April 2010 Archives

DisklessWorkstations.com Bundles Support for the Ubuntu Operating System with LTSP Thin Clients

ex-CIO of Google has a new book and gives interview to Forbes. Cloud computing. We especially like the comment, "The idea, basically, is to get your files off of the big hard drive that you're paying for, onto a big hard drive that someone else is paying for."

The business case for the iPad may be nowhere as clear as it is in healthcare, a multi-billion dollar industry and one of the world's largest consumers of information technology.

Jeff Vance of Datamation lays out top five hardware vendors. He has HP, Wyse, & NComputing as top three (no surprise there). Thought I might see Sun, and up and coming Dell should not be underestimated.

Five questions for Stephen Dukker, CEO of NComputing. There has been quite a bit of buzz over the $20 + hw chip solution for virtual all-in-one computing stations. We ask about pricing, Multipoint Server, and also partnership with Microsoft.

Gartner selects Thindesk as "Cool Vendor". That actually makes more sense to us than some of the other usual categories the research companies award. Maybe we can get the Cool Website award from Garnter :-)

April 14 - Pano Logic Releases Leading Zero Client Platform, Pano System 3.0, With Windows 7 Support, Deeper VMware ViewTM Integration and Expanded End User Controls

Channel Insider does a nice job of organizing resources intended to help companies develop the most effective desktop virtualization strategy.

As all those PC desktops and laptops with their individual hard drives are replaced by thin clients and virtual desktops, does that mean the break/fix IT guys who maintain them will go away too? Maybe, says HP desktop virtualization director Jeff Groudan.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) today announced two new iPad apps, Citrix Receiver™ and Citrix GoToMeeting® , are now available on the App Store.

Financially results for RIM are good though many wonder if devices for pre-3G world will make sense in the new 4G (and iPad/Android) world. Fourth quarter shipments were below forecast for RIM so it may have started.