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Home » Back to the future: Advantages of a centralized IT infrastructure

Back to the future: Advantages of a centralized IT infrastructure

By    Luke  Bucklin 
April 25, 2003
More about:  Technology
Executive summary: As the dust and rubble from dot-com smoke and this tough economic cycle start to clear, companies are beginning to evaluate information technology challenges in a new light. As company networks become more complex and diverse, a centralized computing infrastructure ﾖ similar in concept to the dumb terminals of the past ﾖ makes more sense than full-blown independent PCs on every desk. Here's why.


Are your monthly expenses for information technology equipment and software creeping upward? Most distributors answer yes. Consider that expenses like subscriptions to protect from computer viruses and Internet hackers didn't even exist two years ago! With PCs sprouting on so many desks, there is increasing complexity and hidden costs creeping into most IT ...

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Executive summary: As the dust and rubble from dot-com smoke and this tough economic cycle start to clear, companies are beginning to evaluate information technology challenges in a new light. As company networks become more complex and diverse, a centralized computing infrastructure ﾖ similar in concept to the dumb terminals of the past ﾖ makes more sense than full-blown independent PCs on every desk. Here's why.


Are your monthly expenses for information technology equipment and software creeping upward? Most distributors answer yes. Consider that expenses like subscriptions to protect from computer viruses and Internet hackers didn't even exist two years ago! With PCs sprouting on so many desks, there is increasing complexity and hidden costs creeping into most IT ...



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