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- Thin Client
- A client machine that relies on the server to perform the data processing. Either a dedicated terminal or a regular PC with thin client software, thin clients mostly send...
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- Total sales of thin clients in first half of 2007 in Asia reached 282,667 units
- Total sales of thin clients in H1 2007 in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan APEJ reached 282,667 units, representing an increase of 37.3% over 2007, according to IDC. Revenue likewise increased 29.2% over H1 2007. The APEJ thin client market is expected to grow strongly over the next five years, with...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Sales, NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- 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
- It's the last day of school!
- So what do I need to do? A few things, actually. It's time to make a list. Several thin clients have hit hardware snags surprising since they have so little actual hardware to fail; others need to just be reimaged those darned kids. Right...
- Tags: Thin Client, Teacher, Thin Clients, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- It's really hot...buy some thin clients
- It's really hot...buy some thin clientsAtomI agree that the Atom would be a good CPU for a thin client.
- Tags: Thin clients, thin client
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- It's really hot...buy some thin clients
- Thin clients are not without their problems and, as I've said before, are hardly a panacea for every computing problem we face in Ed Tech. However, as I sit baking in my room and temperatures outside come way too close to 100 degrees for my delicate ex-Seattlite sensibilities, one...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Servers need TLC, too, right?
- My servers are a mess. They're limping along until this summer when I don't have classes to teach (or classes to take, for that matter) and I can do some serious maintenance. This maintenance is serious enough that, for at least a couple of them, I'll be better...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- 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
- Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking for
- Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking forA heart thanksThat's very interesting news to hear about! I've been thinking on the idea of an apartment complex that has the main selling point of giving each renter a computer. To allow for such a thing I imagined used thin clients....
- Tags: Thin clients, Asus EBOX, thin client, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking for
- I love the thin clients we rolled out: easy centralized manageability, low power consumption, and a near-desktop experience for most students has made them very cost-effective. One problem with the budget thin clients we purchased, however, is their need to launch a terminal session just for simple web browsing...
- Tags: ASUS, built-In, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client sales
- Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client salesHP/Neoware falloutHP bought the Neoware thin client line and seems to be ready to ditch the Neolinux OS. It sounds to me that HP has been drinking at the Micro$oft Kool-aid stand. We chose Neoware for the linux os. ...
- Tags: Thin clients, Sales strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., thin client, thin-client sale, XenDesktop, Neoware, Wyse Technology Inc., sales
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client sales
- Wyse and HP have launched new lines of thin clients that are optimized for Citrix's XenDesktop and the virtualized desktop. Citrix's much anticipated XenDesktop, which will compete against VMware's VDI technology as well as Qumranet's KVM-based desktop virtualization solution SolidICE, was officially introduced to the market here...
- Tags: Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Citrix Systems Inc., Sales, Wyse Technology Inc., XenDesktop, Thin Clients, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?
- Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?thin clientAs long as your notebook can do a network boot, you can use a PXES boot solution such as 2X to boot up and run a XP desktop of a terminal server such as ThinServer XPThat way, you can save a lot...
- Tags: Notebooks, Is it RIP, Apple Laptop, IS IT, Apple Inc., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?
- OK. I may just have found a very relevant reason to go out and buy a new computer: I think I have officially killed my four-year-old Apple notebook. And, yes, I will lose data if I can't recover the hard drive. And, yes, I am traveling as this discovery is...
- Tags: Thin Client, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IGEL, Thin Clients, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- HRH Prince Penguin
- Did anyone else happen to notice that Prince Charles is a closet Penguin? On our UK-based sister site, ZDNet.CO.UK our British colleague Andrew Donoghue quoted His Majesty as follows: "Many of the case studies we received highlight the...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Prince backs 'green' thin clients
- Prince backs 'green' thin clientsPrincely savingsPrince Charles is on the right track. There are many benefits in addition to energy savings that will accrue to the company that moves from PCs to thin clients. Symbio Technologies offers a stateless zero thin client that uses just 4 watts of energy. This...
- Tags: Thin clients, Symbio Technologies, Prince Charles, HRH, thin client, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- MouseTwitcher (zip)
- MouseTwitcher is a small utility that will move your mouse a tiny bit every 10 seconds whenever mouse inactivity is detected. This will trick a Remote Desktop or any thin client session into thinking you are still connected so that it does not timeout on you and hang your application....
- Tags: Mouse, Thin Client, MouseTwitcher, Mice, Thin Clients, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
- Questioning IT
- Questioning ITThick vs Thin.The essence of what you're saying here is that thin client is better than thick client. You don't exactly use those terms and you throw in a bit of anti-Microsoft rhetoric, but focusing on the underlying principals as you correctly recommend, this is a thick vs thin...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Thin clients, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, thin client, security
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Travel execs on laptop ruling
- Travel execs on laptop rulingThe issue is moot......when traveling with one of [url=http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/321957-321957-64295-321838-3660143-3660785.html]these.[/url]RE: Travel execs on laptop ruling"ACTE filed an Amicus brief contending that a traveler's laptop was essentially intellectual property and not the same as luggage nor freight,"Wouldn't a terrorists plan for blowing up the Pentagon also be considered...
- Tags: Thin clients, Notebooks, laptop computer, thin client
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Managed Application Delivery - Is Thin Client the Best Answer?
- Are you considering thin clients and wondering if they are right for you? Learn how new models of application delivery are simplifying corporate computing environments and helping companies deal more effectively with their IT security, management, and budgeting needs. Thin clients and server-based computing are only...
- Tags: Budgeting, Thin Client, Intel Corp., Thin Clients, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-04-14
- Managed Application Delivery - Is Thin Client the Best Answer? (podcast)
- Download this Intel Webcast in podcast format! Are you considering thin clients and wondering if they are right for you? Learn how new models of application delivery are simplifying corporate computing environments and helping companies deal more effectively with their IT security, management,...
- Tags: Webcast, Thin Client, Intel Corp., Thin Clients, Podcasts, Hardware, Internet
- Download resources 2008-04-14
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