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Thin Client 101

Tutorial

Any user device connected via the thin-client protocol is a thin client. Certain devices are optimized for the thin-client protocol and provide the greatest cost savings.

A thin-client solution has four main ingredients:

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ThinQUIZ

Thin Planet's ThinQUIZ is a new tool made possible by their partnership with BeachFront Direct. Each week they publish 10 new questions in each of three categories - MetaFrame, WinFrame and Windows NT (additional topics to be added in the future). ThinQUIZ is an interactive tool that will keep track of your score for each session. During a session, you decide how many questions you want to answer and what topics you want to cover, it's completely up to you. Your test session can be as long as you want, but if you are idle for more than 10 minutes they will automatically end the test and record the results. The results page will retain a complete graphical history of your test results so that you can review your progress over time. Best of all, ThinQUIZ is free of charge to Thin Planet Community members - enjoy!


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Thin Client Glossery

Application server: A server dedicated to running applications for thin clients.

Application Service Provider (ASP): A company that rents applications and powerful servers via thin clients. Organizations subscribe to the services of the ASP.

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Portal Websites
*Thin Client @ Computing
*The thin.net
*Thin Planet

*Thin-world

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Vender Websites
* Citrix
* Wyse
* Tarantella
* NeTraverse
 
Informational Websites
* Solve your Winframe and Terminal Server problems.
* CiTR!X Hardcore User
* Benefits of Thin Client
* Discussion Board
 
White Papers
*Application Serving
*Thin Client Computing Server Options
*Power to the People
*Total Cost of
Application Ownership
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Books
*Thin Clients Clearly Explained
*Thin Clients: Web-Based Client/Server Architecture and Applications
*Windows NT Thin Client Solutions: Implementing Terminal Server and Citrix MetaFrame
*Regional Forecast and Analysis of the Enterprise Thin-Client Market, 1999-2004
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Case Studies
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Articles
*The truth about network computers
*Tools for the Control Freak
*Microsoft Thin Client Strategy : Simplicity
and Choice

*Look, Ma-No ICA!

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The Latest and Greatest in Thin Client

Web-enabled Thin Client Applications

February 19, 2001
By Mark A. Seltzer

Thin-client technology was designed to make the IT administrator's job easier. With the arrival of thin clients, administrators no longer had to install a product update or a service release on a client desktop; they could use thin technology to connect to a remote server and run all applications from a single point. But for a while, the technology had one major flaw: It required the installation of a software product on the desktop. Now, new Web-based thin technology promises to solve this problem.

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ClearCube "A New Paradigm in Reducing Desktop Management Costs"


An IDC White Paper
Analyst: David Tapper

This white paper:
• Discusses challenges associated with managing the desktop infra-structure
in an enterprise, including employees’ productivity and
PC downtime, IT complexity, cost of hardware and software sup-port,
and the IT skills shortage
• Introduces ClearCube Technology, a company that has developed a
way to mitigate many of these problems through an innovative alter-native
to traditional desktop management
• Presents the findings of interviews with 17 ClearCube customers that
show how these customers have saved time and money while increasing
productivity as a result of implementing the ClearCube architecture

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