Smart Clients: the Next Wave in Computing
A true merger of the
desktop and the Internet, Smart Clients are viewed by many to represent the next major wave in
computing platforms. "Smart Clients" combine the usability of Client/Server
applications with the centralized deployment, security and connectivity of the
Internet. Smart Clients are a logical progression of the benefits
pioneered by previous waves of computing platforms over the past several
decades. The Smart Client merges the Internet, Client/Server and
Desktop business application models... taking the best from each, and leaving
behind their shortcomings.
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Mainframe
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Client/Server
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Browser (ASP)
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Smart Cient
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Centralized I/T
Control
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YES
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YES
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YES
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YES
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End User Power
& Ease of Use
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NO
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YES
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NO
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YES
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Ubiquitous
Access
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NO
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NO
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YES
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YES
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PCA is
blazing the Smart Client trail with the Microsoft
.NET
platform. Both Forrester & Gartner Group are rapidly gaining an
understanding of how Smart Clients benefit large and small businesses.
The PCA Smart Client Platform allows you to deliver robust business
solutions using the Internet as your worldwide LAN with full Client-Server
functionality, today.
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While several other vendors are pursuing the Smart Client goal, PCA provides
the ONLY Smart Client solution AVAILABLE and CUSTOMER-TESTED TODAY that is
built on the standard Microsoft Business platform (i.e. MS SQL Server and
.NET). We have developed many practical solutions that widely deployed in
production by our Clients today. The latest version of a Smart
Client application is automatically delivered and maintained, and the
application performs at virtually the same level on the office LAN, over the
Internet, or offline. With the Smart Client platform, the Internet
becomes your organizations secure LAN, providing worldwide real-time access to
centralized, secure data.
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