If Jack Sprat ran an IT department

From the thick of it to the thin client of it

Moving to thin clients can save you capital and maintenance costs. It's a brave IT manager that will do it all at once, though. Giving up PCs for smaller devices with simpler specifications represents a big change for administrators, and there may be kinks to work out. In any case, users don't like disruption, so it's best to ease them into it. How can you move from fat to lean gradually, to minimize risk?"