Title :
Server-based computing opportunities
Author :
Volchkov, Andrej
Author_Institution :
IT Dept., Pictet, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
There is a middle ground between an immediate Web-based, thin-client solution and traditional client-server. This hybrid solution runs traditional client applications on terminal servers that transmit only the screen image to the remote user, reducing network traffic, avoiding installation of client software on a remote workstation, and facilitating administration and deployment. Server-based computing (SBC) technology is making IT staff take a second look at client-server alternatives. The paper considers how server-based computing sidesteps thin-client problems by off-loading traditional client-server applications to terminal servers
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; network computers; IT staff; Web-based system; client-server systems; network traffic; remote users; remote workstation; server-based computing; terminal servers; thin clients; Access protocols; Application software; Bandwidth; Communication system security; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Independent component analysis; Network servers; Portals; User interfaces;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2002.1000456
