Under one name or another, since the early 1980's, hardware vendors have been extolling the virtues of the thin-client model. The claim has always been lower up-front costs. Yet, thin clients have ...

Dell announced the launch of four thin client products, including an integrated display model known as Thin Client Solution OptiPlex All-in-One. The lineup includes two desktop products and two ...

Vendors such as HP and Citrix, are attempting to bring back the thin client model, which analysts say remains niche for now although enterprise acceptance is growing.

It isn't even doing battle with the ARM ecosystem of software makers, fabs, SoC designers, and device makers. If Santa Clara is fighting anything, it's fighting the thin-client model itself.

Today’s thin clients provide more alternatives than the traditional thin-client computing model — and that’s boosting interest, says IDC analyst Bob O’Donnell. Virtualization programs, which can ...

Dell has added a new model to its entry-level thin client series that enables light multi-tasking in a highly secure, easy to manage and space-efficient design.

The thin-client devices cost less compared to PCs, but the actual implementation of a cloud-based computing model with the software and server resources could be expensive, O’Donnell said.

News Analysis: Marketers of thin-client technology are pushing the model as an answer to IT administrators' data security headaches.

Columnist Craig J. Mathias remains a fan of thin-client mobile computing, but he says the throughput and the critical mass of wireless connectivity needed to make it worthwhile isn't here yet.

Thin-client computing is an old idea, but the cloud puts a new twist to the model, said Bob O’Donnell, program vice president for clients and displays at IDC.

The thin-client devices cost less compared to PCs, but the actual implementation of a cloud-based computing model with the software and server resources could be expensive, O’Donnell said.