Citrix has shown off plans to speed up performance ... dubbed Pictor intended to answer the common criticism that thin-client computing is inappropriate for sophisticated graphics rendering.

It was one that was never fulfilled in quite the way its proponents envisaged, but a business thin client hardware market did emerge for the likes of Citrix sharing of Windows applications.

It is a set of applications, utilities, and a proprietary Citrix thin-client protocol that is installed on top of Windows 2000 Server, which already has Terminal Services installed. While the Citrix ...

A client machine that relies on the server to perform the data processing. Either a dedicated thin client terminal or a regular PC with thin client software is used to send keyboard and mouse ...

Citrix is also adding support for the low-cost Raspberry Pi tablet, "a very interesting and truly revolutionary form factor," Tatarinov said, with a thin client called Citrix HDX Ready Pi.

Adding useful tools like monitoring functionality to the core software gives clients more bang for the buck and helps sales, Citrix partners said.