And for a thousand desktops you would probably have ten good sized servers and those servers would most likely be controlled by the IS department. So that, instead of worrying about a thousand desktops and making sure that they all had virus checking software and filters, you would only have to make sure that you have virus checking and filtering software on your servers and that way all the people in the environment have nothing to worry about. I Love You virus that we had recently. Those of you who work on Winterms don't have anything to worry about. Those of you who work on PC's and notebooks need to download this software and we will come out and switch it on and make it all work for you.
Thin clients are naturally immune to viruses.
There is a natural firewall inside them so viruses cannot go in and erase software from the thin client or cause any damage to the thin client, so that they dramatically simplify the handling of what is becoming an increasingly virus prone world for the IS department and for the company. And the big benefit is, as viruses become more and more clever and they have greater damage they do, think about if you had your hard drive erased, you would lose things you forgot you even had. On the other hand, if you are in a thin client type of environment and your server is properly protected, which is often the case, you don't have anything to worry about. Read Interview Read what others are predicting for the ASP industry in 2001 Read Predictions Understanding the ASP Market Traver Gruen-Kennedy , Chairman of the ASP Industry Consortium, Jeff Kauffman , Dir. of Business Development at the ASP Industry News, and Mike Mathewson , Founder and Managing Editor of Thin Planet and ASP Island, talk with ON24's Rick Ellis about the growing ASP industry. Thin Planet is made possible by our sponsors , please give them a click to show your support. .