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Why have a desktop machine anyway?

Why have a desktop machine anyway?Why? Because...* The telephone monopoly does not serve my blue-collar neighbourhood with DSL and the cable monopoly costs too much.* Software servers would not likely serve me with affordable software in my languages to do my kind of work.* The Internet is not safe enough...

Tags: Thin clients, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, thin client technology, desktop machine, desktop, kind-of, Internet, software

Discussion threads 2005-09-21

Technologies for Thin Client Architectures

This paper focuses on thin client technology. It gives an introduction to thin client architectures and proposes criteria, which are vital to successfully employ thin client technologies in an enterprise. Based on these criteria, this paper evaluates thin client technologies available today and shows that some offer potential value for...

Tags: Thin Client, University Of Zurich, Thin Client Technology, Thin Clients, Hardware

White papers 2001-01-07

Additional Resources

Cloud Computing and Its Security in Higher Education

Interest in cloud computing has witnessed a significant surge in the past few years. The basic tenet of this concept entails the reduction of in-house data centers and the delegation of a portion or all of the Information Technology infrastructure capability to a third party. This holds the promise of...

Tags: Education, Security, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-11-03

Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note

Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Next-gen operating systems: Facebook on steroids?

Chrome OS is a key building blockThis is why I think the concept of Chrome OS is so powerful.Sure you will be able to use your web apps offline, like desktop apps (thanks to HTML5/Gears), but the core functionality of the apps will live in the cloud. And because the...

Tags: Operating systems, Chrome OS, Facebook, Next-gen operating system, operating system, Next-Gen

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

HP Answers Thin Client Questions

Ingratiating"Thanks HP for working with me on this."... translation ..."Does a prominant technology blogger have to pillory your company in public to get any response to a standard question for a potential customer? Order book must be pretty full at the moment ... or perhaps the client management and customer...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Webinar: Navigating the Desktop Virtualization Landscape

Desktop virtualization encompasses a rapidly changing set of technologies, and according to Forrester, it's an area that's moving to the forefront of computing. As a result of this fast-changing landscape, new products are released in the marketplace every 60-90 days. These products offer options for application virtualization, profile virtualization, container...

Tags: Webinar, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-09-30

The democratization of IT

Get your head out of your paradigm"democratization of IT"... are you serious? Look at any complex multipolar situation in the world and you'll see that when there are diverging forces, democracy is a liability.Iraq... competing religious factions turned the idea of democracy into a joke.The Palestinian territories... Democracy resulted in...

Tags: Quality, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Web conferencing blues

Cynocast may be a solution in some casesHiI recently checked out cynocast (see http://www.cynocast.com/).No software is installed. It uses a quite ingenious flash operation to run their software in up 10,000 participants browsers.This is their claim (copied from their web site:[i]"CynoCast is end to end 100% Flash technology. It runs...

Tags: Channel management, Tools & Techniques, Web conferencing, Grouputer, Web

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Pano, Sun Ray, and the Wintel gestalt

Distributed Computing is now180 degrees out of sync with the bandwagon. That means that Murph's ideas are being adopted whilst mine are being ignored. I guess this proves that I am not a mirror of Murph.DumbRays are just as expensive as this Pano stuff. And what do you get for...

Tags: Wintel, DumbRay, Pano, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-12

OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]

Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a Blu-ray movie or Adobe Photoshop, can it? Jules Urbach says it's not only possible, but scalable as a business. Urbach, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based OTOY, is working with AMD to pair that company's supercomputers with...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Console, PC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Game Console, Blu-ray, OTOY, Jules Urbach, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Is desktop virtualization the next focal point?

What about the hardwarewhat is the interface for the virtual desktop? Would you buy a low power pc or would a thin client type of device do? Both will workYou can run virtual desktops on just about any hardware depending on your needs. A call center might go with thin...

Tags: Virtualization, Desktops, desktop, desktop virtualization, We?re, virtual desktop

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

Blah, ha ha ha haOh yeah, I can just see my son playing Garry's Mod on a virtual desktop. Blah, ha, ha, ha.... Yeah, right.Oh, oh, and I can just see virtualizing several thousand clients, all churning their spreadsheets, personal databases, e-mail, web browsers, compilers, graphics programs.There's a reason...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, Virtualization, Desktops, Best Buy Co. Inc., Geek Squad, rootkit, desktop virtualization, computer, desktop, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Edubuntu followup

Sharing knowledgeWell done and thank you! Knowledge sharing at it's best.In the first Edubuntu blog post you asked us readers a technical question, and now, in the second Edubuntu post, you provide us with a summary of the most useful solutions.This is how knowledge sharing within the ZDnet community should...

Tags: Thin clients, OPEN SOURCE, thin client, Edubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

The state of Edubuntu...Your thoughts

The state of Edubuntu...Your thoughtsThe state of Edubuntu...Your thoughtsIt's still linux so unless you want your students to be lagged behind technology for about 10 - 15 years then don't do it. Plus the overhead of having to maintain it with a daily patch cycle and constant recompiling and...

Tags: Thin clients, OPEN SOURCE, LTSP, server, Edubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome

Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome The Siren's callGoogle keeps tempting the tech community with new and exciting software. But, until they commit to stop recording private data about individual users of their products, everyone with an ounce of sense should boycott their products.Until then, Google remains the biggest...

Tags: Games, C/C++, Google Inc., Siren, game, Web browser, compiler

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

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

Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equation

Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equationMJ, have you read this?http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/07/chrome-os-netbooks-and-smartbooks.arsRE: Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equationI would have to agree with you. I certainly didn't like the idea of Windows 7 limiting the amount of apps I could run on a netbook. But, why...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Web browsers, Operating systems, Desktops, PC, operating system, netbook, Google Inc., Web browser, Chrome OS, Chrome OS equation, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-07-11