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I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

In a client-server environment, an organization's files, and sometimes its applications, are stored not on individual desktop computers but on centralized servers instead. That "client-server" ...

DyKnow, a major player in the educational place, has just been granted a patent for the interactive learning client / server application. DyKnow is also attending the WIPTE conference next week, so it ...

Peer-to-peer applications are best explained by contrasting with client/server. In client/server applications, like Lotus Notes, clients communicate with each other, but must first connect with the ...

A development system used to create applications for a client/server environment. A comprehensive system generally includes a GUI builder for creating the user interface, a fourth-generation language ...

With so much progress made virtualizing servers, many observers say it’s time to turn our attention to the desktop. But is it better to use client-side or server-side hypervisors? Hypervisors have, at ...

Where the resources are the purely read-only features of an MCP server, the tools can also execute more extensive logic and change data. To create a tool on a server, the MCP SDK provides the tool ...

When Microsoft started talking about the direction of Windows Server, a confusing term started showing up: client. If you were writing a server application, said Microsoft distinguished engineer ...

I love doing my banking online. I love buying movie tickets, air tickets and books online. The Web is sensational. However, after years of helping clients to develop Web applications (not to be ...