Intel Eyes 450MHz Chips, 'lean' Clients
News The reference spec for lean clients will enable OEMs to build systems in the $500-to-$1,200 range,'' he said. In addition to delivering a lower-cost, no-cache version of the Pentium II in mid-1998, the company will also release a reference profile...
[November 10, 1997, 9:14]
A Year Ago: NCD To Tap Intel Chips For 'lean' Clients
News The Intel agreement comes three months after the chip giant announced it had developed a set of specifications for the creation of lean clients. Network Computing Devices (NCD) said it will develop so-called "lean client" systems, which are scaled...
[March 9, 1999, 5:35]
NCD To Tap Intel Chips For 'lean' Clients
News The Intel agreement comes three months after the chip giant announced it had developed a set of specifications for the creation of lean clients. Network Computing Devices (NCD) said it will develop so-called "lean client" systems, which are scaled...
[March 10, 1998, 11:28]
Intel Shows 'lean Client' Vision
News The firm said its Lean Client System Design Guidelines and Network Server Configuration Guidelines for Lean Clients will let OEMs offer various product types, beginning with units that replace dumb terminals costing from about $500 (£350).
[December 3, 1997, 17:23]
Et Tu? IBM, Sun Kill JavaOS For Business
News An Intel spokesman says Intel continues to optimise Java for Intel architecture and work with customers on Lean Clients, although Intel's Lean Client business is declining as PC prices fall. IBM did not address its relationship with Intel, which...
[August 23, 1999, 8:39]
Comdex 2001: Gates Billing MSN Money Professional
News The new suite of services is expected to lean on Microsoft software, as do other existing services. Advent Software is the first company to embrace the new service, which will be available to about 6,500 clients.
[November 12, 2001, 15:23]
Strengths Of Open Source Opposing Microsoft Patent Threats
Blog The objective is to show for all to see how lean and mean GNU/Linux is as compared to Windows, and demonstrate that they are so different that GNU/Linux cannot be infringing so many patents and behave so differently.
[June 4, 2007, 3:35]
Intel Takes A Third Off PII-233 Price
News The only exceptions will be 'lean clients' that use the Pentium 'Classic' chip, and some mobile PCs which will continue to use a mobile-optimised version of the Pentium MMX. The part drops 33 per cent from $401 to $ 268 when bought in quantities of...
[January 5, 1998, 9:44]
Advantages And Drawbacks To Hourly Fees And Flat Rates
News While there's no right or wrong method when it comes to billing clients for your time and expertise, an improperly applied flat fee or hourly rate can have you earning just enough to cover your expenses instead of padding your bank account for the...
[October 16, 2002, 16:28]
Quotes Of The Week, November 10-14
News Intel pres and CEO Craig Barrett on plans for 450MHz parts and 'lean' clients. "With our new products and our new [online] store, we're coming to get you, buddy. Steve Jobs takes aim at Michael Dell. Kick some Wintel butt!
[November 14, 1997, 11:13]
US Special Report: Intel And IBM Do Java
News Windows Terminals are being manufactured by several OEMs, although Intel last month made an investment in NCDto manufacture Lean Clients based on Windows CE. The Lean Client will be based on Intel reference specification and will support the...
[April 22, 1998, 8:55]
Comdex: Faster, Cheaper Windows Terminals
News The NCD ThinSTAR 300, which is the first Windows CE-based terminal based on Intel's proposed Intel Architecture Lean Client guidelines, features a 133MHz Pentium II, 100BaseT support and more interface ports -- including a parallel, two serial and...
[November 19, 1998, 5:30]
Bankers Borrow From Industrialists
Blog Methods such as LEAN, pioneered by Toyota in car manufacturing, have been successfully applied to improve back-office processing of financial products. Its all about aligning your products with your clients’ needs and your manufacturing capability...
[March 17, 2008, 13:54]
ASP Is New Vehicle For GM's Future
News Although GM reaped record profits in the mid-90s -- based largely on Americans' infatuation with GM's pickup trucks and faddish sport-utility vehicles -- it is facing lean times as Japanese rivals encroach on the domestic car manufacturer's former...
[January 9, 2001, 12:54]
Two Ways To Bring PCs To Emerging Nations
News Who knows, but analysts and outsiders tend to lean toward the Intel and Via view of things. Via collaborates with universities and local manufacturers in Africa and India to develop inexpensive PCs and thin clients based on its chips.
[February 28, 2007, 15:25]
Exposing The Vulnerabilities Of E-commerce
News After an initial rush at the beginning of the evening event, the auditors --i n San Francisco for the North America Conference on Computer Audit, Control and Security -- thinned out, a bit fatter on the food, but perhaps still lean on the need for...
[May 7, 2002, 16:40]
