1. Thin Client WLD – Subject Orientation June 2007

2. What you need to know • Basic concept of thin clients • Status of activities • Awareness thin clients will not be identical

3. Roots of thin clients • Developed to counter the high costs of PCs • Frequent replacement schedule • High management support costs • Higher the flexibility –the higher the support costs • Blend of current user interface (Windows)with the dumb terminal concept • Windows user friendly • Dumb clients – very cost effective

4. What is a thin client? • 1/3 size of a pc • Kleenex box • No moving parts • Less maintenance • 5-7 year life • Vs 3-4 for PCs • Windows ‘dumb terminals’ • Really thin clients • all processing done on the servers • Newer thin clients • Embedded XP – have enough sw to run internet browser • Kiosks • Not blade computers (which you may have heard about) • Not Discover Station

5. Thin Client Feasibility Test • Refer to the attached scope document

6. Why thin clients for Weld? • Cost savings of an estimated 1/2 million over 10 years • Increased stability • Higher ratio of clients to IT staff members • Longer life of equipment • Shared licensing vs per machine • http://www.military-medical-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1428

7. Project status • Four machines in Eaton have been running for several weeks • 2 PAC • 2 Internet • Two Pacs at Farr • Deployed for over a month • Two Public Internet • Deployed at Farr

8. Will be different • Example: patrons will need to put in flash drives prior to launching and Office Suite applications • Don’t load applications on them • Should be viewed as fairly static devices UNLESS the application can be deployed via a browser • May be more difficult to get a wide variety of games running on them • Refer to risks section of the scope document

9. Next Steps • July 8 • Go/no go decision for full conversion of CV public machines • Deployment of machines • August • Final go/no go for new facilities • Final go/no go for branch replacements