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whitepaper Thin Clients Are in (Again): Server-Based Computing Improves Security, Simplifies Management, Lowers Total Cost of Ownership and Saves the Environment2008-09-19 CDW
  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 hamstrung by the high cost of purchasing and managing PCs. In thin-client computing, much like the old days of mainframe computers, the data center powers the computing functions and stores all the applications and data. Information flows back and forth to thin clients, which are small desktop devices with no hard drives and limited functionality. As a result, data is more secure, and hardware and software is easier to manage and update because everything is stored centrally on servers. That, in turn, will save money.

Tags: IT Budgeting, Client System Hardware		   
whitepaper ComputerWeekly - Thin Client Computing Smartens Up2008-09-02 Quocirca
  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 devices as being the antidote to the high price, low stability and variable management costs of the standard PC. For companies such as Citrix and Microsoft, thin client computing became an approach that was all to do with where code was run - on servers, with just the visual side being presented to the end device. However, this device could be a thin client - or it could be a PC.

Tags: Client System Hardware, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Deploying and Managing Thin Clients2008-09-01 Wyse Technology
  This white paper has reviewed some of the considerations for a large-scale thin client deployment program and discussed how to design and manage a thin client computing infrastructure with Wyse Device Manager, (WDM). This has shown that while thin client management may appear straightforward at the outset, a sophisticated management such as Wyse WDM is required to deliver the full benefits of a thin computing solution. WDM 4.7 is an advanced, purpose-built, thin client management software that provides superior security, better accommodation for end-user experience and mobility, additional logic and features for network scalability and interoperability and finally a world-class asset management and health-monitoring feature-set.

Tags: Security Administration		   
whitepaper Cost Benefits of Thin Client Voting Systems2008-06-25 Auburn University
  While the arguments still rage between the proponents for paper voting systems and those of electronic voting systems, little has been said to refute the high cost of current computerized systems. The state of Maryland switched from an optical scan system to a Diebold touchscreen system in the year 2003 and their election expenses have increased by as much as 9 times since 2001. Current computerized systems place separate, self-contained computers in each booth which require a large amount of memory and processing power to reliably operate. Also, each machine must be maintained individually. If a thin client has some kind of technical difficulty, it can simply be replaced to avoid having to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to have the machine diagnosed and fixed.   
whitepaper Hospitality ISP chooses HP Thin Clients for high reliability, low cost, security, and IT management2008-06-16 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  Do you need to find a secure solution for public access to the Internet to protect user passwords and block information from other users seeing that they had just accessed? Do you need a reliable solution with no hard drive crashes? Do you need to reduce IT costs and obtain a higher ROI on overall technology investment?

Read how an Orlando-based network provider for the hospitality industry found a reliable, secure, and cost-effective alternative to standard mobile products to provide public Internet access.

Tags: Client System Hardware, Data Tools, Business Functions, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper The Thin Client Wireless Broadband Network Project in the Irish Primary School Sector - An Analysis of Baseline Data2008-05-13
  The Thin Client wireless broadband project, is a pilot initiative involving a cluster of nine primary schools based in North County Dublin, Ireland. It is a four year project designed to investigate firstly, the extent to which a centrally managed network, based on thin client technology, can deliver an effective robust technology infrastructure to schools, and secondly, the extent to which such a solution can support and enhance pedagogical practice in relation to the deployment of ICT in education. A researcher has been assigned to the project to conduct a longitudinal study of the project's progress and impact.

Tags: Mobile and Wireless, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Managed Application Delivery - Is Thin Client the Best Answer? (podcast)2008-04-14 Intel
  Download this Intel Webcast in podcast format!

Are you considering thin clients and wondering if they are right for you?

Learn how new models of application delivery are simplifying corporate computing environments and helping companies deal more effectively with their IT security, management, and budgeting needs. Thin clients and server-based computing are only one option available today.

Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast, available on demand as a downloadable Podcast, to hear Mike Ferron-Jones, Manager, Emerging Models Program, Intel, and David Greschler, Director, Integrated Virtualization Strategy, Microsoft, discuss pros and cons of the centralized computing landscape as well as those of the various centralized compute models.

This Webcast covers these topics and more:
  • Discussion of the range of delivery options available today
  • Application virtualization and how it can satisfy the needs of IT and Users
  • TCO, security and technical challenges of centralized vs. decentralized systems
   
whitepaper Hotel Improves Guest Experience and Revenue Through Innovative Use of Technology2008-04-01 Microsoft Tips
  Located in downtown Philadelphia, Sheraton University City Hotel is in the midst of a major university and business center served by several hotels. To stay competitive, the hotel continuously improves the amenities that it offers its customers. The hotel wanted to provide more than just Internet service; it wanted to deliver in-room desktop resources and more entertainment options. To improve customer satisfaction, Sheraton implemented a solution from SuiteLinq that uses Microsoft technology and integrates productivity software with entertainment and communication capabilities. The hotel has since improved its scores in customer satisfaction surveys, raised its average daily room rate and repeat customer business, and increased revenue. Sheraton now has more opportunities to interact with customers, and integration with new Microsoft technologies will further enhance the guest experience.

Tags: Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Green Benefits Put Thin-Client Computing Back on the Desktop Hardware Agenda2008-03-10 Forrester Research
  The lure of 25% or more power savings and the growing importance of green IT have resurrected the thin-client debate. IT sourcing executives, though responsible for setting neither environmental agendas nor computing architecture road maps, must reacquaint themselves with the realities of thin-client provisioning to prepare a response to the various stakeholders who are pushing for or fighting its deployment. Sourcing will take on one of three roles: playing an investigative role and interfacing between suppliers and users; mapping out the true costs of a thin-client solution; or informing others within the business of the computing and user-experience issues that a deployment will generate.

Tags: Client System Hardware		   
whitepaper Green Benefits Put Thin-Client Computing Back on the Desktop Hardware Agenda2008-03-10 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  Is your IT system costing you more in power than you realize? Learn how thin clients can save you money and help your company become more green. Download this Forrester whitepaper and learn about the benefits of thin clients vs. traditional PC environments.

Tags: Client System Hardware, Client System Hardware, IT Budgeting, IT Budgeting, IT Budgeting