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Article: Thin is in: after several years in the wilderness, "thin" client computer systems are coming back into vogue for both large and small businesses. (Information Technology).
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- CMA Management
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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The year of the "thin" client system was supposed to have been back in 1998. At the time, a lot of people were impressed by the concept of server-based applications networked to workstations. There would be no more PCs, no more of the maintenance headaches they bring, and no viruses entering a company system through floppy disks.
But the idea didn't catch on, for a variety of reasons. Some IT departments felt threatened by such a system. Others suggest that thin clients hadn't fully developed at the time. Others point to fears of network failures and the potential loss of data on a mainframe-type system.
The tangible benefits of thin clients are now ...