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Thin-Client
Devices ...... Conclusion
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The move to
add thin-client/server solutions to enterprise network is an
evolution, not a revolution. Many people will continue to need
the flexibility, expandability, and power of a PC – but for
many, a PC is not just overdoing it, its actually a burden on the
smooth performance of their jobs. And adding thin clients can
provide the enterprise with the best of the both the
mainframe/terminals and the network-PC worlds. Thin-client
solutions can simplify IT management, save the enterprise money,
speed the deployment of new solutions and applications, and
provide users with the computing solutions that are the most
appropriate for their jobs.
However,
of today’s new enterprise computing solutions – the
Windows-based terminal, the Java-based NC, and the PC-based
NetPC – only one is proven solution that is ready for
deployment today: the Windows-based terminal. Windows-based
terminals are:
- Ready today
:
NCs are dependent on the development of Java and Java
applications. NetPCs may be only transitional products, paving the
way for network management for PCs
- The least expensive to buy
- The easiest to manage
centrally
- The simplest way to upgrade
software applications or implement new software applications
across a large organization
- The least expensive to
maintain,
costing an
estimated $1,258 annually, 57 percent less than the lowest
estimate for the maintaining a PC
- The only technology that is
truly "thin",
because they perform all functions on the server. Only the
interface appears on the client
- Unencumbered by bandwidth
constraint,
because
they exchange neither data nor applications with the server,
only mouse clicks, keystrokes, and screen updates
- The fastest solution
,
since all applications run on the server, at server speed, and
are not slowed by network access
- Able to access over 100,000
Windows-based applications
(including custom applications) plus Java – and
Internet-based applications, and host/UNIX applications
- Designed to be centrally
managed
by the IT
staff
- Already established
as mainstream technology
- A secure investment
for the future enterprise computing needs
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