Thin Clients Deliver
Friday, 09 June 2006 by Michel Roth
A nice article about Server Based Computing (with Citrix): The idea of using a no-frills client to access data from a server is not new, but new approaches, faster networks and compelling advantages in terms of security and lower maintenance requirements mean that thin is back in vogue.

The definition of a thin client is fairly fluid, as some offer more features than others. Generally, it's understood to be an access device that gets applications and data from a server without a separate hard disk. As well as making the device free from threats such as viruses, there are also no moving parts to break down or consume extra power.

One person reconsidering the use of thin clients is Ping na Thalang, vice president of information systems at Bangkok Airways. While he admits that he's been a fan of the concept ever since Sun's Scott McNealy and Oracle's Larry Ellison started talking about network computers years ago, he hadn't found access devices that were really low cost. Worse, many vendors were offering fat clients on a diet-slimmed down desktop PCs that often cost the same or more.

Read it here.

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