In a guest post here in January, Matt McAdams critiqued Salesforce.com's database-as-a-service offering, Database.com, which I had previously lauded. McAdams, who is CEO of PaaS vendor TrackVia, ...

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...

The primary function of a client-server system is to create a division of labor between a centralized server and the individual computers that are running your software. This model has a number of ...

Explaining the ongoing evolution from client-server to cloud-native, source of much confusion and misdirection when comparing SaaS offerings There are many definitions of software as a service (SaaS).

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Sybase Inc., an enterprise infrastructure and integration company, has released Open Client and Open Server for Mac OS X. What exactly are they? They’re programming tool kits designed to enable the ...

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

Pune, India, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Server Operating System Market size was valued at USD 21,578 thousand in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 54,748 thousand by 2030, exhibiting a ...

What are the technical differences between what MS calls a server OS (like w2k server or w2k3 server) and a client OS like Win2k Pro or XP Pro? I know MS divide products into separate categories ...