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Added: 5 December 2005 Page views: 3,222 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

Victorian DHS moves to desktop virtualisation: Will replace the state's fleet of ageing group home PCs, by Tim Lohman. Computerworld, 19 May, 2010. "The Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) has announced a major desktop virtualisation project that will see its aging fleet of 640 group home PCs replaced with thin clients connected to a Citrix backend..."

Added: 19 May 2010; Page views: 999 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

PC over IP: The next wave in thin clients: IBM, ClearCube employ Teradici chipset to transmit data, graphics over IP network, By Rutrell Yasin. Government Computer News, 3 March 2008. "An emerging approach to thin computing goes beyond the delivery of applications to clients, instead delivering - in effect - the PC. Called PC over IP, the technology uses chipsets that compress the entire PC experience at the data center and transmit it over a TCP/IP network to thin-client devices, where it is decompressed and made ready for use..."

Added: 6 March 2008; Page views: 1,473 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

Thin-client technology saves budget at Christchurch Borough Council: Public Technology, 23 August 2006. "A thin client solution in use at Christchurch Borough Council has saved the council thousands of pounds since it was installed. "I estimate the 'real' revenue saving for the Council - by not replacing our PC's each year - at £71,000 over the next 6 years, with a continued £21,000k annually thereafter", said Andy Wigman, IT Manager, Christchurch Borough Council..."

Added: 25 August 2006; Page views: 2,659 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

Can you be too thin?: Thin clients aren't for everyone, but if you decide to make the leap, here are some issues to consider. Federal Computer Week, February 13, 2006. "You remember diskless computers, right? They were the hot new idea a decade ago, but for whatever reason, they did not make a significant impact among most government users. But that’s changing. These days, computers without local data storage are called thin clients, and they’re getting a lot of attention from agencies and departments newly concerned about security. Originally, the diskless PC concept was intended to save money. If you didn’t need floppy or hard disks, the computer would cost less. But with yesterday’s slower networks, performance wasn’t great. And not everything worked right..."

Added: 22 February 2006; Page views: 2,406 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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