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Lower the Environmental Impact of Computing

NComputing systems are a major leap forward in green computing. More than 15,000 organizations in over 80 countries have used NComputing to slash their carbon footprint and electric consumption. The NComputing solution is based on a simple fact: today's PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only...

Tags: Computing, NComputing, NComputing System, NComputing Solution, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-06-16

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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

Are thin clients still for me?

Are thin clients still for me?I'm sure Paul Murphy can helpHe advocates SunRays as the thin client de jour. You are right about the SPOF single point of failure problem - but the MTBF rate may be insignificantly small. Wireless networks are hard for kids to mess with, as are...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client, server, multimedia

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

MiniFrame SoftXpand

After I posted on Ncomputing (see Ncomputing: Sharing the power of a single computer), MiniFrame's PR agency contacted me and asked that I take a look at SoftXpand. At first glance, it appeared that MiniFrame was walking down the same path that many others had taken, creating technology in the...

Tags: PC, Operating System, Hardware, Graphics, Computer, GPU, MiniFrame SoftXpand, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-16

News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .

I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...

Tags: Bangladesh, Entrepreneurship, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Leadership, Management, Muhammad Yunus, Poverty, Silicon Valley, Strategy, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualization

Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualizationVirtualizationWe switched froma UNIX to a Windows environment about six months ago. We needed a PC at each satellite location so the Ncomputing solution made sense to us. It works well, has a minimum of setup and was a markedly less expensive as a...

Tags: Operating systems, NComputing, OS virtualization, benefit, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

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

What's next after server virtualization? Desktop virtualization

There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to embark on the journey to client consolidation or desktop virtualization. The goal here is to reduce the costs of hardware, software and to reduce administrative and operational expenses....

Tags: Desktop, Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Supplier, Client System, Server Virtualization, Parallels, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-11

News to know: Windows 7, Azure, SAP, Google book scans, RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: A first look at Windows 7's pre-beta PDC release Mary-Jo Foley: Windows 7: What's coming for business users Larry Dignan: Windows 7: Will it...

Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-29

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

OLPC and Intel trumped by small-scale virtualization

I had planned for my next post to be a followup to my interview with Sun's Joe Hartley, but it's going to have to take a back seat to a story about small-scale virtualization in the 1:1 computing market. Maybe, though, this particular story suggests that Sun is headed...

Tags: Desktop, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-14

The $100 laptop is here, only it's just $70

The battle of the inexpensive laptops is heating up as a Korean company touts its cheapest and durable laptop ever, reports eSchool News. nComputing's CEO, Stephen Dukker, announced that his company is going to make a series of products that will turn a single computer into an interconnected network...

Tags: Stephen Dukker, NComputing

Blog posts 2006-09-25