Having full-blown computers linked to a central server delivering applications to office workers is so last century. More and more businesses are choosing to deploy thin-client or virtual desktop ...

In a client-server environment, an organization's files, and sometimes its applications, are stored not on individual desktop computers but on centralized servers instead. That "client-server" ...

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 ...

NComputing is marching forward with its mission of driving computing costs toward zero. Today, the maker of thin-client shared computers is announcing a system that allows three times as many users to ...

Monitoring client computers in your business's network enables you to track actions that may be red flags for your system's security. With the Local Group Policy Editor, which is built into business ...

HP launched three new thin client computers this week, two desktop models and one mobile notebook thin client. They're the company's first thin client product release since acquiring thin client ...

Microsoft’s Windows Intune, which launched in March, lets you remotely secure, monitor, manage, and assist PCs via the Internet. One of the first cloud-based PC management systems available, it’s ...

A single-user computer. It typically refers to a Windows PC or Mac, but may also refer to a Linux PC. Also called a "client computer" or "client" or simply a "desktop." THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...