The most recent Client articles from IT Week

Thinspace to ship "fastest" thin client

Daniel Robinson — 2008-07-22T14:38:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 14:38:00

Thinspace promises high-performance thin clients, under £300

Thin client vendor Thinspace is to introduce a new range of products next month, including the fastest desktop model on the market, the firm said....

Review: Has the BlackBerry met its match?

Daniel Robinson — 2008-07-11T14:58:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 11 July 2008 at 14:58:00

Nokia’s corporate messaging phone boasts a sleek design, an impressive range of features and good battery life

Nokia’s E71 is a corporate handset designed for messaging with a comprehensive specification including GPS for navigation, Microsoft Exchange email support, a VPN for secure communication, and voice-over-IP (VoIP) for making calls...

Parallels aims at virtual desktops

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-24T16:15:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 16:15:00

Virtuozzo container-based platform enables customers to support more users per server than other virtualisation tools, according to the company

Parallels is entering the desktop virtualisation market with its Virtuozzo container-based platform, which enables customers to support more users per server than other virtualisation tools, according to the company....

Igel expands virtual desktop support

David Neal — 2008-06-23T12:29:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Monday 23 June 2008 at 12:29:00

Igel Technology has added support foe a range of machines to its firmware

Thin client firm Igel Technology is claiming support for a broad range of virtual desktop systems in the latest update to its Linux firmware....

Review: NEC's Versa is business alternative to mini-laptops

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-20T11:02:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 20 June 2008 at 11:02:00

The Versa S9100’s decent battery life and low weight make it a good choice for road warriors

NEC’s Versa S9100 is a lightweight ultraportable laptop that offers respectable performance, even under Windows Vista, and could prove a hit with business travellers needing a PC for productivity while...

Apple in rude health thanks to un-PC attitudes

Kelvyn Taylor — 2008-06-06T16:38:00.000Z

Kelvyn Taylor, IT Week, Friday 6 June 2008 at 16:38:00

Apple’s first quarter results suggest Windows users are increasingly willing to try on the Mac for size

It’s been almost three years since I wrote a column welcoming Apple to the Intel fold and so far it seems to have been an extraordinarily happy marriage....

Review: mini laptops are light on the wallet

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-06T10:54:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 6 June 2008 at 10:54:00

The days when ultra-portable meant ultra-expensive are over thanks to new compact laptops from Asus and HP. But which system is best suited to the demands of business users?

HP’s 2133 Mini-Note PC and the Asus Eee PC 900 are two examples of the new trend towards miniature laptops that do not cost a premium when compared with standard-sized...

Interview: thin clients set to ride the virtualisation wave

Daniel Robinson — 2008-05-30T16:18:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 30 May 2008 at 16:18:00

Igel’s Stephen Yeo explains why thin clients are the ideal partner for virtual desktops in a corporate environment

Many enterprise vendors are banking on desktop virtualisation playing a major part within corporate IT infrastructure in the future. For customers, the technology holds out the promise of easier management...

IT Week Video Review: Mini laptops

2008-05-30T11:50:00.000Z

IT Week, Friday 30 May 2008 at 11:50:00

Technical editor Daniel Robinson reviews the Asus Eee PC 900 and HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC

The Asus Eee PC 900 and HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC go head to head in this IT Week video review

Review: Dell convertible offers a touch more usability

Daniel Robinson — 2008-05-23T15:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 23 May 2008 at 15:00:00

The first Tablet PC from Dell supports touch activation as well as stylus-based input

Dell’s Latitude XT is a convertible Tablet PC design that makes a decent compromise between processing power and weight, an important consideration for a unit likely to be carried around while being...

Vendors bolster support for virtual desktops

Daniel Robinson — 2008-05-23T11:36:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 23 May 2008 at 11:36:00

VMware offers virtualisation services, while Citrix links app delivery framework to XenDesktop

Enterprises gained new support options for virtual desktops this week as VMware announced professional services to help firms implement its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) model, while Citrix unveiled plans to...

The PC does not fall far from Apple's tree

Alistair Dabbs — 2008-05-22T12:14:00.000Z

Alistair Dabbs, IT Week, Thursday 22 May 2008 at 12:14:00

The iMac tops the list as one of the last decade’s most influential products

The first decade of IT Week’s existence has seen plenty of changes in the computing industry, as you might expect. Some heads of IT departments ended up sitting on the board of...

HP extends mobile thin client range

Gareth Morgan — 2008-05-19T16:52:00.000Z

Gareth Morgan, IT Week, Monday 19 May 2008 at 16:52:00

Smaller, lighter laptop alternatives

HP has introduced a smaller and lighter version of its mobile thin client device as it ramps up its desktop virtualisation offerings....

Review: desktop security on a stick

Daniel Robinson — 2008-05-16T11:25:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 16 May 2008 at 11:25:00

BeCrypt’s Trusted Client is a complete user environment on a USB memory stick

BeCrypt’s Trusted Client is a complete user environment on a USB memory stick, designed to let mobile workers connect securely with corporate resources using any PC with an internet connection, and also...

Fujitsu boffins outline the future of IT

IT Week staff — 2008-05-15T14:54:00.000Z

IT Week staff, IT Week, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 14:54:00

More powerful PCs, more bandwidth, apparently

Technologists at Fujitsu Siemens Computers are predicting that the computing power within a PC will have increased a million-fold in 25 years time....