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The project will allow personnel to access multiple, classified networks from a single device, replacing the current practice of having separate machines for 'restricted' and 'secret' domains.
Personnel will choose from either accessing each domain on a separate monitor, or calling up domain-specific, virtualised applications from a single desktop interface using Citrix XenApp and Microsoft App V.
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IGEL Technology, the world’s leading provider of Linux-based thin clients, has now further expanded its existing collaboration with Red Hat. Effective immediately, all Linux-based thin client solutions available from IGEL can also be used as customized end-user devices for accessing virtual desktops provisioned by means of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops.
Laut einer Studie von HP verschlingt der Applikationswildwuchs jährlich 12 Milliarden Euro. Beispiele aus Wirtschaft und Verwaltung zeigen: Zentrale IT-Infrastrukturen mit Thin Clients erleichtern die Konsolidierung der Software-Landschaft und senken die IT-Kosten nachhaltig.
According to a study by the HP application sprawl consumes annually 12 billion €.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., May 25, 2011 – Dell today announced additions to its desktop virtualization solutions portfolio, including Devon IT’s thin client hardware and software products.
Dell steps a bit deeper into the thin client pool with new 130 and 170 FX clients. Currently the 160 was their solo entry. Also partnered with Devon IT.
Wyse T50 is powered by Wyse-enhanced Linux, delivering a simpler user interface and a "plug and display" start-up of less than 20 seconds.
"In the past year, Wyse and Citrix have bolstered their 15-year partnership with the introduction of Wyse Xenith," said Maryam Alexandrian, Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and Channels at Wyse Technology.
Chip PC products are the first thin clients certified to work with the watchboxx®, Remote Monitoring Solution by Schindler Technik
NEC will be offering its customers two advanced NEC-branded Wyse thin clients with Wyse’s WDM cloud client infrastructure management software, which were developed for and in collaboration with NEC.
The solution is offering a one-stop shop for customers to implement a managed thin client running ThinPrint Personal Printing solution, providing secure printing that authenticates the user at any standard printer via smartcard.
Fujitsu has reportedly been dumped from one of the UK’s biggest government desktop deals, which it won from the clutches of rival HP last year.
2011 ThinManager User Group (TMUG) conference and training March 29-31 in Atlanta, GA.
January 31, 2010 – Wyse Technology, today announced the Wyse Z90 thin client, the highest-performing thin client based on Windows Embedded Standard 7. Includes USB 3.0. Displayport & DVI, HD 6310 Radeon graphics. |
Why do thin clients generally cost $250 and more is the question.
Israeli news service reports ChipPC has received followup order from France Telecom. ChipPC believes potential is much larger.
Reading, UK. December 13, 2010: IGEL is donating 240 thin clients for use in the Crisis at Christmas initiative running in London from December 19th. The IGEL thin clients will be used as information stations and internet telephones at 10 centres across the capital during the festive season, enabling thousands of CRISIS charity volunteers to make the greatest possible difference for more than 2,000 homeless guests.
Newsletter from NComputing - new design for Partner Portal, meet the team,tech tips and news from around the globe. Notice show this week in Indianapolis, and next week in Rochester, NY.
Review: NComputing's L300 is an excellent desktop provisioning option for small and medium-sized organisations requiring thin clients and managed desktops without the complexity of full-blown Terminal Services or VDI. |
Fujitsu has revealed a new ultra thin desktop client, designed to allow multiple users access to full desktop applications |
Devon IT, Inc., a leading provider of thin client hardware and software solutions, today announced plans to demonstrate its upcoming ARM-based thin client – The Devon FX1 – at the Microsoft TechEd Europe, November 8-12, 2010 in Berlin. Devon IT will be exhibiting in the RemoteFX Pavillion booth RFX3.
Oracle announces new Sun Ray 3 series Clients.
Thinclient configuration for credit card authorization which meets/exceeds PCI compliance standards.
User interface designers The Astonishing Tribe developed this video to showcase their thoughts on what the future of screens may look like. The highlights of the video include stretchable screens, intuitive content sharing, interactive surfaces, and hybrid digital mirrors.
Pano Logic Launches Industry First Zero Client Certification Program
Example of large LCD with completely integrated thin client computer (AMD based here). The Samsung 24" is $680 out on Amazon. Figure $300 for LCD, that's about $400 for the integration.
Thinspace, the UK’s only thin client computing vendor, has announced the launch of the TST1000, its PCoIP® zero client appliance for demanding corporate users with rich multimedia PC needs within organisations requiring cost saving, carbon reduction and security benefits of server-based computing.
Cool hardware that we want to try out. This is Zotac iteration of Nvidia ION. Figure $100 for an O/S and it is under $400 for intelligent media playback/CPU with hard drive.
The leading virtualization resource site, VirtualizationAdmin.com, announced today that the 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services was selected as winner of the Application Server category of the VirtualizationAdmin.com Readers' Choice Awards.
Hilliard, OH (MMD Newswire) August 3, 2010 -- Alert Public Safety Solutions today announces the release of the brand new web based mobile product, APSS Sentinel
Global thin client manufacturer, VXL Instruments, launches its most comprehensive and innovative range of Itona branded thin clients to date. The new ranges include a wide choice of operating systems and deliver unbeatable thin client computing solutions for Cloud, Virtualisation and Remote Desktop environments.
Phoenix, Arizona July 8, 2010 – 10ZiG Technology (www.10zig.com), the emerging market leader in development of Thin Clients and Network Appliances today announced that their Thin Clients are the first to ship with Windows Embedded Standard 7.
Version one of online directory of thin client resources, software and hardware now published. Suggestions for addition/etc welcomed. See link in right column.
Some cool stuff from BrightSign who will be at the InfoComm show next week in Vegas. Digital signage and kiosks and large touch screens without the PC. The BrightSign runs on linux kernel and is designed to playback/convert any type of video/media file while also supporting menu/touch systems. Under $500 Sweet&Cheap award.
Opinion -- By The Bell makes argument for why VMware reps should embrace zero clients such as Pano Logic instead of being resistant.
Samsung now plans to roll out what we call the ultimate USB display - a bus-powered 18.5" LCD monitor running entirely from USB.
ALPHARETTA, Ga., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- ACP announces two new ThinManager® Ready Industrial Thin Clients in partnership with Advantech - the UNO-2173-ACP and the ARK-1382-ACP. The 2173 has a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom CPU and the 1382 is a Dual Monitor Thin Client. We've looked at both of these units and they are very nice embedded units.
HP today expanded its client virtualization offerings for businesses to help reduce the costs and complexity of client virtualization while improving the user experience.
DisklessWorkstations.com Bundles Support for the Ubuntu Operating System with LTSP Thin Clients
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.
Everything USB reports new USB thinclient from Tritton on the way for use with Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY--Symbio Technologies (http://www.symbio-technologies.com) announced today that it has added wireless capability to two of its stateless thin client models, making them one of the few such products on the market. The diskless terminals, which boot from a tiny USB drive called The Symbiont Boot Stick, support the standard 802.11 b/g/n wireless protocols.
As technological innovation emerges at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), NComputing announces the official launch of the industry’s first USB-connected virtual desktop. The U170 thin client taps unused computing resources to connect multiple users to one computer. Mantra is say goodbye to the old 1 person-to-1 PC standard!
The U170 plugs into a standard PC’s USB port, and with vSpace (NComputing’s virtualization software) enables another user to share that PC! Not only does the USB-connected U170 allow for easy set-up, but it is a seamless solution that mitigates high cost and poor performance – significant barriers to wide-scale adoption.
Was out researching 10000 RPM drive configs available from Dell & HP and couldn't help but notice that they now both offer 64GB Flash hard drives as an option to the standard SATA. $112 upgrade from now standard 250GB. Life goes on.
IGEL’s Linux firmware now supports popular touchscreen monitors, including the LG L1730SF Monitor and the ELO 1915L LCD Desktop Touchmonitor.
New configurations of the 57xx thin clients offered by HP which come with 80% reduction in energy use. Running N280 Atom and GL40 chipset from Intel. Eight USB and one PCI slot. From $199 up to $499.
Pano System Release 2.8 expands desktop management capacity and adds dual monitor support while maintaining zero processor at the client.
Notice and YouTube video on faster video processing on VXL units. It's a pretty good video comparison making their point that smooth playback is much better than choppy
10Zig Technology (formerly BOSaNOVA) has released a new line of thin clients based on Intel Atom N270 [Diamondville]. Dual core, low power and nice unit.
SoThin is having a promotion where the first 50 schools and colleges that contact them qualify for 30 free licenses.
HotHardware calls out new Futro from Fujitsu thin client. Low power consumption of 11 watts called out. VIA VX800 cpu. Completely solid-state. Linux eLux, VMware, Citrix and Windows CE. |
Last week it was the Z530 with the US15W controller coming out in the Fit PC2 that excited us. Using just 6W of power and capable of operating at 80 celsius (and small enough to velcro to back of an LCD. Now Intel is coming out with CULV laptops? Couple with Google & Android it is beginning to look like a new cycle has started. Makes me want to dust off my old EO Communicator :-) |
Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif., May 27, 2009 – HP today introduced an affordable new mobile thin client, as well as hardware and software portfolio enhancements to its thin client portfolio, to help companies improve security and productivity while reducing resource consumption.
HP announced a new, affordable mobile thin client today. The HP 4410t is based off of the recently released ProBook series and is designed with security in mind. Mobile thin clients look just like any other notebook, but lack local storage devices. Instead, they connect to a server to access files and applications.
New sub-$500 all in one PC from Shuttle announced at CES2009. Touch screen, 15" LCD, ATOM 330 and Windows XP. Available in March. Probably won't win awards for durability and reliability but likely will be used as price hammer from bottom up. |
Updated [7/25/2008] VMware hardware compatibility cuide released. Download file
The CherryPal C100 desktop is dead simple to set up and boots in 20 seconds. Users just enter a username and password to access the CherryPalCloud, which offers an incredibly easy, intuitive interface. CherryPal has no exposed operating system, so all application and functions are managed solely by a Firefox-based browser.
Thin client vendor Thinspace is to introduce a new range of products next month, including the fastest desktop model on the market, the firm said.
The Symbiont Boot Stick has arrived. USB stick plugs in and boots to thinclient.
Nice review on Tom's Hardware of newest CPU by Intel called Atom. The Atom cpu is also known as Little Falls. It picks up where Little Valley left off (LV is done this month and replaced by LF). Later in August the dual core version of the Little Falls (or LF2) is supposed to be available. Performance is somewhere between Celeron and Pentium and cost for cpu is under $30 (figure $90 for mini-itx).
Press release for Symbio on recent certification by US Department of Energy.
Igel has announced the Elegance 9319XP, a 19-inch thin client running Windows XP Embedded (XPe) on a 1GHz AMD Geode CPU. The company also announced new firmware and software upgrades enhancing manageability and Vmware VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) compatibility.
The Elegance 9319XP resembles a standard display, and in fact has a VGA input, enabling it to be pressed into service as an external display for a laptop or other compatible device. The screen offers a 300-nit brightness rating, and resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 pixels.
Retail price with XPe is $1,120 (Linux is cheaper). Specs and image follow.
Now that is one small PC. About the size of a typical RJ45 connector, the Picotux comes with 32-bit ARM processor. uClinux 2.4.27. See www.picotux.com for more information. |
The ongoing MS licensing dilemma for multi-user terminal providers (such as Ncomputing) took a new turn in January with written indication from MS that license terms do not permit multiple users under desktop systems (ie XP Pro).
Given the lackluster inroads Vista has made it is is also notable that it is Vista which is specifically referred to.
Still, it would seem with major expansion of Linux and other avenues that Microsoft somehow coming to terms with this is in their best interest. It's not often a major footprint is there for the taking (ie requiring just formulating license terms) especially as the market looks to Microsoft to capitalize and develop new markets.
Probably the first would be in the terminal server/winserver implementation but XP Pro would start a flood.
Thin client solution from IGEL is integrated directly into Samsung 19" LCD. Supported protocols include ICA, RDP and VDI client. Choice of Windows or Linux (though obviously the Windows is more expensive)..