Austin Children’s Museum Goes Thin
So what is Thin? Thin is “Thin-Client Technology.” Jon Bowling, President, of Thin-nology the company that is taking the Museum Thin, likes to explain it this way… “We are going back to the “Dumb-Terminal” days, the difference is the terminals of today are smart. In addition to the terminal, keyboard and mouse, they support local printing, Smart cards, Bluetooth, wireless, and more.”
Austin, TX, December 07, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Austin Children’s Museum will be a lot quieter, that is of course, when the children aren’t shrieking with excitement. The reason for the quietness is the Austin Children’s Museum, is going Thin.
So what is Thin? Thin is “Thin-Client Technology.” Jon Bowling, President, of Thin-nology the company that is taking the Museum Thin, likes to explain it this way… “We are going back to the “Dumb-Terminal” days, the difference is the terminals of today are smart. In addition to the terminal, keyboard and mouse, they support local printing, Smart cards, Bluetooth, wireless, and more.”
Pam Paine “Executive Assistant and Board Liaison” at the Austin Children’s Museum said other factors drove the Museum’s decision, like, 99.999% uptime for all her employees, Thin Clients have no moving parts, and can’t get viruses or Spyware; however, Paine went on to say… “cost is a factor we have to consider every day, and the cost of buying and maintain our own servers was just too much; in addition, we were constantly paying to replace hard drives and to remove viruses and Spyware from our Fat Clients (PC’s). On Thin-nology’s VOSP program, we get out of the IT business altogether. And, did I mention, Thin-Client computing is very green. From the Museum’s perspective, we increase the uptime of our system, reduce our costs significantly, improve the security of our network, while doing our part for the environment.”
Bowling also said that his company is talking to the museum about creating a “technology” exhibit. “Many of the children that come to the museum today will not work with the PC as we know it. Thin Client, and other technologies will come during the next 10-15 years that will displace the technologies we use today. We hope to provide a little sense of technological history for the children to enjoy and appreciate.”
So, the next time you visit the Austin Children’s Museum, all you will hear is the sounds of children, delighting in all the Museum brings.
Contact Austin Children’s Museum 512-472-2499
Contact Thin-nology, LLC 866-580-8446
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So what is Thin? Thin is “Thin-Client Technology.” Jon Bowling, President, of Thin-nology the company that is taking the Museum Thin, likes to explain it this way… “We are going back to the “Dumb-Terminal” days, the difference is the terminals of today are smart. In addition to the terminal, keyboard and mouse, they support local printing, Smart cards, Bluetooth, wireless, and more.”
Pam Paine “Executive Assistant and Board Liaison” at the Austin Children’s Museum said other factors drove the Museum’s decision, like, 99.999% uptime for all her employees, Thin Clients have no moving parts, and can’t get viruses or Spyware; however, Paine went on to say… “cost is a factor we have to consider every day, and the cost of buying and maintain our own servers was just too much; in addition, we were constantly paying to replace hard drives and to remove viruses and Spyware from our Fat Clients (PC’s). On Thin-nology’s VOSP program, we get out of the IT business altogether. And, did I mention, Thin-Client computing is very green. From the Museum’s perspective, we increase the uptime of our system, reduce our costs significantly, improve the security of our network, while doing our part for the environment.”
Bowling also said that his company is talking to the museum about creating a “technology” exhibit. “Many of the children that come to the museum today will not work with the PC as we know it. Thin Client, and other technologies will come during the next 10-15 years that will displace the technologies we use today. We hope to provide a little sense of technological history for the children to enjoy and appreciate.”
So, the next time you visit the Austin Children’s Museum, all you will hear is the sounds of children, delighting in all the Museum brings.
Contact Austin Children’s Museum 512-472-2499
Contact Thin-nology, LLC 866-580-8446
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