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Would you like to reduce your IT Financial and Management costs? Advanced CompuNet can help you implement and maintain a Thin-client/ server-based computing environment with best performance and security options.
Today, many businesses are turning to thin client/server-based computing solutions to make their Windows-based environments more productive and efficient than ever before. In a server-based computing model, technology administrators can extend Windows-based applications to clients without physically installing the application on each device. This centralized deployment saves IT administrators significant time and effort, especially in those customer environments that preclude the deployment of Windows PCs.
One significant advantage of server-based computing is that client devices do not have to be capable of processing sophisticated Windows-based applications to access and use them. Since a powerful central server (or multiple servers organized to work collectively) handles all application execution, processing and data storage, the client device is required to manage only display updates, mouse clicks and keystrokes.

Thin-client/server computing is not about devices or operating systems. It works with everything from the latest Pentium-based PCs, to powerful workstations, Java network computers and legacy PCs. It's not about replacing or overhauling the network infrastructure that you've carefully - and at great expense - built up over the years. And it's not about scrapping applications and rewriting code. With thin-client/server computing, users have access to the latest 16- and 32-bit Windows applications, from any device, from anywhere - even over dial-up connections - with performance that goes beyond conventional networks. Sessions run concurrently on the server, without sacrificing application performance.
Thin-client/server computing provides the following benefits:

Management and scalability: Using thin-client/server computing, IT professionals can deploy, manage and support applications from a single location in minutes across a network of any size.

Access: Users can access 32-bit Windows-based applications from virtually any client device, including legacy 486 PCs, Pentium-based computers, network computers, Windows-based terminals, UNIX workstations and Macintosh systems.

Performance: Thin-client/server computing can provide LAN-like application performance and superb responsiveness, even over low-bandwidth connections.

Security: Thin-client/server computing keeps vital information on the network and offers everyone access to the same centralized information. With thin-client/server computing, you'll be able to make the most of your technology investment. Network and staff efficiency goes up while reliance on new hardware and technology goes down. The result? You lower your total cost of computer ownership.

What is the Thin Client?

• Thin Clients are IT devices designed with no moving parts, such as hard drives, floppy drives and fans that can break down or lose data.
• Thin Clients run on many different multi-user operating systems, including Linux, Windows 2000, Windows NT and SCO UNIX.
• Thin Clients can have a variety of devices attached, e.g. modems, printers, speakers, microphones, bar code readers, cash drawers, magnetic stripe readers, and they can be used locally or shared system wide.
• Server-based computing provides a multi-user operating system and the technology to distribute the applications to the thin client.

Server-based Thin client computing requires three elements:

End Result:

• Server-based computing with thin clients means an improved return on computing investments, desktops, networks, applications and training.
• Thin clients and server-based technology is rapidly becoming the most reliable way to reduce the complexity and total costs associated with enterprise computing.
• Thin clients and server-based technology allows your IT staff to extend the reach of business applications to employees in all areas, so they can all share the same vital information.
• Thin clients provide a lower investment in CPU's, hard drives, Ram, software, network bandwidth and software licenses.
• Thin clients and server based technology enable multiple concurrent users to log on and run applications in separate, protected sessions on a single server.
• In essence thin clients bring back the security and control of Mainframe computing with the Graphical User Interface application compatibility, and the function of a PC.