In January 2009 (3 years, 2 months ago at time of writing) time flies whether you are having fun or not, the BBC announced the UK had entered a recession.
Businesses and public sector are finding their budgets shrinking year on year yet critical IT systems still need to be maintained or even upgraded.
Where do you find the money? This isn't going to be an article on new found government funding schemes (sorry to disappoint) but instead I will talk about a very old technology that is making a come back. The dumb client.