For many years, industry analysts predicted that thin clients would revolutionize enterprise computing, but it was a revolution that never quite happened. Until now. Finally, emerging technologies, such as virtualization, are enabling thin clients to move into the mainstream and businesses to reap the broad range of benefits which are associated with the thin client and server-based computing model. This white paper outlines the factors which have combined to make thin client computing a viable, more secure and less costly alternative to traditional desktop computing models.
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