Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs
Summary
With computers growing smarter by the day, why would anyone want to step back more than a decade and fill office cubicles with dumb terminals? The answer is simple - to keep cubicle computers in service longer, uncluttered and free of malware, viruses and hacking programs. At least thats the argument being presented by Persystent Technologies, a Tampa Bay company that today released Persystent Virtualization, a product designed to give companies more control over the PCs in their networks without compromising the ability to customize them with a variety of programs. They visit YouTube and MySpace, download music, share photos and open funny little video clips that friends send them on their personal Web-based e-mail accounts. If at any point, an employee installs a new program (maybe something like iTunes), accidentally deletes a critical startup file or even inadvertently opens an virus-filled attachment, a simple reboot will take that machine back to its "original" state (or the default configuration the IT department has given it.)