According to ClearCube, the device was developed to satisfy global governments’ needs for secure computing solutions.
The I9424 features a tamper-proof rugged case and includes a port for a Kensington lock for additional physical security.
ClearCube is now offering a free trial of the new reader via the company’s website.
]]>Jumping on the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) bandwagon, Dell Inc. today announced its first "zero client" device aimed at large enterprises.
The FX100 is an existing device that, through a firmware upgrade, now supports the new VMware View 4.0 app and its PC-over-IP streaming technology.
Created by Teradici Corp., PC-over-IP technology purportedly offers better multimedia support and faster responsiveness than other virtualization and streaming codecs, such as Microsoft Corp.'s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Though not the first vendor to unveil a zero client, Dell should make a big splash with this jump into a pool crowded with smaller companies and start-ups.
Zero clients are the evolutionary successor to thin clients, with even fewer chips inside.
The FX100, for instance, has no CPU and no hard disk drive, and only enough memory "to boot the device," said Robert Ayala, the solution marketing manager for Dell's commercial client group. That enables zero clients to draw less power and be more secure and less prone to hardware failure than thin clients or traditional "fat client" desktop PCs converted over to VDI use.
Ayala said the FX100 is just as stripped down as competing hardware from start-up Pano Logic Inc., which claimed last week to be the only true zero-client vendor.
Other vendors touting zero-client hardware include Wyse Technology Inc. and ClearCube Technology Inc.
Despite the FX100's minimalist specs, pricing starts at $500 per device.
"The reality is that with almost every vendor, you're going to pay the same upfront" as you would for a regular desktop PC, Ayala said. "The benefits are in lower [total cost of ownership] down the road."
Is it VDI's time?
The FX100 was previously paired only with a Dell Precision rack workstation in a PC-blade application-streaming architecture that is generally considered an evolutionary step between plain remote access, a la Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix XenApp (formerly Presentation Server, and MetaFrame before that), and new-fangled VDI rollouts.
While VDI still has the server-only limitations of Terminal Services (for example, there's no access when the Internet connection is down), it offers a more personalized, flexible interface to end users.
That's key to getting buy-in from mainstream information workers who have generally rebelled when presented with tools that they perceive as crippled, second-class substitutes for fully enabled laptops or desktop PCs.
Some supporters think that 2010 will be the year VDI goes mainstream, while others are skeptical.
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Partnered with a Microsoft server product for ease of administration, simple USB 2.0 connectivity with no complicated wiring schemes and a workstation price point will make netbooks seem expensive. USB workstations could easily start as low as $100, and require that only a single server be maintained to serve entire offices. Desktop support staff requirements would be slashed right along side hardware costs as the only pieces to maintain are a server and physical connections to the devices. The MultiPoint Workstation 300 is an industry first, and can support up to 10 clients per MultiPoint Server. Due for release later this year expect to have one of these in front of you at some point in the next 2 years as a certainty.
]]>Pano Logic, which tripled sales in 2009, solves major challenges inherent in the current PC-based, client-server computing model, while providing end users with the same, familiar PC-like Windows experience. Its technology radically reduces computing total cost of ownership, by as much as 67 percent, by eliminating endpoint device management, support and obsolescence. Instead, end users connect to their virtual machine with a zero client that contains no processor, no operating system, no memory, no drivers, no software and no moving parts. This represents a major shift from highly complex and costly PC and thin client computing solutions.
As a Mayfield Fund portfolio company, Pano Logic joins a long list of groundbreaking technologies such as Compaq, SGI and Citrix that have revolutionized computing. "Pano Logic’s technology for desktop virtualization represents a paradigm shift in computing, similar to how many of our portfolio companies have changed the game in past decades," said Navin Chaddha, managing director of Mayfield Fund. "Pano Logic's zero client technology, built for virtualization, will free customers from the high cost and overly complex management burdens of PC and thin client computing. Their widespread adoption, with over 25,000 systems in production, is proof that companies no longer need processing power at the endpoint to provide the most optimum user experience.”
“Our zero client computing platform has achieved mainstream penetration throughout the U.S. and key global markets, and we’re reaching watershed momentum. Businesses are learning there’s no reason to support PCs or so-called thin clients. Our advances in VDI technology remove endpoint device management from the equation and centralize computing for simpler, more secure and cost-effective management,” said John Kish, CEO of Pano Logic. “With Mayfield Fund, in addition to Goldman Sachs and Foundation Capital, on our side, we’re poised to proceed with our aggressive growth plans and achieve even deeper market penetration. We’re proud to join such an elite family of portfolio companies backed by Mayfield Fund.”
“Pano Logic has achieved dramatic and consistent growth throughout 2009 as businesses embraced the ease and savings of zero client computing and eliminated costly and troublesome PCs and thin clients,” said Ashmeet Sidana, general partner of Foundation Capital. “Demand for desktop virtualization is exploding and Pano Logic will become the chief beneficiary as more businesses discover how simple Pano Logic makes it to extend the benefits of virtualization to the desktop. As a founding investor, we welcome Mayfield Fund, and look forward to continuing to work with the Pano Logic team to help build a strong, customer-focused business.”
Pano Logic also announced that Mayfield’s Chaddha is joining Pano Logic’s board of directors. Chaddha is a veteran entrepreneur and venture investor, ranked on the Forbes Midas List of top 100 dealmakers at No. 11 in 2009 and No. 10 in 2008.
About Pano Logic
Founded in 2006, Pano Logic develops an integrated virtualization-based software and hardware solution that delivers a superior desktop computing experience. The company is privately held and backed by leading investment firms Foundation Capital, Goldman Sachs and Mayfield Fund. Pano Logic is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. For more information about Pano Logic, visit
panologic.com
Media Contact:
Renee Deger
GlobalFluency
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The Pano Logic reference architecture makes it clear that the company has developed a true zero client – an endpoint device for virtual desktop computing that contains absolutely no processors, no operating system, no memory, no drivers, no software and no moving parts. Pano Logic’s zero client devices are part of a comprehensive solution that completely eliminates endpoint device management, support and obsolescence. It dramatically reduces computing total cost of ownership by transferring 100% of the processing power and management requirements onto centralized servers. This represents a radical departure from highly complex and costly PCs and so-called thin client environments, including some vendor solutions currently being positioned as zero clients.
“Zero client desktop virtualization will radically transform desktop computing for IT management,” said John Kish, CEO of Pano Logic. “Yet, there is still considerable confusion within the marketplace about what ‘Zero Client’ really means, who offers them, and why they are so different from PC and thin client solutions. We are publishing our reference architecture to demonstrate the tremendous capacity of a zero client device that delivers a powerful end user experience while slashing the high cost and complexity of computing. We invite other zero client providers to do the same.”
Pano Logic also announced it will license its patent-pending Pano Direct and Pano Management software and connection broker technology to OEMs seeking to bring to market new zero client solutions based on its reference architecture. Pano Logic’s innovative, all-in-one solution allows companies to rapidly deploy zero client environments that extend the benefits of their existing virtualization infrastructures all the way to the desktop. Organizations in health care, education, government, manufacturing and hospitality, among others, are realizing a TCO savings of as much as 88 percent by deploying zero client environments. Pano Logic tripled its sales in 2009 and now has over 25,000 systems in production.
“Our doctors and health care workers need anytime, anywhere access to their desktops and patient information and that was not happening with PCs. Replacing PCs with Pano Logic zero clients improved our user experience, improved the speed of our endpoints, allowed us to instantly roll out new operating systems, and provided our users with a consistent user experience anytime, anywhere,” said Kane Edupuganti, director of IT Operations and Communications at New York’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center. “Centralizing the computing onto the servers and installing zero clients to connect users to computing resources slashed the amount of time and money we spend on support and maintenance, improved security because there’s nothing stored locally and because the devices use only 5 watts of power, we’re saving tremendous amounts of money annually on energy as well.”
“Computing is no longer about the equipment sitting in front of the end user. Pano Logic has developed the ideal endpoint device for desktop virtualization and we can now turn our attention toward furthering innovation throughout the infrastructure that hosts and delivers computing resources to end users, no matter where they happen to be,” Kish said. “Zero clients are the first step toward true cloud-based computing, for example. But while we innovators focus on the computing resources that will make ubiquitous computing one day a reality, businesses today can realize the tremendous savings in time, equipment and attention that replacing PCs and thin clients with zero clients delivers.”
The Zero Client Reference Architecture documentation can be found at http://www.panologic.com/zero. For more information, contact zeroclient@panologic.com.
About Pano Logic
Founded in 2006, Pano Logic develops an integrated virtualization-based software and hardware solution that delivers a superior desktop computing experience. The company is privately held and backed by leading investment firms Foundation Capital, Goldman Sachs and Mayfield Fund. Pano Logic is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. For more information about Pano Logic, visit http://www.panologic.com.
Media Contact:
Renee Deger
GlobalFluency
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· Easy to use, and add students
o Teachers will appreciate the simplicity of the Wyse E01 thin client. It simply plugs into the main computer, automatically configures, and enables a student to work immediately.
· Lower operational costs
o Schools only need to service and support one computer. Combined with easy set up and management built into Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, computer down time and support issues are both significantly reduced.
· Energy-efficient IT
o Ongoing energy efficiency and energy cost savings not only helps a school's bottom line, but also helps the environment.
"Educational institutions are looking for virtualization alternatives to traditional personal computing to ease management while reducing their total cost of ownership," said Jeff McNaught, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Wyse Technology. "Wyse is pleased to be working with Microsoft to deliver the Wyse E01 Zero Client with Windows MultiPoint Server creating a properly-licensed shared computing environment that provides administrators, teachers and students access to a reliable, secure and affordable virtual client solution based on the latest Windows technology."
"We’re happy to be launching with strong support from Wyse, which has committed to developing innovative and effective solutions like the Wyse E01 Zero Client for the MultiPoint platform," said Ira Snyder, general manager, Windows MultiPoint Server at Microsoft Corp. "MultiPoint Server can deliver a familiar Windows computing experience to educational institutions around the world, helping them get the best value out of technology investments while providing the very best education for their students."
End users have been drawn to the shared computing model, but concerned about potential licensing issues.
"We've looked at other solutions, but have always been concerned about sharing a single Windows license across multiple users," according to Sean Colt, Information Technology Director at Belmont-Redwood Shores School District in Belmont, CA. "The Wyse E01 Zero Client with Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 provides us with a reliable, efficient and economical solution to our computing needs, while legitimizing our software licenses."
"Like many schools we’re trying to do more with less," according to Tom Rainey who serves on the PTA Technology Committee at Alvarado Elementary School in San Francisco, CA. "Shared computing is an ideal solution for us, as it puts more computers in the hands of more kids without impacting our budget. In addition, with names like Wyse and Microsoft involved, we know we will receive the support we need from companies that will still be around when our students graduate."
Advances in processing power and the typical usage scenarios of K-12 students make shared computing a logical solution for education institutions looking to economically simplify their IT solutions.
"Shared Resource Computing (SRC) can multiply the number of student workstations available at a much lower price point than individual desktops, laptops or netbooks," according to Bill Rust, Research Director at Gartner. "The total cost of ownership (TCO) is lowered by deploying fewer fully configured computers and by reduced workstation support liabilities."[1]
How It Works
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 is a new Windows product that allows multiple users to simultaneously share a single computer, an ideal solution for education customers. It is designed to be easy for teachers to set up and use, provides the familiar Windows 7 desktop experience, and requires no advanced IT expertise.
Wyse E01 Zero Clients have been specifically designed to work with Windows MultiPoint Server 2010. They offer a truly low cost alternative for PC sharing technology through an innovative hardware design. Teachers can simply connect the E01 devices to the PC running Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 via USB cables and their system is up and running in a matter of minutes.
Wyse E01 Zero Client is capable of supporting USB peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, webcams, and USB flash drives in conjunction with Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 in order to provide a full rich Windows 7 desktop to students and maximum flexibility to teachers and administrators.
Pricing and Availability
The Wyse E01 Zero Client will be available worldwide in March 2010 for education customers. U.S. pricing starts at $99 with international pricing available shortly. For more information, please visit http://www.wyse.com/solutions/education/shared-desktops/multipoint/index.asp or call 1-800-GET-WYSE.
Wyse Technology and Education
Wyse has been providing thin client and client virtualization solutions to K-12 and higher education schools around the world since 1995. With Wyse in place, IT administrators are replacing their high-cost, high-maintenance PCs with thin clients. The benefits to schools include having a safer computing environment, lower TCO, greater energy efficiency, and less maintenance; all while getting more computers into the hands of more students. At the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Wyse products were recognized by ChannelWeb Magazine as one of the "25 Hot Products For Education." In addition, Wyse customer Western Wayne School District in Northeast Pennsylvania was named by the National School Boards Association’s Technology Leadership Network (TLN) annual list of "20 to Watch" emerging leaders in education technology. For more information on Wyse Education Solutions, please visit, http://www.wyse.com/solutions/education/
About Wyse Technology
Wyse Technology is the global leader in thin computing-based virtualization software and hardware solutions. Wyse and its strategic partners, including, Citrix®, CSC®, IBM®, Lenovo®, Microsoft, Novell®, VMware® and others deliver the most innovative hardware, software, and services that optimize the benefits of cloud computing, virtualization and green IT. These thin computing solutions allow consumers, SMEs and large public and private enterprises to access high definition voice, data and video content they need, with optimized security, manageability, and user experience at a much lower total cost of ownership than other traditional end user devices, including PCs. Wyse has the largest global distribution network in the thin computing market through its partners and offices worldwide. Wyse was founded in 1981, and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.
For more information, visit the Wyse website at http://www.wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE
* All brands and names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective holders.
[1]Gartner: Promising Shared Resource Computing for Schools from Microsoft, November 2009.
]]>About Symbio Technologies
Symbio Technologies reduces the cloud computing revolution to a plug-and-play, appliance-based solution. Certified and accredited by the US Department of Energy, the security-hardened Symbiont Boot Appliance makes network deployments simple, consistent, reliable, and secure. With this technology, organizations can reuse existing equipment, connect to the cloud through numerous protocols, and meet their security objectives. Symbio's products are available worldwide through a network of distributors, value-added resellers and integrators in Australia, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, and the U.K., as well as throughout the U.S.
http://www.symbio-technologies.com
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With an active and growing support community, LTSP continues to push the envelope in free software development.
Many thanks go out to all the LTSP Developers, the support community, and everyone who makes an impact in the growth and adoption of Linux through LTSP.
]]>This solution integrates the ThinIdentity™ virtual desktop infrastructure solution, smart card technology and stateless thin-client computing based on the Sun Microsystems™ Sun Ray virtual display client.
The ThinIdentity virtual display client allows clinical staff members to move around the hospital freely and access their personalized workstations from any location. Workers can now quickly and securely log-in to their personal desktop within 5 seconds giving them access to all of the clinical applications and data necessary to conduct their jobs. Meanwhile, the data resides safely in the hospital’s data center, secure and unavailable to unauthorized users.
HIMSS attendees will be able to demo this solution first-hand and see
how the technology comes together to provide caregivers quicker access
to their personalized computer workspace and allow doctors and nurses to spend more time on patient care.
ABSTRACT:
All thin clients kind of look the same, right? They're small, plastic, and have no moving parts. But how do you really pick the "right" thin client? We're not talking about Model X versus Model Y. We’re talking about underlying technologies in the thin client devices themselves. Do you want a device that runs an embedded version of Windows or Linux? Or do you want a "thin" device that gets a streamed OS? What about media processing capabilities? Do you buy a more expensive general purpose thin client, or a cheap one with a media co-processor? What about so-called "zero clients?" And let's not forget management!
In this video, industry experts Gabe Knuth and Brian Madden will talk about all the different types of thin clients out there and help you decided which is best for your own environment. They'll cut through the hype to help you understand the difference between the $100 thin clients and the $600 thin clients, and when you should spend the money and when you should save it.
Speakers
Brian Madden
Blogger
Brian Madden is known throughout the world as an opinionated, super technical, fiercely-independent desktop virtualization expert. He's written several books and over 1,000 articles about desktop and application virtualization. His blog receives millions of visitors per year and is a leading source for conversation, debate, and discourse about the application and desktop virtualization industry. Brian is also the creator of BriForum, the premier independent application delivery technical conference.
Gabe Knuth
Blogger
Gabe Knuth is a Blogger for BrianMadden.com, a TechTarget website covering Application Virtualization. For over ten years now, Gabe has been almost entirely focused on Microsoft and Citrix-based solutions, including all sizes of Active Directory and Citrix Presentation Server (MetaFrame, XenApp, etc...) environments. He has worked as an in-house systems engineer and as a jet-set consultant, all with the same goal - getting applications from the data center to the user.
The significant savings will come from the innovative approach Fujitsu has taken to managing the Department's desktop environment. Primarily this will come from adopting more efficient and flexible thin client solutions to meet the Department’s needs. This will enable the Department to realise significant savings in desk-side support and hardware costs, to benefit from higher availability and productivity, as well as reduced electricity consumption which will bring the Department's carbon footprint down significantly. The energy savings alone from the thin client model are expected to be many tens of millions of pounds.
Joe Harley, DWP IT director general & chief information officer said: “This is the first in a series of competitions to replace our existing IT and telephony services contracts by 2015 and it sets the tone by delivering significant benefits for the Department and as a framework for Government wide IT. As well as delivering significant savings it will further transform DWP’s desktop estate with the proposed use of ‘thin client’ desktop technology. This provides a number of benefits, including little or no maintenance required to the kit and reductions in power consumption which supports our sustainability agenda.”
Commenting on the contract, Eithne Wallis CB, managing director UK Government Division, Fujitsu UK and Ireland says: "As the Government moves forward with its Common IT Platform agenda, change will be driven by innovative approaches to business critical, but everyday, IT such as the desktop platforms in use across the wider public sector. The decision to award this contract to Fujitsu reflects our proven experience in working with government over the last 40 years. We currently manage desktop estates for a number of key government Departments and lead the shared services work with the Cabinet Office and others as part of the Flex framework. This coupled with the decision last year to integrate the IT hardware supplier Fujitsu Siemens Computers into the company, means we have established ourselves as the major force in desktop provision in the UK.
Eithne Wallis continued: "Being awarded the contract to do the same for one of the largest government Departments, goes to show the confidence customers have in our ability. It will be hugely rewarding to work with DWP on such a landmark project that will not only deliver significant financial savings to the customer, but also a better end-user experience for all of its staff."
Key facts:
- The desktop estate for DWP is c.140,000 devices across more than 1,000 locations in the UK
- Following a phased transition, Fujitsu will assume responsibility for the service on 1st September 2010
- Fujitsu’s team includes EMC, Citrix, Microsoft and Appsense amongst others in delivering its solution
- Fujitsu was downselected from the initial 16 bidders to preferred supplier in January 2010
- Significantly improved total cost of ownership
- Improved response times, service levels, user satisfaction measurement and Innovation
With a few modifications, smartphones could convey virtualized applications or even entire desktops from the data center to a full-sized monitor, the companies claim.
While existing smartphones could not provide all the capability needed for this setup, the companies are hoping to influence the design of the next generation of phones through the reference specification, which provides the minimum hardware requirements.
]]>Pano Logic supplies the thin clients. The OSes -- all Windows XP at present -- are streamed from a VMware ESX virtualization platform.
]]> By using thin clients rather than full-featured PCs, the hospital system could save US$170,000 a year in electricity costs, Hansen estimated. Although additional power would be consumed by the servers to run the virtualized OSes, and by the storage arrays to house user data, running 600 thin clients would still consume only a quarter of the power required to run 600 desktop computers, he said.The hospital is conducting operational tests to get an even better estimate of the power savings.
While server virtualization is all but mainstream by now, desktop virtualization has remained on the fringe of corporate IT for several years. Analysts are optimistic that it may become more widely adopted in the year to come, thanks to pressures from thinner budgets, soaring electricity bills and the growing complexities of desktop client management. If so, Saint Vincent's is on the cutting edge of this trend.
Saint Vincent's runs numerous medical facilities in and around New York City, with St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, founded in 1849, being the anchor for the institution.
The hospital is no stranger to virtualization. It has already virtualized most of its servers, consolidating 300 physical servers into 6 hosts, first using VMware's ESX 3.5, and now VMware VSphere 4.0.
With success on the server side, Saint Vincent's looked at virtualizing the desktops. Its employee desktops are nearly a decade old, many still running Windows 2000. But rather than embarking on a hospitalwide refresh, the IT team first compared the costs of purchasing new PCs with the cost for thin clients.
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