One of the biggest implications of the "virtualization phenonmenon" is on the grip that Microsoft has traditionally had on the IT hardware industry.
The scenario that is slowly unfolding is that : "Businesses will keep their existing XP or Windows 2000 operating systems, and avoid an upgrade to Vista. Instead, these businesses will use browsers to shift their e-mail, chat, instant messaging, virtual conferencing, encryption, audio, calendar, document management, backup storage, disaster recovery and security services into a service-based environment. The advantage of this approach is that it allows for piecemeal migration out of the Microsoft fold. It involves minimal risks because the migration can always be reversed.
Many of the elements of this approach are already shaping up. For instance, Google Apps, for an annual fee of $50, makes available e-mail, calendar, spreadsheets, document management, a Web-page creator, blogs, instant messaging and audio. It is likely that additional features will become available."
In this new scenario - all that customers will need is a thin client, with only a browser, instead of a fat client with more than 50 million lines of Microsoft code.
Interesting times…..read on…..
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2129594,00.asp
Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
If SOA - then THIN
One of the technological trends that is pushing customers towards Thin clients is what is called as SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).
What SOA does is that it can browser-enable several applications without touching the others and thus can approach modernization as an ongoing process rather than a do-or-die, date-driven event for IT departments. With more and more applications becoming browser-enabled and web based, the only device needed to access them is a thin client.
As the article states : The thin client is here to stay, and the browser-based interface is just a better solution for today's rapidly changing business climate. The article ends with a dire threat for organisations not adopting SOA : If your applications aren't ready, your organization won't be a player; it will be an observer.
Interesting read that will give you a whiff of changing macro-technology trends will affect client computing.
http://www.mc-showcase.com/mcpress/showcase.nsf/content/66B83AB4A0AC5521862572D700370DF5
What SOA does is that it can browser-enable several applications without touching the others and thus can approach modernization as an ongoing process rather than a do-or-die, date-driven event for IT departments. With more and more applications becoming browser-enabled and web based, the only device needed to access them is a thin client.
As the article states : The thin client is here to stay, and the browser-based interface is just a better solution for today's rapidly changing business climate. The article ends with a dire threat for organisations not adopting SOA : If your applications aren't ready, your organization won't be a player; it will be an observer.
Interesting read that will give you a whiff of changing macro-technology trends will affect client computing.
http://www.mc-showcase.com/mcpress/showcase.nsf/content/66B83AB4A0AC5521862572D700370DF5
TC users : learning the ropes
As more and more customers discover "Thin Client computing" - there is one reality : As the writer in this post says :
"Rome was not built in a day, nor was a shift to server-centric computing completed overnight"
Customers are bound to face a few initial teeting problems - some real, some psychological (I am getting a lesser PC, types)…. But as people continue to work through these issues - the undisputed fact that’s emerging is that : Going Thin is a very smart move in more ways than one.
Read this coming-of-age article - of a new thin client user :
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1045
"Rome was not built in a day, nor was a shift to server-centric computing completed overnight"
Customers are bound to face a few initial teeting problems - some real, some psychological (I am getting a lesser PC, types)…. But as people continue to work through these issues - the undisputed fact that’s emerging is that : Going Thin is a very smart move in more ways than one.
Read this coming-of-age article - of a new thin client user :
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1045
TC users : learning the ropes
As more and more customers discover "Thin Client computing" - there is one reality : As the writer in this post says :
"Rome was not built in a day, nor was a shift to server-centric computing completed overnight"
Customers are bound to face a few initial teeting problems - some real, some psychological (I am getting a lesser PC, types)…. But as people continue to work through these issues - the undisputed fact that’s emerging is that : Going Thin is a very smart move in more ways than one.
Read this coming-of-age article - of a new thin client user :
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1045
"Rome was not built in a day, nor was a shift to server-centric computing completed overnight"
Customers are bound to face a few initial teeting problems - some real, some psychological (I am getting a lesser PC, types)…. But as people continue to work through these issues - the undisputed fact that’s emerging is that : Going Thin is a very smart move in more ways than one.
Read this coming-of-age article - of a new thin client user :
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1045
Thin clients riding the server wave ?
Voices from the market :
Heres a small write-up in a popular IT Weekly advising on IT roll-outs.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070507/overview03.shtml
"As the penetration of servers is on the rise in the small business segment, the preference is for thin clients, which would cost you lesser than Rs 10,000 per client in some cases. Thin clients are not only cost-effective but they also ensure better security, since there are no hard disks in these devices."
Heres a small write-up in a popular IT Weekly advising on IT roll-outs.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070507/overview03.shtml
"As the penetration of servers is on the rise in the small business segment, the preference is for thin clients, which would cost you lesser than Rs 10,000 per client in some cases. Thin clients are not only cost-effective but they also ensure better security, since there are no hard disks in these devices."
Thin clients riding the server wave ?
Voices from the market :
Heres a small write-up in a popular IT Weekly advising on IT roll-outs.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070507/overview03.shtml
"As the penetration of servers is on the rise in the small business segment, the preference is for thin clients, which would cost you lesser than Rs 10,000 per client in some cases. Thin clients are not only cost-effective but they also ensure better security, since there are no hard disks in these devices."
Heres a small write-up in a popular IT Weekly advising on IT roll-outs.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070507/overview03.shtml
"As the penetration of servers is on the rise in the small business segment, the preference is for thin clients, which would cost you lesser than Rs 10,000 per client in some cases. Thin clients are not only cost-effective but they also ensure better security, since there are no hard disks in these devices."
The coming of RIA
Heres a small but interesting blogpost on the emergence of RIA (Rich Internet Applications).
http://swtrends.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/ria-a-new-category/
RIA coupled with AJAX (Asynchronous Java and XML) are what is making it possible for applications to move away from local desktops and reside & operate out of the internet instead. The implication for hardware vendors is clearly that - as these technologies get more grounded and stable - the PC is going to get thinner and thinner…..Voila !! - we arrive at thin clients again.
What traditional hardware vendors like HP, Dell and Lenovo need to understand hence is that they are in the business of selling access devices - today it’s predominantly PCs and laptops…. But tomorrow, increasingly it will be thin clients.
http://swtrends.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/ria-a-new-category/
RIA coupled with AJAX (Asynchronous Java and XML) are what is making it possible for applications to move away from local desktops and reside & operate out of the internet instead. The implication for hardware vendors is clearly that - as these technologies get more grounded and stable - the PC is going to get thinner and thinner…..Voila !! - we arrive at thin clients again.
What traditional hardware vendors like HP, Dell and Lenovo need to understand hence is that they are in the business of selling access devices - today it’s predominantly PCs and laptops…. But tomorrow, increasingly it will be thin clients.
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