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AOL readying free Net access device
News Over time, "We're going to be getting this thing down to one chip for thin clients and PADs," he said. For example, the company, which unveiled the Geode SC1400 integrated processor, is working with America Online to develop an access appliance for...
[July 16, 1999, 9:32]
Sun steps back from desktop Linux
News Another is its Sun Ray thin clients, which are display screens that rely on a central server to handle processing duties and that are being augmented with Windows abilities through Sun's acquisition of Tarantella.
[June 29, 2005, 9:30]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News Sun today offers JDS on Solaris, on a variant of SuSE's Linux and on its Sun Ray thin clients. System server software now supports the Windows and HP-UX operating systems. JES — a suite of enterprise middleware — already supports Sun's
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
Fight the upgrade: Recycle
Leader Much of the popularity of open source software has been driven by its innate efficiency versus resource-hungry proprietary code, while developments such as utility computing and efficient thin clients offer a more efficient way to use finite...
[August 19, 2005, 13:55]
Stepping up to a giant
News I think it's a dramatically different product architecturally and it will have success, while in the past thin clients have failed. In 2001, Robertson started Lindows.com, a software start-up with the goal of turning the open-source Linux operating...
[August 6, 2003, 11:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Later that same day, I wander around the conference and find a huge room stuffed with HP Netvectra thin clients busy running NT4 Workstation and IE5. Hola! Rupert to Earth, Rupert to Earth, come in Earth.
[July 16, 1999, 17:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Later that same day, I wander around the conference and find a huge room stuffed with HP Netvectra thin clients busy running NT4 Workstation and IE5. Hola! Rupert to Earth, Rupert to Earth, come in Earth.
[July 16, 1999, 18:36]
Microsoft: The next generation, Part III
News That's because Microsoft is too dependent on fat clients running on PCs to give up on PCs or three-tier architectures altogether. But Microsoft is not moving completely toward a thin-client or no-client architecture, like some of its competitors...
[April 28, 2000, 14:55]
Linux rivals settle lawsuit
News In 1999, Caldera spun off Caldera Thin Clients, later renamed Lineo. Two companies that sell Linux for computing devices such as network equipment or DVD players have settled a lawsuit involving alleged mishandling of open-source software.
[October 14, 2003, 9:30]
Microsoft faces the music at LinuxWorld
News Asked if the prospect of Linux on the desktop keeps him awake at night, Taylor likened it to the challenge from network computers -- stripped-down "thin clients" that rely on a central server for computing horsepower -- that emerged from companies...
[January 23, 2004, 8:50]
EDS: The single point of failure
Leader If the Government took the time to analyse the precise needs of each department within the DWP, they might find that thin clients from Sun, or perhaps desktop Linux, would prove more secure and possibly cheaper too.
[November 29, 2004, 12:35]
Instant messenger hits the corporate world
News E/pop 3.0 also integrates with Citrix and Terminal Server thin clients. By integrating Windows Messenger with Windows XP, "Microsoft clearly gets it", said Bob Zurek, senior analyst at Forrester Research.
[June 12, 2001, 12:22]
Merrill Lynch: Linux saves money
News The company plans to do a pilot project that will allow thin clients -- computers with minimal hardware requirements -- to be used as workstations. Merrill Lynch research shows that deploying Linux internally could save the company millions of...
[June 9, 2003, 7:49]
Will embedded browsers rule the Web?
News Lineo (formerly known as Caldera Thin Clients) is finding success partnering with a variety of embedded device vendors, ranging from Motorola to Samsung. Despite Microsoft's and Netscape's claims to the contrary, the browser race isn't over yet.
[March 24, 2000, 13:03]
Sun to launch comeback plan
News It failed to encourage much adoption of "thin clients" such as its Sun Ray products that rely on a central server to do most processing tasks. Sun Microsystems, backed into a corner by competitors and economics, is launching new projects in an...
[September 16, 2002, 12:22]
Predictable McNealy sings same song - slamming MS
News Of course, McNealy's new way of computing, which favours thin clients and fat servers, fits in with Sun's product line of expensive, enterprise servers capable of hosting applications and portals. McNealy used large portions of his keynote address...
[June 18, 1999, 9:07]
Nortel touts secure Wi-Fi for enterprise
News If people have wireless PDAs with soft phones, they will not need laptops, and they could replace their desktops with Citrix thin clients. The products, which include a security switch that monitors wireless traffic from the wired network, join...
[March 31, 2003, 17:15]
AMD to sell Transmeta chips in emerging markets
News Currently, there are roughly five different visions for emerging market PCs: the $130 (£70) laptop promoted by Nicholas Negroponte; ruggedised PCs sponsored by Intel and Via; the PIC; Microsoft's FlexGo; and thin clients, sponsored by India's...
[June 6, 2006, 9:35]
Sun's desktop demise proves open source's power
Leader There is some justification for the basic idea of a cheap, easy to deploy, uniform network of clients and servers biased towards Java applications, but it was harder to understand why Sun would want to take on the task of supporting something that...
[June 29, 2005, 14:15]
Time For Goverments To Come Off Line
Blog Our rulling agencies could run seperate terminals for day to day web access and use the most secure web based e-mail clients, but for goodness sakes, please keep all your (and our) sensitive data well away from any potential break ins.
[August 11, 2008, 20:45]
