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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

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

Zune and the uplift wars

Zune and the uplift warsBack on planet Earth...So how do you make a Blackberry or similar device work with the Sun Ray architecture?Roger's answer of "the Sun Ray has 4 USB ports, so you can connect a Blackberry to it" made obvious sense. Your answer implies a flaw in...

Tags: Handhelds, Roger, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, SunRay

Discussion threads 2007-03-06

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

How and why to use Sun Ray

How and why to use Sun RayGood Lord! That's a long post, Murph!It's going to take a lot of free time just to parse it. I don't suppose you considered breaking it up into digestible chunks?Define your audience, pleaseAre you targeting people who haven't yet made a decision to use...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Ray, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-05

Taking the Devil's dollar

Taking the Devil's dollarLeadershipMy problem here is that "inspired" or "motiving" leadership can often inspire or motivate people to foolish or criminal acts.Surely good management should be based on persuading people by rational argument?This is one of the reasons I am always suspicious of organisations that use the term "software...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Leadership SunRays, SunRay, leadership, Microsoft Office, server

Discussion threads 2006-08-09

Futures and alternatives

Futures and alternativesPricesSunRays are CHEAP (at least the 1.0 versions). You can buy them for less than $10 each - shipped (no keyboard, mouse or monitor - which you probably do have). Even a LTSP solution requires a PC - and I don't think you can find a PC for...

Tags: Corporate communications, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., SunRay, video

Discussion threads 2006-08-04

Distributed computing - the promise unbroken

I asked frequent contributor Roger Ramjet to write a guest blog presenting and defending his idea that distributed Unix makes more sense than my smart display approach. Here's his contribution - read it carefully and I think you'll see we're not so far apart even if he is right to...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, NETWORKING, Unix, mainframe, network, SunRay, PC, client-server, computer, server, distributed computing

Blog posts 2006-07-28

Smart Displays and Productivity (2)

Smart Displays and Productivity (2)UtopiaYou are solving a problem while ignoring others. You are working WAY down the application stack at the hardware layer. Whether that is the biggest "pain point" is of much discussion.What does the rest of your infrastructure look like? Those servers that are running SunRay software...

Tags: Servers, SunRay, server, Smart Display, job

Discussion threads 2006-05-25

Smart Displays and Productivity

Smart Displays and ProductivityYou can get the same functionalityas thin clients by using L'UNIX workstations. This approach removes the EXPENSIVE server and computer platform, and allows for productivity when the network falls down.You only have to think in terms of distributed - which seems to be beyond everyone's ability ....

Tags: Thin clients, Microsoft Windows, SunRay, thin client, Smart Display

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

The Gartner Rules: Linux, Sun Ray, and Windows/XP

The Gartner Rules: Linux, Sun Ray, and Windows/XPOr youz can call me Ray or youz can call me NXOr NX Thin Client over PXE!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoMachinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_EnvironmentEspecially FreeNX:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeNXBrilliant Man. Brilliant!Have a Guinness on MeSun FanboysYou forget that a good share of ZDNet columnists are Sun fanboys. They see the universe as...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Processors, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows XP, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Sun Solaris, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, SunRay, Microsoft Windows, Linux, server

Discussion threads 2006-03-27

The smartest dumb idea around

The smartest dumb idea aroundSome thoughts1. The American Express "Blue" card IS a java card, and should work fine in the existing Sun Rays.2. The technology to make this work is not yet available! You need to prod the IEEE's butt to get Mobile WiMAX approved (almost 1yr since the...

Tags: WiMAX, NETWORKING, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-13

Power Use

Power UseNot just powerSince Sun Rays NEED a server to connect to, they are useless for anyone to STEAL! Yes, that means less theft if you use SunRays. I know some of our Dell's at work have sprouted legs . . .This is why I advocate SunRays for government agencies...

Tags: Monitors & displays, monitor, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-07-26

Additional Resources

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

Using mail for phishing

Using mail for phishingSnailmail phishing already happening - legally!Murph said: [i]"As it turned out the letter we got was naive but genuine - but your next one may not be because sooner or later some bad guy is going to do this - and take at least a few hundred...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, phishing, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

MokaFive and Desktop Virtualization

MokaFive is lauching MokaFive Virtual Desktop Solution™, its entry into the rapidly moving "desktop virtualization market, today. Although the claims MokaFive is making sound similar to many other suppliers in this area, the company appears to have come up with a slighly different approach, one that just make the process...

Tags: Security, Desktop Virtualization, MokaFive, LivePC, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Power costs and responses

Power costs and responsesDistributed is the way to goOne rack of servers maybe none per building or floor coupled with Linux workstations on desktops is the most efficient way to go. (User education and IT SLAs are key in this environment. Users that like to reboot should be shown the...

Tags: global warming, server, closet, POWER COSTS, user hostility

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Marauding headlines: fallout from a Torvalds interview

Marauding headlines: fallout from a Torvalds interviewBias?I read the same thing you did and didn't walk away with any of those impressions, nor yours. His talks seem in line with what I have read previously.Was he quoted out of context? Sure. Was he quoted accurately ? Yup....

Tags: Linux, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Gilbertson, Torvalds

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86CoolthreadsI'm beginning to doubt whether Coolthreads is really all it's cracked up to be. The problem is the performance boost seems to assume that you have a very parallelizable problem. In practice, this means you either have code that has been intentionally written to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Servers, T2000, hardware, Sun Sparc, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2007-12-06