In the technology world, a thin client doesn’t allude to a client who’s been sweating on the treadmill. Rather, it refers to a system where the computer — the client — is configured with only the ...

Application sharing between a client, middleware and enterprise server Application sharing between a client, application server and enterprise database server.

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

The primary function of a client-server system is to create a division of labor between a centralized server and the individual computers that are running your software. This model has a number of ...

Explaining the ongoing evolution from client-server to cloud-native, source of much confusion and misdirection when comparing SaaS offerings There are many definitions of software as a service (SaaS).

How thin can you go? New clients continue to be introduced, like HP’s unveiling of the t310 G2 All-in-One Zero Client in January. With client types on the market ranging from traditional thick desktop ...

Government technology managers know client-server architecture because they deal with it daily, and many of them have the gray hair to prove it. They also know that despite its problems with excessive ...

[Editor's note: Although Paul Murphy is offline until August 7, he filed a series of chapter summaries for a book in progress on Sun Rays and the Smart Display Architecture.] This section introduces ...