January 2009 Archives

Ncomputing and Microsoft VLA

One of the questions we get asked is how multi-user clients such as Ncomputing are licensed (or unsanctioned) under Microsoft XP Pro. For the longest time MS would not comment and forced people to make assumpotions. Last year in March the definitive sanction was finally issued by Microsoft.

Ultra Thin Client from Ndiyo

nivo2-120.jpgOther companies have experimented with the thin client approach but the Ndiyo takes things a step further in terms of miniaturisation and streamlined, single purpose design, hence the use of the term 'ultra thin'.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 16, 2009 – HP today announced that its entire line of thin clients is now certified for VMware ViewTM, making the products even easier for customers to deploy in VMware environments.

Technology - little boxes that kick serious butt

The new Nvidia Ion Small Form-Factor PC is nano or picoITX and is latest generation of "little box + big performance". Watch the nice video out on viddler.com that has tradeshow guy doing demo/disassembly. Cool stuff. Could be the year of the pico, who knows...

Symbio announces some new stateless thin client models & configurations for customers. These have been proven in high security environments such as DoE.

Closing the Gap Healthcare Group (CTG) is made up of more than 600 health care professionals and is an award-winning Canadian business providing healthcare services. CTG recently entered a long term contract with ThinDesk Inc to provide operational improvements and efficiencies while converting it‘s IT infrastructure to the fully managed Thin Computing model centrally hosted in a TELUS data center.

Open Text(TM) (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), today announced the latest versions of Open Text Desktop Viewer and Open Text Thin Client Viewer, with expanded support for new file formats. Using the Open Text Thin Client Viewer, customers can view, share, distribute and collaborate on documents online with partners, suppliers and customers via a Web browser.

Skype Launches on Android Platform

US : Skype announced the release of a lite version of Skype, a ‘thin’ client for Skype that can be downloaded on Android-powered devices, as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones.

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