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Thin terminals are back - with XP in them
News Despite the fact that it includes 128MB of RAM and 96MB of Flash memory, it still counts as a thin client compared with Windows XP desktops, says Wyse, and will be promoted as a smaller, more secure and more tightly controlled alternative to...
[November 13, 2001, 14:53]
Thin Clients: Selecting the Right Desktop Strategy for Your Organization
White Papers Thin clients can offer significant advantages when properly deployed. While cost has been the major factor touted by many thin client proponents, these machines can also improve security, manageability, and simplicity.
[September 2, 2008, 7:35]
Thin is in
Talkback When you speak of thin you should make your definition of thin perfectly clear because there are several flavours of thin. There's also a thin that's introduced as the one and all answer to all problems by ignorant decision makers and commercially...
[June 1, 2005, 21:42]
Thin Client Performance
White Papers Ever since Thin Clients were conceived the message has always been that unlike PC's the CPU on the Thin Client is unimportant. The Thin Client in this case is merely animating the screen content and sending the keyboard and mouse data to the Server.
[March 14, 2009, 0:18]
Thin Client Technology
White Papers 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...
[July 31, 2009, 1:35]
Thin is in
Leader You can never be too rich or too thin - except on the desktop. The answer, as anyone selling thin client systems will tell you, is thin client systems. On paper, this idea has always solved the major problems of corporate desktops: centrally...
[June 1, 2005, 14:10]
"Thin" Vs. "Fat" Visualization Clients
White Papers A thin client, by definition, have minimal software requirements necessary to function as a user interface front-end for a Web enabled application and raises the issue of client vs.server data visualization rendering.
[January 20, 2005, 2:00]
Thin clients ride Linux trend
Talkback The next step may be Wireless Thin Client, or Diskless Notebook.
[August 6, 2004, 20:01]
Thin Upload
Downloads Thin File Upload is a general purpose multiple file uploading. With Thin Upload installed on your Web site, visitors will be able to upload their files to the server simply by dropping them on the browser.
[December 15, 2008, 9:05]
Emergic Freedom (Thin Client - Thick Server) White Paper
White Papers 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.
[January 12, 2005, 23:00]
'Thin' Windows 2000 debuts
News Microsoft yesterday released a new test version of Windows 2000 that will ship in thin servers, also known as server appliances. The server appliance market is one area where Windows lags behind rival platforms -- Sun subsidiary Cobalt, which...
[March 1, 2001, 12:55]
IBM XIV® Storage System: Thin Provisioning Reinvented
White Papers Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on a "just-in-time" and "as needed" basis. This document explores the benefits of thin provisioning, the XIV approach to implementing it, and other XIV capabilities that ease...
[October 13, 2009, 0:00]
Thin Client Networking
White Papers 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...
[July 27, 2007, 0:17]
Thin client device sales double in 2002
News Research giant IDC claims sales of thin client devices are ramping up in Asia, but Australia is lagging behind the general Asia Pacific region. According to IDC, 28,385 thin client devices were sold in 2002 in Australia, up 54 percent from 2001, a...
[June 10, 2003, 10:14]
Thin-Client Branch Connectivity Solution for PBDAC
White Papers It opted for a thin client solution based on HP technology. The HP Compaq Thin Client was superior to competitive products from a technical perspective. The Principal Bank for Development and Agriculture Credit (PBDAC) is one of Egypt's largest...
[February 13, 2007, 16:25]
Domino's Pizza: Thin Client Solution Adds Security, Cuts Costs for Pizza Giant
White Papers Domino's Pizza has standardized its in-store workstations on HP thin clients. Domino's Pizza, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich.became the leader in the pizza delivery business by promising customers they will have their pizza in 30 minutes.
[August 28, 2009, 1:22]
Thin clients credited with big CO2 emission cuts
News The use of thin clients can play a substantial part in reducing European businesses' CO2 emissions, according to research. Thin clients have already reduced global CO2 emissions by 166,521 tonnes over the last four years — the equivalent of 504...
[March 27, 2008, 15:36]
Thin Clients Are in (Again): Server-Based Computing Improves Security, Simplifies Management, Lowers Total Cost of Ownership and Saves the Environment
White Papers Thin clients are back in vogue, and this time it's not just hype. IT organizations today are giving thin-client computing a closer look because they are continually bombarded by daily security threats, overburdened by help-desk requests and...
[March 7, 2009, 0:25]
Thin clients ride Linux trend
News Thin is in again, at least for a spell, as hardware makers use Linux to sell companies on the idea of forsaking full-fledged PCs in favour of stripped-down "thin clients. In the 90s, Microsoft foes Oracle and Sun Microsystems advocated, with little...
[August 6, 2004, 12:05]
ComputerWeekly - Thin Client Computing Smartens Up
White Papers Thin client computing has been around for many years - predating the PC, if one includes standard green screen terminals. However, the real push with thin client devices was during the late 1990s, when the likes of NCD, Wyse and IGEL pushed their...
[March 1, 2009, 0:24]
