Network PCs

Paul Anderson,
IBM Network Computer Division

Wednesday 13 May 1998. at 6.00pm

  Thomson's Land, Moray House Institute of Education

The talk will initially deal with the Network Computing model, what it is, why it exists, what has driven it and what advantages does it bring to business. It will cover the business issues that all organisations face in the late nineties and how IT has an immensely important part to play in reacting to these pressures. We then move on to the elements of Network Computing the Server... the Network... and the Client and the attribute we should be looking for it each.

Opening the discussion up we will discuss Microsoft's new Terminal Server Software and how this enhances and reinforces the Network Computing model. Then we move onto the IBM Network Station and why we, and thousands of businesses, believe it is the Network Computer market leader. Finally we discuss cost of ownership and how Network Computers can achieve major cost savings over PC's.

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