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Back to the Future: Virtualization Pushes thin client computing Into the Enterprise Mainstream: For many years, industry analysts predicted that thin clients would revolutionize enterprise computing, but it was a revolution that never quite happened. Until now. Finally, emerging technologies, such as virtualization, are enabling thin clients to move into the mainstream and businesses to reap the broad range of benefits which are...; Tags: Virtualization, Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, VXL Instruments Pty, Thin Clients, Hardware; White papers 2007-09-28
Best Practice Recommendations for the Use of Hardware and Operating System Virtualization in the Creation of New Virtualization Solutions: Many organizations today are interested in deploying a machine virtualization solution and are looking for a primer on the basic technology options that are available and their relative benefits and limitations. The most common approach today is Hardware Virtualization and is best represented in the commercial product VMWare ESX Server....; Tags: Operating System, Thin Client Computing, Best Practice, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Storage, Software; White papers 2007-08-01
Weighing in on the browser as the new OS: Weighing in on the browser as the new OSThe PC is dead! The PC is dead! Yeah … right.Thin client computing has kept on trying to take down the PC, ever since the PC significantly displaced it in the 80s. When all is said and done however, it is generally...; Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Web 2.0, Thin Client Computing, operating system, Web browser, Web, web app, thin client app, PC; Discussion threads 2006-10-24
HP thin client computing: A Financial Services Industry white paper: Recent years have seen big changes in the financial services industry driven by a number of factors - customer demand for higher service levels, the impact of deregulation, changes in employment patterns, and the ever-increasing scrutiny for good governance amongst them. In turn, these factors have had a major impact...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware; White papers 2006-07-01
HP thin client computing: A Financial Services Industry Solution Brief: This HP white paper explains why thin client computing is ideally suited for today's financial services institutions, which face key challenges in the areas of customer retention, operational excellence, productivity, and compliance. Thin client computing offers banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions these benefits and more: ...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Roi/Tco, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2006-06-01

The network computer--it's baaack: The network computer--it's baaackthats a funny joke....Anymore friday jokes floating around?first off, web based applications are 'ok' at best. Even the most fancy java apps, are SLOW, Difficult to Manage and hard to implement on every type of browser.this is a flash in the pain solution to networking apps.Thin computing...; Tags: Thin clients, Channel management, WiMAX, Thin Computing, Larry E., Web Based App, Thin Client Computing, network, Web, point-of-sale, computing, network computer, PC, computer; Discussion threads 2004-11-19
Server-Based and thin client computing: Promise and Practicalities: This paper is intended to provide an insight into two important technology areas – Server-Based Computing and Thin Client devices. Managing distributed client server environments and the ever-evolving personal computer can be a challenge. Introducing a degree of centralisation through a Server Based Computing SBC approach can help. But does...; Tags: Thin Client Computing, Thin Clients, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2003-10-01
Thin Client Technology: Increase Control and Reduce Costs with Thin Clients and Microsoft Windows Terminal Service: Thin Client computing is now an accepted strategy for business computing. Thin Client computing is the next generation and the most technologically advanced computing created to solve the problems experienced with the computing desktops of the corporate environment. The Thin Client concept has brought about a higher level of centralized...; Tags: Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Technical Resource Group, Thin Client Concept, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Hardware; White papers 2002-08-25
Performance of Remote Display Mechanisms for thin client computing: The growing popularity of thin-client systems makes it important to determine the factors that govern the performance of these thin-client architectures. To assess the viability of the thin-client computing model, we measured the performance of six popular thin-client platforms—Citrix MetaFrame, Microsoft Terminal Services, Sun Ray, Tarantella, VNC,...; Tags: Performance, Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware; White papers 2002-04-10
Kingsford Stacey Blackwell Adopts thin client computing From Sun Microsystems: Kingsford Stacey Blackwell is a progressive, commercial law firm. KSB's services were underpinned by a well-defined, modern infrastructure - including up-to-date information systems - to facilitate a fast and accurate response to clients' needs. The solution was a 'plug & work', zero administration thin client desktop, centrally managed from a...; Tags: Thin Client Computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Kingsford Stacey Blackwell, KSB, Thin Clients, Litigation, Strategy, Hardware, Business Operations, Management; Case studies
How Motorola Deployed an RDP-Only Thin Client Solution: SPS is Motorola's semiconductor design and manufacturing division; according to Motorola, the 15,000 SPS employees represent about one-tenth of the company's employees worldwide. The division's Bipolar Manufacturing Complex BMC is a set of factories on three sites in and around Mesa, Arizona. PC's aren't the best clients for the SPS...; Tags: PC, Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Division, Motorola Inc., SPS, Thin Clients, Manufacturing, Hardware; Case studies

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RIM's Lazaridis on why Qwerty's still working: RIM's co-CEO tells Silicon.com why he believes smartphones are the future, why Qwerty is so exciting, and why the Bold has nothing to do with the iPhone. BlackBerry maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla. One of the announcements...; Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Phone, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Qwerty, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Silicon.com, Consumer electronics; News items 2008-05-16
Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?: Could it be that a Macintosh program will be the tipping point for the confidence that ISVs have in Microsoft as a technology partner? One c-level technologist for a Windows enterprise app says "no more" to Redmond's vision. I wrote the other day about Microsoft's Mac Business...; Tags: Developer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Window, ISV, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Engineer, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Nortel Demos Virtual World Platform: Nortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottowa at a day long event. Dubbed Web Alive, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research. Like other virtual worlds, Web...; Tags: Web, Collaboration, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, World Platform, Web Alive, Channel Management, Telecommunications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments: As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...; Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Introduction to BIT: This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...; Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-16
ProcessMaker Open Source (0-1242-windows-installer): ProcessMaker is a complete workflow management suite with tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users, create routing rules, interconnect with third party systems, and map a process quickly. You can manage workflow from your favorite Web browser without having to download any client software at all. We...; Tags: Workflow Management, Colosa, ProcessMaker; Software downloads 2008-05-16
Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature: There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...; Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Does 'SOA lifecycle management' say it better than 'SOA governance'?: Oh what a difference five years makes. Back in the good old days, 2002-03, IT people at the time our ancestors were fascinated with this new approach called "service oriented architecture," which would make integration faster and cheaper and less onerous. Now that many companies have services in production, they...; Tags: Lifecycle Management, SOA, SOA Governance, Miko, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software: Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....; Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-15