Smart Clients: Combining the Power of the PC with the Reach of the Web

For the business world, one of the most exciting promises of the information age is the opportunity to provide employees with access to information and the tools to act on that information whenever and wherever they need to. To a certain extent, that promise has already been achieved. Today, most businesspeople work on PCs that provide access to information, applications, and resources far beyond the boundaries of their local machine.
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