Many of today's popular mobile business applications are closed-off client-server type products, but Mini shows how companies will also be able to take a different tack in offering wireless Web tools. Whether it is creating their own version of the browser for a specific use or building less proprietary applications that can be accessed via any browser, there's no need for them to build their own interface anymore.
Quotes about client-server (6 Quotes)
When we heard the news this morning, it was clear to me we're moving up to the next level. Consolidation in the client-server computing industry is opening the door for software on demand.
Microsoft has designed a client-server system to run on the infrastructure of numerous vendors. This is something that the company has mastered in the PC world.
Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.
We believe that there is a clear platform shift underway from earlier-generation client-server systems to more Internet-enabled client-server systems and the added new dimension of business-to-business commerce. Oracle appears to be out in front of this issue.
The era of the traditional software 'load, update and upgrade' business and technology model is over, ... It is time for 'The Business Web.' ... Just as mainframe companies struggled for relevance in the client-server era, Microsoft finds itself in a worse position today, facing not just the obsolescence of a technology model, but a business model as well.