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ClearCube simplifying VDI adoption

Many organizations have come to see server virtualization and consolidation as a useful tool to reduce overall costs of hardware and hardware maintenance. A much smaller number of companies have looked outside of the datacenter to virtualization and consolidation of desktop systems. by Dan Kusnetzky

Tags: ClearCube Technology, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualization

In a rapid fire presentation, the Ncomputing folks provided a very interesting view into what they've been doing to help organizations take advantage of the unused power in today's desktop systems to support many workloads. As I mentioned in the post Ncomputing: Sharing the power of a single computer, this...

Tags: Operating System, Benefit, ClearCube Technology, OS Virtualization, Ncomputing, Parallels, Server Consolidation, Blade Servers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-12

ClearCube VDI Suite

ClearCube recently announced its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Suite. The goal is to increase the power of previous ClearCube offerings and intice others to join the party. Here's how ClearCube describes its new offering: ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized desktop computing...

Tags: blade, clearcube technology, virtual desktop, desktop virtualization, blade servers, desktops, utility computing, servers, hardware, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-08

VDIworks, Microsoft System Center and You?

VDIworks, formally the software arm of ClearCube, has announced that they're going to provide their virtual access technology, connection broker technology Senral and management software to organizations who plan to deploy Microsoft's Hyper-V virtual machine software. VDIworks already offers its technology to organizations using other popular virtual machine software. For...

Tags: Software, ClearCube Technology, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, VDIworks, Desktop Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-14

ClearCube Spins off VDIworks

ClearCube Spins off VDIworksChanges...againClearcube has changed directions so many times any potential customer should run when they hear the name, maybe that is why they are spinning of another division.It seems as if the VC's haven't wised up yet, they are giving more money to the same team who has...

Tags: Sales strategy, Team management, ClearCube Technology, ClearCube Spins, VDIworks

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

ClearCube Spins off VDIworks

ClearCube has long offered an interesting desktop virtualization environment that is based upon its VMware-enabled ClearCube PC blades with its Sentralâ„¢ management software. When combined, the two create a very usable virtual desktop environment. Each PC blade can be used as a computing resource for multiple users. My post...

Tags: ClearCube Technology, VDIworks, Desktops, Blade Servers, Hardware, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-06

ClearCube Cross Platform Application Access

ClearCube Cross Platform Application AccessClearcubeOdd that you would note Clearcube as a leader when the largest install the company has for software is less than 500 seats and they do not have single location using their total solution. We looked at the Clearcube solution and VMware and were advised...

Tags: ClearCube Technology, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

ClearCube removes performance and distance as objections to PC Blade computing

ClearCube announced new technology that eliminates the distance barrier long associated with delivering full performance video from centralized PC blades. The company is introduced the I9420, I9440 and the C7420, three new user port devices, at the SIFMA Technology Management Conference & Exhibit. These products make it possible for organizations...

Tags: virtualization, virtual access software

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Are PC blade based virtual access solutions better than what you're doing now?

ClearCube just announced that they now have an OEM relationship with VMware. Their press release can be viewed here. Should your organization be deploying this type of solution for its task-oriented staff to better support the organizations requirements for efficient client-centric computing? Here's a quick SWOT analysis of the announcement.StrengthsThere...

Tags: virtualization, virtual machine software, virtual access software

Blog posts 2007-06-01

ClearCube's Approach to Getting There Virtually

ClearCubes Tom Josefy and Kala Ranaganathan briefed me on ClearCube Sentral 5.5, an updated version of their desktop management software that is designed to work with applications encapsulated in VMwares ESX Server 3 or VMware Server Virtualization Software as well as managing applications running on of ClearCubes own PC...

Tags: remote access software, virtual machine software

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Virtualization Performance Study: ClearCube Engineering Systems Integration and Testing White Paper

The term virtualization has been widely used since the 1960s or earlier, and has been applied to many different aspects and scopes of computing - from entire computer systems to individual capabilities or components. The common theme of all virtualization technologies is the hiding of technical detail. According to VMware,...

Tags: ClearCube Technology, Systems Integration, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2007-04-09

IDC White Paper - The Tangible Benefits of Blade Clients

Blade clients are rack mounted boards that contain a full PC, including processor, memory, hard drive, graphics, and operating system. IDC interviewed 10 customers using blade solutions for their desktop computing at the end of 2004 and asked respondents to quantify the costs and benefits of using ClearCube blade clients...

Tags: Blade, Benefit, ClearCube Technology, International Data Corp., Blade Client, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2005-02-01

ClearCube Technology Case Study: American Automobile Club (Kentucky)

Serving customers quickly and efficiently is key to the American Automobile Association's (AAA's) success, and any equipment failure causes costly delays in diagnosis and repair as well as user downtime. AAA Kentucky faced problems associated with its existing desktop PC environment, including users dislodging cables from CPUs, installing unauthorized software...

Tags: ClearCube Technology, Desktops, Hardware

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Wyse releases virtual desktop accelerator

Wyse has launched a virtual desktop accelerator and hopes that will open the door to greater acceptance of the concept of a hosted virtual desktop environment. One of the key inhibitors in the past have been overall performance due to transmission latency and loss of data that required retransmission. Wyse,...

Tags: Desktop, Data Center, Virtual Desktop, Wyse Technology Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-13

RingCube vDesk

Doug Dooley of RingCube introduced me to the newest version, version 2, of the company's vDesk product line. Doug also introduced me to a catch phrase the company is going to flog when talking up this product. The phrase is "virtual workspace." For those of you keeping...

Tags: RingCube Technologies Inc., RingCube vDesk 2.0, vDesk 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Sychron OnDemand Desktop 3.0 - another take on desktop virtualization

Although the industry's attention has largely be focused on server virtualization and consolidation, there is a very dynamic market for desktop virtualization as well. From time to time I have the chance to speak with executives of companies focused on this market. This time, I had the chance to chat...

Tags: Environment, On-demand, Provisioning, Virtual Desktop, Sychron OnDemand Desktop 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-30

News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android

Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Wyse, more than just thin clients

I've followed Wyse for the longest time and yet, when I had an opportunity to speak with Jeff McNaught, CMO of Wyse Technology I was surprised at how far they're business has evolved from that base. The company now is doing interesting things in three areas: virtual clients, cloud computing...

Tags: Thin Client, Wyse Technology Inc., Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Ncomputing: Sharing the power of a single computer

Do you remember Digital Research's Concurrent CP/M and Concurrent DOS? In this little walk down memory lane, how about MP/M? Ncomputing is walking down the same historical path. The goal of all of these operating systems was to take currently available off-the-shelf software designed for the single user operating systems...

Tags: PC, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Ncomputing, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Productivity, Software, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-28

You know a trend has gotten broad when..

The New York Times, a well-known font of information in the area of information technology, published Revived Fervor for Smart Monitors Linked to a Server, an article by Ashlee Vance October 13th. If the NY Times gets around to saying something about technology, it's pretty well known by those in...

Tags: New York Times Co., Virtualization, Strategy, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-14