Server based computing extends the concept of virtualization from a behind the scenes concept aimed at consolidating servers to one that is hidden in plain view of the user base, essentially consolidating user systems into a virtualized environment accessible from the office, the home, or anywhere they can get a network connection. By combining centralized computing concepts and thin client computing, companies can reduce IT costs while gaining greater control over their environment and still maintain flexible solutions to meet the needs of a heterogeneous user population.
Application Delivery Infrastructure
Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware all provide application delivery infrastructure technologies whose goal is to provide optimal application performance to the end user. Convergence Technology is a Citrix Platinum Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a VMware Premium Partner. These relationships allow Convergence to review your objectives and current environment and provide an application delivery infrastructure that will provide the best strategic value to your organization. When combined with thin client computing systems, the enterprise can be situated to reduce IT costs even further.
Thin client computing focuses on providing lower cost hardware to end users that shift the majority of the computing burden to the server. Organizations that transition to think client computing see a number of benefits, primarily by lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) since think clients are considerably less expensive; they can increase their data security and do so easier; the consume less energy (another TCO reduction); network bandwidth can actually be decreased (since large files stay on the server rather than being transferred to a fat client system); and find that their server resources are used in a more efficient manner. Modern application delivery infrastructures and server based computing solutions are even capable of stream high-definition audio and video.