Thin Client Strategies
Organizations that do not closely track, control and set common standards for, acquisition of new computer hardware, typically can only practice a thin client strategy.
Which strategy will reduce total cost of operations the most depends on several factors:
- whether the capabilities of a full operating system are required, or just those of a thin client
- whether applications with inflexible software licenses are in use that must be paid for not only if they are used, but even if they are only installed
- whether poorly-behaved applications that interact badly are in use
- LAN or removable disk limits that make it easy or difficult to do re-imaging on demand
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