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Client virtualization will help you create your next generation desktop

Full circle to dumb terminal or network appliance right?RE: Client virtualization will help you create your next generation desktopAs always, speed is the unquantfied variable. If its good, then the apps will run great with no significant degradation. If not (as is usually the case with cost cutting companies now...

Tags: Terminal services, dumb terminal, Client virtualization, generation desktop, desktop, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Desktop Linux buy or rent and the home market

Desktop Linux buy or rent and the home marketEnterprise is were the money is ....... and IBM's core competencies. For startup businesses and those expanding but trying to reduce costs through a centralized model IBM's offerings could be just the right combination for increased productivity and a reduction of overheard....

Tags: desktop Linux, Dana, desktop, dumb terminal, home market, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs

Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costsMicrosoft puts out a free tool that does essentially the same thingSteadystate... google it. We currently use it on kiosk computers, but you could use it for what they are pushing it for. You could also deploy group policies that prevent...

Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, dumb terminal, Virtualization Software, virtualization, IT cost, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs

With computers growing smarter by the day, why would anyone want to step back more than a decade and fill office cubicles with dumb terminals? The answer is simple - to keep cubicle computers in service longer, uncluttered and free of malware, viruses and hacking programs. At...

Tags: Software, Dumb Terminal, Virtualization, Network, Information Technology, IT Cost, Virus, Computer, Virtualization Software, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Security, Viruses And Worms, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Re-labelling Sun Ray to sell

Re-labelling Sun Ray to sellCall it whatever you want.I doubt it will change the dismal sales one iota. All the attempts to roll back the clock to the days of dumb terminals hanging off of a mainframe have failed and will continue to do so.Can it do M$ Office?No?...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Servers, desktop, Next!, dumb terminal, Xen, server, Microsoft Windows XP, SunRay

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

Why you should actually pay for thin clients

We all know that you can make thin clients for free out of all those junky computers in your classrooms, closets, server rooms, and wherever else you can stash them. Just a bit of effort and some surplus hard drives later and youre in business, regardless of your server...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client, dumb terminal, PC

Blog posts 2007-01-07

Why rich clients rule and always will

With all the hype on the Dumb Terminal v3 and the death of the rich client, I thought I had put this issue to rest with my Tales of the $100 PC. It was unfortunate that many of the talkbacks were from people who didn't even bother to read...

Tags: PC, dumb terminal

Blog posts 2005-10-18

An answer to the $100 PC?

George Ou asked in a recent blog post whether a $100 PC was possible. Well, perhaps we are missing the solution because we are limiting ourselves to traditional conceptions of a PC. That notion occurred to me as I was reading an article on Tom's Hardware Guide about a computer-on-a-stick...

Tags: USB flash drive

Blog posts 2005-10-13

So what's a smart display?

So what's a smart display?Why did the fail?What was wrong with products that do processing locally?You've said that they don't work, but haven't given any solid reasons why.You mention tampering, but anything capable of rendering windows is going to have some sort of client-side OS that can be tampered with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, server, Smart Display, user control, dumb terminal, PC

Discussion threads 2005-09-23

Microsoft Recapitulates IBM

Microsoft Recapitulates IBMInteresting perspectiveTruth is, centrally managing "things" is easier to do than managing "things" in a distributed world. Whereas todays PCs can out-compute a 1990's Cray supercomputer, no one has been able to harness this power in an effective way. My PC today is 10x faster than my PC...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Processors, Laptop Users, Now IT, IBM Corp., mainframe, network, dumb terminal, PC, client-server, CPU, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-09-20

The things we know for sure

The things we know for sureSo true, so trueAs I look back at the CONSTANT, yearly effort to replace UNIX workstations with Windoze - I remember when UNIX cost more and yet the "switch" paradigm was STILL not viable. Just as Windoze64 comes out, and has the POTENTIAL to take...

Tags: Operating systems, Workstations, dumb terminal, Unix, IT IS, Microsoft Windows, workstation

Discussion threads 2005-08-09

Hitachi unhitches drive for safer PCs

Hitachi unhitches drive for safer PCsWow, how revolutionary!!All this technology!!! Hitachi has created.... A dumb terminal that can give a BSOD.You think I can sell them an old DEC VT440? It was just as safe..!WOW!!! What A Great Idea!!!Too bad the same idea was done 10 years ago,...

Tags: Storage, Servers, Thin clients, Hitachi Ltd., dumb terminal, server, PC

Discussion threads 2005-05-23

Hitachi ditching notebooks

Hitachi ditching notebooksThis is the future of IT. It speaks loudly ...regarding how far out of touch the IT industry has become from its customers. A full blown PC on everyone's desk is dangerous and way more costly than what the business world should be paying. ...

Tags: dumb terminal, IT industry, PC, Hitachi Ltd., notebook

Discussion threads 2005-01-04

Additional Resources

Edubuntu followup

A number of readers posed both thoughts and questions related to my Wednesday post, "The state of Edubuntu...Thoughts?" While the expected "Why the hell would you use *nix anyway?" sorts of questions were thrown in for good measure, many readers had solid recommendations based on experience while others had...

Tags: Linux, Thin Client, Edubuntu, Thin Client Setup, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Inside Microsoft's radical, new Web browser

Inside Microsoft's radical, new Web browserNoScript with ABE?So this is like NoScript with ABE?How can the operating system go away?Are these Operating System haters going to write an OS for every application, including their precious web browsers? Do these so-called "futurists" want to regress back to 1950's computing? The...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .Cloud Computing: The low cost arrived to IT business?Hi Tom,Great analysis, and of course I agree.And dare to say that Cloud Computing is also the IT business ?low cost?:http://www.cloudviews.org/2009/05/cloud-computing-the-low-cost-arrived-to-it-business/RE: The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .i don't think it can...

Tags: Internet, gravity, industrial revolution, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

Is anyone WOWed by desktop wallpapers any more? Microsoft thinks so!

Is anyone WOWed by desktop wallpapers any more? Microsoft thinks so!I agreeAs I have said before, I'd love to see Microsoft start advertising features of Windows and not the eye candy."What can Windows do for you?"This is Apple's trickApple puts a lot of effort into eye candy. Same as MS....

Tags: Desktops, Eye-Candy, compiz-fusion, WOWed, desktop wallpaper, desktop, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Pano Logic brings us closer to "The Screen"

Pano Logic brings us closer to "The Screen"I'm sorry but it still contains an operating systemA few years back at VMWorld I had a 'healthy' discussion with one of the stand techies since no matter what Pano Logic say if the device can boot and connect there is at least...

Tags: Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Operating systems, NComputing, Mini-ITX, Pano Logic

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely great

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely greatThere's interest from SMEsWe've had a few of our customers (all SME's) asking about this. One customer uses a hosting providing to run their public facing web site, which is mainly static content, but they also upload order tracking data on a daily basis, for...

Tags: SMB/SME, local storage, small and medium enterprise, storage

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Cloud: More important than the PC?

Cloud: More important than the PC? Without the PC there is no cloudI'm not denying the fact that the cloud has gained importance, and I'm not denying that you can gain access to the cloud through non-PC devices. But the PC is still where the content is...

Tags: Desktops, PC

Discussion threads 2009-02-24