Intel Touts vPro As Thin Client Killer

Thursday, 28 September 2006 by Michel Roth

Intel's Pat Gelsinger claims that vPro merges the advantages of thin and thick clients. Intel is positioning its vPro enterprise client computing platform as a way to fend off the threat from thin client computers.

In a keynote presentation at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, touted the platform's ability to merge the advantages of thin and thick clients.

"The future for vPro is in enabling it to be the best 'software as a service' client possible, balancing the computing overhead between the data centre and the client," he told delegates.

Gelsinger argued that the platform would be able to deliver attributes from a thick client such as mobility, a rich user interface and support for features like video and voice communications, while embracing the key benefits of a thin client through enhanced security and lower maintenance.

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