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ALSO CALLED: UNIX Boxes, Computer Workstations
DEFINITION: 1) A workstation is a computer intended for individual use that is faster and more capable than a personal computer. It's intended for business or professional use (rather than home or recreational use). Workstations and applications designed for them are used by small engineering companies, architects, graphic designers, and any organization, department, or individual that requires a faster microprocessor,  … 
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Workstations White Papers (View All Report Types)
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User Workspace Management and Desktop Virtualization
sponsored by RES Software
WHITE PAPER: The User Workspace Management market is generating increasing attention from IT professionals and analysts. This White Paper provides a brief description of User Workspace Management and its critical importance to desktop virtualization deployments.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009


Windows 2008 Server as a Workstation
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Server 2008 is a solid workstation product that makes for a nice demo machine and coincidentally gives you a platform (on the 64-bit version) for running Hyper-V.
Posted: 23 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009


Windows Server 2008 and New Group Policy Settings
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This paper takes an introductory look at the new categories of Group Policy, but anyone moving to Windows Server 2008 technologies would do well to consider the changes and additions to the existing policy categories, too.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


Why Virtualization Matters to the Enterprise Today
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper discusses how virtualization tools can help you build an infrastructure that is simpler, more cost efficient and more flexible.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | Published: 08 May 2008

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WORKSTATIONS DEFINITION (continued): …  a large amount of random access memory (RAM), and special features such as high-speed graphics adapters. Historically, the workstation developed technologically about the same time and for the same audience as the UNIX operating system, which is often used as the workstation operating system. Among the most successful makers of this kind of workstation are Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, DEC, and IBM. 2) In IBM and other corporations, the term "workstation" is sometimes used to mean "any individual personal computer location hooked up to a mainframe computer." In today's corporate environments, … 
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