Microsoft is reportedly readying a new version of its Windows desktop and server software that will run on ARM processors.
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When the executives filed out, Grove stayed behind for a one-on-one meeting with Patrick Gelsinger, who runs its largest division: desktop and server chips.
"Whether you're talking about a desktop or a server, the operating system is doing most of the job, " McCarron said.
If they need access to our systems or networks we just provide them with a remote desktop connection to our server.
The idea of a central management console for all server and desktop administration tools is a complete change for NT users and should give managers greater control over more NT resources.
"An Ubuntu tablet is a secure thin client that can be managed with the same tools as any Ubuntu server or desktop, " said Stephane Verdy, who leads enterprise desktop and thin client products at Canonical.
Customers are then given a range of choices as to how they want to receive those updates including declining it, downloading it for the purposes of evaluating it later, or installing it directly on a server or desktop system direct from the network.
Instead we, like most of our clients, are using these devices to connect into our server via Remote Desktop.
Capellas is also banking on a shift toward simplified product lines as software moves off of the desktop and on to "server farms" connected via high-speed Internet lines.
Meanwhile, IT organizations that have already shifted from a desktop-based to a server-based model will be able to respond to the Y2K threat more quickly, and their highly visible success should further drive the market in that direction.
Competition from rival open source operating system, Linux, is stalling Microsoft's growth in the server market, but desktop dominance remains intact: Windows installed in 94% of PCs being sold.
Munson, for example, is concerned that Apple's server and hard-core desktop products got short-shrift during Jobs' keynote.
All programs, storage, back-up and security resides on the server, instead of at the desktop.
But the rise of cloud computing and desktop virtualization means more applications run on a server.
The ballyhooed Linux operating system, which is free, has made inroads in the server market, but not on the desktop, for want of applications.
Ballmer said the shift to online software and services will mean changes for all of Microsoft's businesses, which range from desktop productivity tools to database and e-mail server software.
WestClinTech launched a product that could do everything Excel can, sometimes more accurately, always faster, but placed it on a server running SQL instead of on a desktop running Microsoft Office.
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Without knowledge and care, a responsive website can make unnecessary server requests and download images scaled for a desktop on a mobile device.
Or setting up a private cloud using tools like Remote Desktop so that all of your data is on one server instead of spread around multiple workstations?
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By the company's count, a single combined thin client and blade server uses 44 watts of energy compared with an energy-chewing desktop PC's 80 watts.
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Chief among these open-source programmes is Linux, now a real alternative to Microsoft Windows for server computers (and one that even runs on a few aficionados' desktop computers).
For most of the years we had a server in the basement of my house and we all connected to it using remote desktop.
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