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Helpdesks and productivity: Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...; Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel: Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...; Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel: If you compare the capital cost of a Wintel server and desktop architecture using Dell gear with 22" screens to that of a redundant SPARC/Sun Ray system with 24" screens, the Sun system comes in about $200,000 cheaper for 1,000 users. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Desktop, Wintel, Dell Computer Corp., Staffing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Difference, Sun Ray, Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-02
All the things Sun Ray won't do: All the things Sun Ray won't doNopeI can't, maybe i'm biased too. But when you hear senior IT-ers go on about helpdesks the size of 2 to 3 headstrong, instead of the at least 10 to 25 to 100 you have nowadays with the Windows environments.The problem with Wintel desktops...; Tags: Linux, Thin clients, Microsoft Windows, environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, thin client, server; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
All the things Sun Ray won't do: A challenge: some consultant thinks your company would be better off using Sun Rays - prove him wrong. Please. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-26

The top Sun Ray myths: The top Sun Ray mythsInteresting, but ignores the fact that Sun Ray is proprietary protocolAn interesting summary and provides a good foundation for any discussion relating to thin client solutions or Server Based Computing as a whole.However, it was not pointed out that Sun Ray utilizes a proprietary protocol and...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Network technology, Sun Ray, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
The top Sun Ray myths: When you look closely at the top eight reasons people cite for not using Sun's Sun Ray based central processing architecture in business you get a surprise: they're all wrong. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Notebooks, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-25
VMware, Sun's Ray team partner on VDI: I was so enmeshed in the XenDesktop happenings at Citrix Synergy last week that I paid little notice to virtualization market leader VMware, which made some significant VDI-related announcements of it own. As Citrix's XenDesktop team announced deals with thin client makers HP and Wyse, VMware announced...; Tags: Team, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Thin Clients, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-29
The demonstration project challenge: The demonstration project challengeThe big difference between a Sun Ray and a Thin ClientI don't understand the distinction Mr. Murphy makes between the Sun Ray and a Thin Client - how does the software on a Thin Client interact with the application?Specifics depend on the thin client osif it's a...; Tags: Thin clients, thin client, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., I/O; Discussion threads 2007-12-14
The demonstration project challenge: The big difference between a Sun Ray and a thin client is that the software on the Sun Ray does not interact with the application - meaning that someone with unrestricted physical access to the device can destroy its functionality, but not affect application integrity. ...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Software/Web Development, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-12-13
The missing demonstration project (1): The missing demonstration project (1)Where is everybody? you guys wanna talk weather, or what?Very strange here in Lethbridge: -19 Celsius here yesterday afternoon, went to plus 5.6 by about 9PM, back to minus 14.7 right now.A blowby chinook?Yes, I have seen it over and over. Do you want to oversee...; Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Debian, Sun Ray; Discussion threads 2007-12-04
The missing demonstration project (1): Last week frequent contributor ross44 raised the issue of the missing Sun Ray demonstration project: So - it seems that once again, this time in the public admin sphere, we need a reference installation. Where is that US state or Canadian province...; Tags: Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Bottom Line, Professional Development, Strategy, Career, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Seven reasons to go Sun Ray: Seven reasons to go Sun RayOne small questionWhere is the cost coming from in that list? I know for a fact that many of them are hugely inflated.(Quasi-OT) Comment on Sun strategy?Rather than comment on the advice that IT request it be outsourced or its managment replaced or an...; Tags: Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, storage; Discussion threads 2007-10-03
CAD/CIM and the SAB software selection: CAD/CIM and the SAB software selectionSun RaysIf Sun Rays offer good OpenGL performance then I don't see why they couldn't be used. A lot of CAD/CAM work is all Unix based anyway, and sticking a Unix workstation of every desk is expensive. Also, some of the software may...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., SAB Software; Discussion threads 2007-09-06
Consulting objectivity: Suppose your company wanted to hire a consultant to advise on appropriate computing infrastructure strategies for the next five years. Suppose further that you're down to two choices distinguished mainly by their answers to the question: are you biased toward one technology over its competitors?One says that he isn't: that...; Tags: Sun Solaris, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Paul Murphy, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., right software, first reaction, software, consulting; Blog posts 2007-08-30
Solid American Brass: Solid American BrassFinding the right software[b][i]"Now, as you can imagine, my first reaction to the IT challenge is going to be based on finding the right ERP/SCM software to run this business on Solaris with Sun Rays and Mac laptops..."[/i][/b]Of course, since this is a brand new business with no...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Six Sigma, Operating systems, UNIX, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Lean Six Sigma, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris; Discussion threads 2007-08-23
Trying to clarify the Sun Ray difference: Trying to clarify the Sun Ray differenceMy response...http://erikengbrecht.blogspot.com/2007/07/sun-ray-thin-clients.htmlOne item I haven't seen......discussed is how to handle systems that control instruments or other equipment.Approximately 1/2 of our systems are connected to some sort of instrument, using a secondary NIC, a serial port, or in some cases a specialized interface card installed...; Tags: Mice, Smart cards, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., computing; Discussion threads 2007-07-17
Trying to clarify the Sun Ray difference: Frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht had this to say last week in response to my comment that the Sun Ray does no processing and isn't, therefore, a client-server client: thin, fat, or otherwise: Smart, Thick, Thin, DisplayIt's all word games. Depending on how you define...; Tags: Sun, Security, Linux, Hardware, Government, Deploying Sun Rays, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2007-07-17
XDS - a new take on access virtualization: XDS - a new take on access virtualizationisn't this just like a SunRay?Sun offered this technology years ago. The Sun Ray is just a remote rendering of your screen sent from a server. That suffered from high network demand when it was launched, but as network costs have...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Sun Ray, SCO Group Inc., SunRay, Tarantella Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., network, server, virtualization; Discussion threads 2007-07-10
A consequence of convergence?: A consequence of convergence?Maybe it's that off-line capabilitywhich is - NOTHING. The network goes down, the thin-client stares stupidly into space. I guess "The network is the computer" is true in this case.With a good distributed computer topology, that 3.2 Ghz desktop computer and all its kin - can be...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, NETWORKING, WTF, Roger, server, Sun Ray, network, SunRay, computer, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-06-22