Fat clients let users create applications and modify complex front-ends to systems easily, but this comes at the price of reduced data encapsulation; as more responsibility is placed on a client, the client requires a more intimate knowledge regarding the organization of data on the serving end.
"If a facility upgrades from Version 2 of, say Datamedic to Version 3, IS has to take
fat clients out of circulation, upload the software on each device.
The core of enterprise trust and authentication has been in-house enterprise identity management with the use of
fat clients (i.e.
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"Eventually, remote applications and desktops will replace the conventional local desktop on
fat clients. With 2X VirtualDesktopServer 9, we released a connection broker solution that seamlessly integrates with the existing enterprise IT infrastructures, providing remote applications and desktop delivery to most of today's client devices.
This feature of SonicWall's SRA 1200 introduces new tools to provide desktop support to remote workers without requiring
fat clients or other solutions to be installed.
This environment can be accessed via any web browser -- as well as multiple
fat clients like Outlook, Palm, KDE Kontact, Apple's iCAL, Konqueror, Mozilla Calendar, and more.
Users experience the same response times as with customized
fat clients, but IT no longer has the support burden.
Metagroup senior program director Tom Murphy pointed out that many of today's applications have a thin client architecture, negating the need for
fat clients.
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Fat clients" differ from "thin clients" in that they require substantial memory and computing power to keep up with regular updates of new software.