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HP Thin Client Launches Thin Clients and Desktop Virtualization Software

HP Thin Client Launches Thin Clients and Desktop Virtualization SoftwareClients still too expensive.The cheapest TC starts at $200. You can get a full featured netbook for $250. There?s not a lot of value there. TCs need to start at $100 or even $50 for ones that just do RDP...

Tags: Thin clients, Virtualization, Monitors & displays, thin client, Desktop Virtualization Software, HP Thin Client, desktop virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., desktop

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

HP Thin Client Launches Thin Clients and Desktop Virtualization Software

HP is one of a very small list of companies that offers technology in every category of the Kusnetzy Group Model. So, one could see thin client devices and the related access virtualization, application virtualization and processing virtualization technology as being the window either into an organization's IT infrastructure, in-house...

Tags: Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Is this my solution for thin client angst?

Is this my solution for thin client angst?Interesting.As much or more screen as a big PDA, (is it the same size as an iPhone/iPod?) full size keyboard, very little power requirements, heat, etc...This could be good for certain things. Wouldn't want to build a Powerpoint/Keynote on it, but it...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client, thin client angst

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Is this my solution for thin client angst?

I'm a real proponent of thin clients. They ease management problems, they drastically reduce noise and energy consumption, and generally do a decent job of giving most students what they need. However, if your network isn't 100% up to snuff or a server goes on the blink, a...

Tags: Thin Client, Student, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Pano Logic brings us closer to "The Screen"

Pano thin client by PanoLogic from Tech Broiler on Vimeo. In a previous podcast on Frugal Friday, I spoke to Pano Logic CTO Aly Orady about the Pano, a revolutionary thin client for virtual desktops for medium and large enterprises that brings us...

Tags: Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Pano Logic, Pano Device, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Keyboards, Thin Clients, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-10

Frugal Friday: Oracle/Sun, VMWare vSphere 4, Pano Logic

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the Oracle/Sun merger, VMWare's vSphere 4 release, and talk to Pano Logic co-founder Aly Orady about desktop virtualization using his company's innovative thin client devices and management software. Click here to listen to the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, VMware Inc., Thin Clients, Podcasts, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Internet, Virtualization, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-24

HP Adds to Thin Client Portfolio

HP Adds to Thin Client PortfolioAmen...Amen to the naming convention.

Tags: Thin clients, Thin Client Portfolio, thin client, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

HP Adds to Thin Client Portfolio

The company has gone to great efforts to position itself as a must-have partner for virtualized environments based upon both midrange systems and industry standard systems. This means that if an organization has thoughts about deploying solutions based upon access, application, processing, storage, or network virtualization and also need tools...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Dan Kusnetzky, Environment, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., Industry Standard, Storage, Storage Management, Thin Client, Utility Computing, Virtualization

Blog posts 2009-04-21

IBM and Wyse lead thin-client revival

IBM and Wyse lead thin-client revival Let the thin-client die in peaceGeez, can someone let this failed concept just go andbe forever mourned in a land fill?RE: IBM and Wyse lead thin-client revival Stop calling them thin clients...that is the failed concept. Call it Dynamic Desktops or Virtual desktops as...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client, Wyse Technology Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

HP Thin Clients Deliver Affordable Classroom Computing

The Pawtucket School Department faces the same challenges as schools nationwide: reduced funding, increasing state and local mandates, and growing class sizes. Together, they're forcing cutbacks in every department and program. The technology department is no exception. And it was facing a crisis even without those other challenges. Pawtucket School's...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Computing, Pawtucket School Department, Technology Department, Pawtucket School, Thin Clients, Hardware

Case studies 2009-03-01

356,800 green Linux workstations going to Brazil's schools

Userful announced yesterday that it was, in concert with Brazil's ThinNetworks, rolling out over 350,000 Linux workstations in Brazil's schools. Userful employs unique desktop virtualization software to turn a single desktop PC into as many as 10 workstations. Like solutions from ThinComputing, users can simply add VGA cards...

Tags: Brazil, Thin Client, Computer, Linux Workstation, Workstations, Productivity, Desktops, Linux, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Virtualization, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-18

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Icloud?So does this mean that I will be able to run my Access 97 databases from the 'cloud', what about all the 100mb photos I have in PSD format, or how about the music files I'm working on on my mac using Logic Express? Where is all the versions of...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

I've Seen the Future of Computing: It's a Screen.

In the not so far off future, computing for most of us will be reduced to remotely delivered subscriber services, running on cheap, commodity high-definition display units. The last few weeks have been a rush of virtualization and cloud-based announcements. In December, IBM...

Tags: Hypervisor, Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, Computing, Josef Konsumer, Screen, Linux, Virtualization, Desktops, Thin Clients, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Keeping those old PCs (or netbooks) moving along

Keeping those old PCs or netbooks moving alonguse old PC as thin clientAnother way is to use the old PC as thin client and connect to powerful PC that act as server to run the modern apps. That way the PC is as good as new :)You may consider using...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, Desktops, old PC, PC, PC-A, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-02-01

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

Are thin clients still for me?

Thin clients provide an incredible number of advantages over traditional PCs: They consume very little power They are generally silent They are easy to secure They have little value alone, so tend not to be stolen Central management of the server saves a...

Tags: Thin Client, Netbook, Thin Clients, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Melbourne school considers thin for 4,500+ PCs

Melbourne school considers thin for 4,500+ PCsMicrosoft's alternative ?So Microsoft owns FOSS does it noted by the use of possession ? I'm sure it would like to think so but fortunately not. What's wrong with naming the alternatives. Slack journalismProprietary knowledge? or Universal one?A sad day when universities are locking...

Tags: Thin clients, Strategy, knowledge, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

Thin Client Computing Without "The Bill"

Many years corporate America has been looking for ways to reduce the cost of ownership associated with Microsoft Windows-based computing. For the last three years in particular, the popularity of Windows-based Thin Clients coupled with deployment of Terminal Server and Citrix has been growing at a rapid rate. In the...

Tags: Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, BOSaNOVA, Thin Clients, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2009-01-01

Thin Client Performance

Ever since Thin Clients were conceived the message has always been that unlike PC's the CPU on the Thin Client is unimportant. The concept this comes from is that the Server is doing most of the work and therefore the horsepower needs to be there. The Thin Client in this...

Tags: Thin Client, BOSaNOVA, Thin Clients, Hardware

White papers 2009-01-01

Choosing the Right Thin Clients for Your System I (iSeries)

In the beginning, thin-client terminals booted from a server, had very slow CPUs with small amounts of memory, and relied on application servers to provide needed features. It is no surprise that these early thin clients didn't take off because delivery was poor (high bandwidth requirements, low color support, no...

Tags: IBM iSeries, Thin Client, Application Server, BOSaNOVA, Thin Clients, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2009-01-01