Do you really want to manage a fleet of expensive PCs that require ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting? A growing number of businesses are saying no. Instead, they’re exploring an alternative to ...

NComputing is launching a new, cheaper version of its low-cost thin-client computers today, computers that it’s targeting at developing nations. The company’s sold a million units of its X300 desktop ...

If your business already manages server resources and you’re looking for a simpler endpoint device solution, you may want to consider thin client technology. Thin clients are more flexible, easier to ...

Arista has partnered with ACP to create the enabled thin-client HMI Express, which includes both screenless, brick–sized, mountable clients and industrial-panel thin-client computers with 6.4-, 8.4-, ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a compact computer that workers can use to access cloud-based virtual desktops. A virtual desktop is a workstation hosted in a ...

Thin-client vendor Neoware is rolling out several new devices designed to improve manageability and security while reducing costs. Neoware Systems Inc. is filling in its lineup with more offerings ...

The Microbox-5824-ACP has a 300-MHz Geode microprocessor and comes standard with four serial ports. It has a screw-in power supply, no fan or other moving parts, and operates from 32° to 122°F. When ...

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A few years ago, thin clients were all the rage. Leading the charge was Sun Microsystems, driven perhaps by a disdain for Microsoft, but many others were producing a variety of thin-client products on ...

A client machine that relies on the server to perform the data processing. Either a dedicated thin client terminal or a regular PC with thin client software is used to send keyboard and mouse input to ...

Most of the thin client users don't even understand they don't have their own computer. They turn on and log right onto a server without even being aware they are not logging onto a local PC.

A type of thin client that permanently contains only system software for booting the operating system from the network. Applications come from the server as well, and there is no local storage. Also ...