By definition doing more computing on the client side increases complexity versus a simple server-only app, and indeed, some of the drawbacks of the old client-server model do return. Developers need ...

I've been following the evolution of client-side computing off and on for over 20 years. Remember ASCII terminals? Green screens? Beehives? X terminals? If you do, they're most likely dimming memories ...

Desktop virtualization-separating a PC desktop environment from a physical machine using a client-server set-up-will ramp up U.S. Defense Department computing efficiencies and cut costs significantly.

Few IT duties are as universal as the care and feeding of the corporate desktop. While other aspects of IT get easier thanks to new technologies like server virtualization, there’s still no magic pill ...

His sale of his company's storied personal computer division may be the strongest indication that Sam Palmisano believes the PC's status as a business computing tool is in decline. But if there were ...

As the Windows client environment has become richer and more powerful over the years, it has become more difficult to manage. Even on a stable and reliable version of Windows--meaning Windows 2000 or ...

Old computer systems were very easy to understand. You would simply enter data into your workstation and it would be fed to the mainframe computer. Called a master/slave system, the mainframe master ...

Old models of computing always tend to linger too long, but client-server was based on a fallacy -- and needs to go away sooner rather than later I write this week from IBM’s Insight conference in Las ...

Dublin, July 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Client Computing (2025): Global Outlook Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global client computing market size was ...

(1) Running a program in a user's machine. Contrast with processing in a server. (2) Using a computer like a terminal with limited application processing. See thin client. (3) Users at computers ...

The Wall Street Journal had a story yesterday called Businesses Take Another Look at Virtual Desktops*. Being that it’s the Wall Street Journal, the article focuses on the news and financial aspects ...