[19 Jan 2005]

Thin Client Technology Audit: Wyse Winterm

whitepaper Wyse Winterm terminals offer an attractive alternative to the rich client PC on many desktops. Wyse Winterm thin clients have benefited from years of development and a maturing infrastructure, and the market is now showing significant growth...

Tags: application servers, winterm, client, desktops

[19 Jan 2005]

Thin Client Strategy Reinforces Security, Eases System Management for eBANK

whitepaper This case study explains why eBANK, launched in 2001 as a specialist Internet bank, is using HP blade PCs as part of its thin client infrastructure. With its shift toward thin client computing, eBANK has been able to:

Tags: bank, client, thin client, thin client computing

[12 Feb 2007]

Thin Client HMI Changes the Face and the Economics of Plant Floor Control Systems, Devices & Workstations

whitepaper Today’s industrial revolution is applying advanced thin client computing on the plant floor in a manner reminiscent of the decades old, centralized approach of mainframe computing. There’s a different form of industrial revolution taking place in...

Tags: thin clients, production, machine, industrial

[24 Feb 2004]

Thin-Client Technology

whitepaper There are many advantages to this type of environment, known as thin-client or server-based computing, including lower hardware costs and easier client management. Turning PCs into not-so-dumb terminals may be one of the smartest moves you can make...

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003, disaster, client, disaster recovery

[19 Jan 2005]

Thin Client Networking

whitepaper A thin client network is a server based network where the majority, if not all, of the processing is done by the server rather than by the individual client machine(s). The term thin is derived from the small or 'thin' amount of processing done on...

Tags: machine, processing, client, client machine

[27 Jul 2007]

Thin-Client Software Lightens Workflow at Sears

whitepaper But at the Direct Delivery channel of the Sears Logistics Group (SLG) where a warehouse order-picking system featuring the innovative use of Symbol Technologies' thin-client software and Spectrum24 wireless Local Area Network has been implemented...

Tags: wireless lan, local area network, symbol technologies, delivery

[11 Jun 2004]

Thin-Client Computing: a Solution for the Enterprise Market

whitepaper A true thin client is an optimized access device with a graphical user interface. This white paper examines the WBT thin-client solution because this solution allows organizations to build on their existing investment in

Tags: thin clients, client, thin client, network computer

[24 Feb 2004]

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