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Article: Beyond Screen Scraping.(thin-clients and web-to-host)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
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- Enterprise Systems Journal
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Web to Host Meets Thin-Client Computing
While IBM and others struggled unsuccessfully to knock the Wintel alliance off its feet with the network computing concept, their efforts did succeed in solidifying a new set of buzz words to every IT managers' vocabulary -- thin-client computing.
The thin-client market is growing like gangbusters, with a wide range of devices and software available to IT managers seeking to lower total cost of ownership and centralize IT management. Typically, devices, such as IBM's Network Station, can not only access 3270 and 5250 sessions, but also Windows applications. Microsoft and a bevy of terminal makers promote Windows ...