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Thin is in; Companies, governments squeeze more life out of old computers by turning them into 'thin-client' terminals.

Publication: Crain's Detroit Business
Publication Date: 15-MAR-04 		Format: Online - approximately 832 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Thin is in; Companies, governments squeeze more life out of old computers by turning them into 'thin-client' terminals.(Special Report)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Andrew Dietderich

Philip Bertolini had a problem: a shrinking information-technology budget and a need for more computing power.

The director of information technology for Oakland County said the solution was right in front of him - at each computer the county already owns.

Rather than scrap older personal computers, the county plans to network them with one server to harness the computing power of the PCs through a process called "thin client.''

The server houses all of the software applications, stored information and computing power, thus creating a network of "dumb'' terminals that tap into the system when needed.

Thin client allows an organization like Oakland County to replace one powerful server as opposed to hundreds of computers.

Bertolini estimates that the...

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