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	Desktop Management: Squeezing the PC, Not Your Users
	Thin-Client Email Survey Results The following are the results of an e-mail survey sent to 500 randomly selected Network Computing readers involved with the thin-client purchase process. 1) Are you considering deployment of thin-client computers at your site? 54% Yes 46% No 2) Which of the following possible benefits are important to you in considering the deployment of thin-client computers? 70% Reduced client application installatino and upgrade effort 70% Reduced user system management time 61% Reduced system costs 26% Improved security 48% Improved reliability 35% Improved performance for remote offices connected by low-speed links 22% Improved performance for telecommuters 3) For which of the following purposes are you considering thin-client computers? 26% Use by employees who do not currently have a desktop computer or terminal 52% Replacement of dumb terminals 39% Replacement of PC's 22% Kiosk applications 4) For which of the following job functions are you considering the use of thin-client computers? 30% Call Center/Order Entry 26% Clerical 22% Sales Professionals 26% Technical Staff 26% Managers and Executives 5) Which of the following thin-client technologies/vendors are you considering for deployment? 0% Boundless Technologies 35% IBM 26% Intel 22% Microsoft NetPC 9% Microsoft Windows CE 13% NCD 4% Neoware 17% Sun 0% Tektronix 17% Wyse 6) What impact do you feel thin-client computing will have on Microsoft's Windows desktop market share in the next 5 years? 35% Negligible (less than 2%) 48% Minimal impact (2%-10% reduction 4% Modest impact (10%-25% reduction) 9% Significant impact (over 25% reduction) 7) Which of the following do you consider to be the greatest obstacle to deployment of thin-client computers at your site? 70% Technical immaturity of existing thin-client products 39% Compatibility of thin-cilents with legacy applications 17% User/manager perceptions that WinTel PC's are needed 9% Lack of internal expertise in deploying thin-client computers

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