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VIA Sees Explosive Growth for Connected Clients

Wednesday, 20 December 2006 by Michel Roth

VIA, the most well-known manufacturer of most of the processing units of Thin Clients today announced that "Connected Clients" are rapidly emerging as a viable answer to current global IT management challenges.

Connected Clients are computing devices designed to leverage the infrastructure and security benefits of server-based "software as a service" architecture to enable effective application execution and office productivity without the need of legacy PC technologies such as hard drives. While the majority of this burgeoning market currently comprises traditional desktop thin clients, innovative devices that also reflect this design philosophy include Ultra-mobile PCs, Diskless PCs and Mobile Clients, such as the new notebook-style clients from Citrix, DevonIT, Hitachi and Neoware.

The VIA Connected Client Initiative is designed to educate enterprise on connected client computing as a practical, cost effective solution to global I.T. management challenges. Thin clients and other connected client devices leverage the infrastructure and security benefits of the server-based "software as a service" architecture to execute streamed applications and central data storage. This innovative and cost effective approach to network computing enables enterprise to simplify its I.T. infrastructure, improve manageability and strengthen data security, as well as realize greater ROI. Building on its strength as premier silicon provider to this market, VIA is taking a leadership role in promoting both the architecture and how VIA Connected Client platform solutions can further enhance the benefits and savings.

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