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The IBM Network Stations 2200 and 2800 feature multimedia capability, expanded memory of up to 2800 MB RAM and Java Virtual Machine.
Tim Lalonde, manager of networked systems for Maintoulin Transport, in Gore Bay, Ont., says his company will be evaluating the 2200 to see how much of an improvement it is over the 300 series the transport company currently uses.
Manitoulin Transport, based in Northern Ontario, sends trucks all over North America delivering goods and needs a reliable computer system to keep track of its fleet, goods inventory, and other administrative functions. Lalonde says the thin client is a vast improvement over PCs.
"It stopped the madness. We don't update desktops anymore. It's just the whole maintenance and control, I could go on for days, it's helped us a lot," says Lalonde.
Lalonde says the thin client provided standardization in the workplace, reduced software costs and increased control over what version of software employees were using. "There were less moving parts and...