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Old computer systems were very easy to understand. You would simply enter data into your workstation and it would be fed to the mainframe computer. Called a master/slave system, the mainframe master ...

Desktop virtualization-separating a PC desktop environment from a physical machine using a client-server set-up-will ramp up U.S. Defense Department computing efficiencies and cut costs significantly.

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Whenever you use an ATM to check your balance or withdraw some money, you are actually participating in a client-server interaction with a computer on your bank's network. A client-server network ...

His sale of his company's storied personal computer division may be the strongest indication that Sam Palmisano believes the PC's status as a business computing tool is in decline. But if there were ...

As the Windows client environment has become richer and more powerful over the years, it has become more difficult to manage. Even on a stable and reliable version of Windows--meaning Windows 2000 or ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Schools take different approaches to ...

Network Segmentation in the Age of Zero Trust Security The IT landscape is rapidly evolving to meet the demands of our ...

The Wall Street Journal had a story yesterday called Businesses Take Another Look at Virtual Desktops*. Being that it’s the Wall Street Journal, the article focuses on the news and financial aspects ...

What is an app? Most people think of them as the little, self-contained bits of software on our phones. They have shiny icons, and we get them through app stores. Sometimes they are useful. Often they ...

NComputing is unveiling today a computer which costs just $200 but acts like a full-fledged Windows PC for the enterprise. The L300 — the latest in a series of models — is a little box that connects ...