WYSE Terminals

InsideInsurance

Just to add to the above, Wyse terminal is just a tiny step up from the old dumb terminals, and is what is known as a thin client (ie it does almost none of the thinking as that is all done somewhere else on a powerful server/ computer and it just presents the results)

Citrix is one of the most common virtualisation softwares used with Wyse however it isnt exclusive and there are alternatives that can be used like VMWare. From your point of view itll make little difference which virtualisation they use but it'd be untrue to say it has to be citrix

Just to add to confusion you get both thin client hardware, like the Wyse terminals where the computer itself is incapable of doing anything much but you also get thin client software which works in the same principle but can be used on both a proper computer or a thin client machine.

The Wyse bit is fairly neutral to you, assuming you are a desktop user. The bigger change will be moving to a virtualised environment which can have its pro's and cons depending on how they set it up in your company.

The best place I saw that used it had fully opened it up so you could log use any computer anywhere in the world to log in to work as long as you had an internet connection and could control your phone and everything from it. You also had a choice of having a Wyse terminal or bringing in your own laptop (or in theory computer) so if you prefer Mac you could use your MBP at work

cookie365

S0litaire wrote: »

Basicaly they are low power pc's used in a Citrix networks.

The Citrix server does all the hard work of running the OS andthe programs for multiple users.

The "thin clients" are used like a "remote desktop" where you use this terminal to log into the Citrix server and access your work and programs.

it's seen as a cost cutting exorcise by Managements around the world

They think:
Why give everyone a powerful relatively expensive desktop to do their work when we can give them a very slow cheap desktop and everyone accessing a very big expensive, but usually over worked and constantly slow, "Server" which if it breaks down everyone is stuck twiddling their thumbs and can't work...


"ThinNet" clients are only ever useful where you don't mind downtime (think internet access at a library or wifi cafe) or don't need lots of CPU usage (i.e daily work!!) done and want something easy to maintain (everything is on one big server so you don't need to send out IT guys to update every PC when ever their is a software update)

Plus of course, you end up paying more for the 'cheap' clients than you would have done for the 'expensive' standard desktops, because the small number of suppliers have got the market stitched up nicely, and price accordingly.

patman99

Let's hope the company doesn't need to run SAP or the whole network will grind to a shuddering halt.