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Thin-Client Solutions and Application Service Providers

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The School Board of Broward County, FL, is currently conducting an experiment designed to assess the costs and benefits of thin client computing. Further details of the project are available at www.broward.k12.fl.us/emergingtechnology/thin.

"The Skinny on Thin Clients," by Eamonn O'Donovan, Technology & Learning Magazine, May 2000 pp. 52-58.

"Service Providers in Education: A White Paper," published by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

"The ABCs of Network Computing," published by Sun Microsystems Inc. Available at www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/k12/strategy.html.

"Thin Client@School Guide: A Guide to Enriching Education Through Affordable Technology," published by National Semiconductor. Available at www.national.com/thinclient@school.

"Lowering the Total Cost of Application Ownership in the Education Enterprise," is a white paper published by Citrix Systems.

"Thin-Client Computing," by Diane Loupe, a special report by eSchool News, November 2000. Available at www.eschoolnews.org.

Ferris Research has prepared two white papers that discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing an E-mail solution. "How to Decide Whether to Outsource an E-mail Messaging System" is available at www.ferris.com/rep/200105/default.asp.

"The Cost Justification of E-Mail Outsourcing" can be reviewed at www.ferris.com/rep/200106/default.asp.