Thin-Client

IBM Unveils New Blade "Eco" System for Next-Generation Client Computing

Charles Aunger / www.eviglio.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:33:03 GMT

IBM Unveils New Blade "Eco" System for Next-Generation Client Computing
Blade.org Partner Devon IT Invests $8M in R&D with IBM BladeCenter;
New Solution Eliminates 90 Percent of the Energy Consumed by Desk Side Computing

On the 1st May 2007 - IBM previewed the latest in next generation client computing with the new BladeCenter "Workstation Blade", developed in collaboration with Blade.org partner Devon IT. The new offering will include the new IBM Workstation Blade and its associated "eco" system of connection broker software and desktop device from Devon IT, designed to help customers host workstation environments remotely to significantly reduce energy consumption in the workplace.

The new blade-based solution from IBM and Devon IT will be ideal for traders in financial services and CAD design engineers, who find themselves traditionally surrounded by several workstations generating heat and noise. By moving desktop and applications to blade servers designed to more efficiently dissipate heat, and utilizing a desktop device with no spinning hard drives for storage or fans needed to dissipate heat, the energy consumed desk side can be reduced by up to 90 percent. While a typical workstation can consume up to 300 watts, a desktop device from Devon IT consumes merely 15 watts, the equivalent of the amount of energy consumed to run an electric shaver.

"Prior to the desktop PC boom 25 years ago, desktop client computing was hosted by networks of connected servers. By the 1990s PCs became connected and played a driving force in server and networking advancements," said Doug Balog, vice president and business line executive, IBM BladeCenter. "Today, new advances in servers and networking is helping to enable efficient hosting of complex client environments on servers allowing centralized management and security under the control of the datacenter. With its highly efficient design, IBM BladeCenter has arrived as the ideal platform for server-hosted client computing."

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Wyse Technology Launches V10L Thin Computer at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2007: Emerging Trends

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:14:36 GMT

Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, today announced the availability of the Wyse V10L, here at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2007. The Wyse V10L delivers excellent performance, ease of use and expansion capabilities on a thin computer, while enabling users to leverage any application or desktop virtualization environment.

What makes the Wyse V10L unique is its performance and simplicity. It comes with standard built-in support for Citrix ® Presentation Server and Microsoft® Terminal Services, as well as desktop virtualization capabilities for Citrix , Microsoft, and VMware® products. The Wyse V10L also supports leading OS and application streaming technologies, providing users with flexible deployment options for delivering applications.

“The Wyse V10L is designed and tailored to easily enable virtualization, whether it’s based on presentation, application, or desktop methods,” said Tarkan Maner, CEO and President of Wyse Technology. “It sets a new standard for what’s possible on a thin computer because of the tight integration with our Wyse Thin OS. The end result for customers is a richer, more fulfilling ‘PC’ experience without compromise, on a flexible thin computer at a fraction of the price.”

Powered by the new VIA Eden C7 processor, the V10L utilizes the latest and most powerful version of Wyse Thin OS (WTOS), which at around 1MB in size is among the fastest, easiest to manage and most secure thin-client operating systems.

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European Thin client hardware market is growing..

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:13:46 GMT

The European thin client market grew strongly in 2006, and analyst firm IDC says there is more growth to come.

According to the recent IDC study ‘Strong Finish to the Year,’ the thin client market rallied in the middle of the year to finish 2006 with a healthy 17-percent growth compared with 2005. It said nearly 1.2 million units were shipped in 2006 with the UK and Germany representing the largest opportunity in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

The study found HP led the European market in the fourth quarter of last year, with Wyse coming in a close second. However the leading vendors were reversed for the full year, where Wyse continued to lead with 27-percent share, followed by HP with 25 percent. It also said Neoware retained the third position but lost market share compared to its performance in 2005.

Despite such dominance, smaller suppliers grew considerably, reflecting their flexibility, investment plans, and ability to customise products to meet needs, said the report. And, as suppliers continue to develop their systems management offerings, it predicts an increased focus on software to improve management and security for the next five years.

"While dedicated thin client hardware is still currently a niche product the investments in this market by both large and small suppliers, combined with a need for a product to address client security and manageability requirements, help to drive growth in this market," said Chris Ingle, consulting and research director, IDC EMEA Systems Group.

“IT directors are faced with an ever increasing list of approaches to their client computing requirements and need to work with their suppliers and consultants to make sense of these offers.”

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Panasonic Releases - Toughbook CF-08 - Resurgence of the Windows CE slate

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:48:00 GMT

On April 12, 2007, Panasonic Japan added the Toughbook CF-08 to its website, and a little later it appeared on the US site as well. Unlike most Toughbooks, the CF-08 is neither a rugged notebook nor an ultralight business durable like the T/Y/W series. Instead, it's a Windows CE 5.0-based rugged slate.

Panasonic calls it a "Wireless Display" and there Panasonic has a precedent in its rather successful CF-07 that was also a remote wireless tablet interacting with a system unit and used in numerous field applications for several years.

The 2.65-pound CF-08 slate is meant to be used via Citrix ICA or Microsoft RDP as a terminal server with either a Toughbook or a Windows Server. It communicates via integrated 802.11b/g or Bluetooth.

Form-factor	Windows CE slate/wireless display
OS	Windows CE 5.0 professional edition
Processor	PXA270
CPU Speed	312MHz
RAM/ROM	64MB/64MB
Card slots	1 SD Card
Display type	65k-color TFT outdoor-readable (460 NIT)
Display size/res	10.4-inch/1024x768
Digitizer/pens	resistant membrane touchscreen/1
Navigation	Onscreen with stylus/keyboard, external keyboard
Drop spec	4-foot drop (MIL-STD-810F 516.5)
Sealing	IP54
Housing	Magnesium alloy, plastic
Size (WxHxD)	10.5 x 8.25 x 1.4
Weight	2.65 lbs.
Power	7.4V/5.2Ah Li-Ion, 38 WHr ("approx. 7 hrs, up to 14")
Interface	1 USB, RJ45, dock, audio in/out
Wireless	Bluetooth 1.2, 802.11 b/g
List price	To be determined

It's sealed to IP54 specifications and can handle four foot drops. The device has been tested to various MIL-STD and other standards (I've been to the test lab in the Panasonic Kobe factory; it's state-of-the-art and puts Toughbooks through brutal tests). As is, the CF-08 is designed for a variety of applications, from maintenance, construction, warehousing, health care, to law enforcement and more. Panasonic expects to move about 5,000 units a year.

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Neoware releases Neoware m100 mobile thin client in Australia

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:21:00 GMT

Neoware releases Neoware m100 mobile thin client in Australia

The thin client concept has gone mobile in Australia with the announcement that Neoware has released its m100 thin client notebook in Australia and New Zealand. The Neoware m100 has no hard drive and does not allow information to be stored locally. But for a thin client, it comes at a fairly steep price.

With Neoware’s m100, all files and applications remain on the organisations’ server. The Neoware m100 notebook supports the Microsoft Windows XPe and Linux operating systems and retails from AUD$1249 with Linux and AUD$1279 with Microsoft Windows XPe.

Neoware’s Asia Pacific Managing Director, Michael McGrath said, “I have already seen significant interest from local companies in initial testing and am confident that its benefits, including increased management, support and security, will resonate very strongly with Australian organisations. It is a truly unique offering that mitigates a key enterprise risk associated with the proliferation of the mobile workforce; mobile users can get access to their information anywhere, anytime while the data is always kept secure, by being ‘in’ the enterprise.”

Glynis Marks, Director Marketing ANZ for Citrix Systems said that the information access afforded by the Neoware m100 is changing how thin clients can be deployed. She says, "Mobile users have always required flexible access to applications and information from any location, what's great about Neoware m100 is it works with Citrix application delivery infrastructure and provides secure, on-demand access to information for mobile workers."

Michael McGrath also sees the Neoware m100 thin client notebook as a critical step in the evolution of thin clients. He said, "Thin clients have been heralded for more than a decade as a secure and easy-to-administer computing model. But until now, using a thin client largely meant users were confined to a physical desk, impeding the adoption of thin clients for industries with a large number of workers who need mobile access. In a world where fears over data security are increasing, the Neoware m100 paves the way for a new workforce that is safer, more secure, and mobile, while opening up a new segment of the PC market for Neoware."

With no hard drive or fan, the Neoware m100 thin client notebook has no moving parts, and therefore operates silently with claimed superior reliability and a battery life of more than six hours. The Neoware m100 features a 15-inch screen, a variety of available country keyboards, and has the capability for Ethernet, USB, built-in Wi-Fi, or cellular connections, which enable data to be accessed from a variety of locations including offices, homes, and hotels.

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A different style of CE Terminal - Intelligent Instrumentation releases LANpoint 7 terminal

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:04:00 GMT

A different style of CE Terminal - Intelligent Instrumentation releases LANpoint 7 terminal

The LANpoint 7 data collection terminal includes the Windows CE operating system running on an Intel X-Scale processor. These rugged, high-powered AutoID computers are designed for demanding industrial, manufacturing and supply chain applications. Their waterproof, dustproof cases easily handle dusty, dirty, or spray down environments.

The LANpoint 7 terminals are powered by an Intel XScale 400MHz RISC processor, provide non-volatile storage expandable to 500MB, have standard Ethernet 10/100BaseT and optional IEEE802.11b/g wireless connectivity, and have all the industrial features demanded by frontline end users and IT professionals alike.

The LANpoint family resemblance is clear. LANpoint 7 terminals are available with many of the same configuration options of the still-available LANpoint CE.NET terminals – retaining the choices customers like while adding many improvements they suggested. These improvements include things such as a more compact size while retaining a similar integrated full-size keyboard for comfortable use, more LAN and WAN wireless connectivity options - IEEE802.11b/g 11Mbps and 54Mbps LAN or Sierra Wireless EDGE/GPRS/GSM-compatible WAN, a brighter ½ VGA LCD display, a wider standard temperature range, and ever-expanding software utilities, like the lock-down (kiosk) web browser which can be used to limit web access to just the approved web-based application, locking-out other non-productive uses.

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Ericom Announces Microsoft® Windows Vista Support in latest PowerTerm® WebConnect 5.51

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:53:00 GMT

Ericom Announces Microsoft® Windows Vista Support in latest PowerTerm® WebConnect 5.51

Ericom Announces Microsoft® Windows Vista Support in Latest PowerTerm® WebConnect Release

A alternative to Citrix ^® Presentation Server, PowerTerm WebConnect provides secure access to applications residing on Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops and legacy host systems. PowerTerm WebConnect empowers organizations with the ability to address everyday IT challenges, such as reducing the cost of managing applications and desktops, business continuity, IT optimization, and privacy of information.

PowerTerm WebConnect 5.5.1 Features and Enhancements include:

Microsoft^® Windows Vista Support
In addition to current Windows and Linux desktop support, PowerTerm WebConnect provides secure access to Windows Terminal Server and legacy host applications from Vista desktops.

triCerat – Universal Printing
PowerTerm WebConnect provides the option to seamlessly integrate with triCerat ScrewDrivers^® for universal printing capabilities.

Enhanced Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory Support
PowerTerm WebConnect automatically identifies directory users and groups – saving significant time in the initial PowerTerm WebConnect setup.

Thin Client Management
In addition to current thin client support for XPe and Linux thin clients, administrators can now include and manage CE based thin clients with the PowerTerm WebConnect Admin Tool.

SSL VPN Integration
PowerTerm WebConnect integrates with leading SSL VPN providers for secure end-to-end enterprise application access, providing organizations with a secure Server Based Computing environment that is easy to administer for mobile workers and business partners.

Server Scalability & Stability - RTO TScale^®
For enhanced Terminal Server scalability and stability, PowerTerm WebConnect provides the option to incorporate RTO's TScale memory & CPU optimization – enabling applications to run more efficiently, use less memory and generate less page file activity. This allows servers to support more users with fewer servers.

PowerTerm WebConnect Server Clustering
PowerTerm WebConnect now provides the ability to manage multiple PowerTerm WebConnect servers from a single management tool.

Two-factor authentication security - RSA SecurID^®
For an additional layer of security, PowerTerm WebConnect integrates with RSA SecurID for two-factor authentication.

This latest release of PowerTerm WebConnect also introduces new licensing options with the availability of subscription and concurrent user licensing.

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Ericom Observes Increased Adoption of Linux Desktops in the European Auto Industry

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:57:00 GMT

Ericom Software, a provider of Enterprise Wide Application Access solutions, has said that PSA Peugeot Citroen, a French has chosen to implement Ericom's PowerTerm application access solution as part of its enterprise Linux desktop deployment. As part of a multiyear contract with Novell, PSA Peugeot Citroen will install SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell on up to 20,000 computers, the company said.

As an enterprise-wide application access solution, Ericom's PowerTerm provides secure access to mission-critical data and applications from Linux desktops and thin clients. PowerTerm provides access to Windows applications residing on Windows Terminal Servers and legacy applications residing on host systems—from Linux desktops, the company said. Ericom's solution enables full Linux desktop compatibility—providing organisations with the flexibility for an agile and productive business environment, the company added.

"When engaging with PSA Peugeot Citroen to establish SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop as their next-generation desktop platform, we found that Ericom's PowerTerm has been a critical component of the overall solution," said Roger Levy, Novell vice president and general manager of Open Platform Solutions.

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Neoware Expands Reach Into Virtualization Market

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:38:00 GMT

It seems that every company know to man in the Thin Client / Server based computing space is jumping into to Virtualisation these days. Neoware Expands Reach Into Virtualization Market.

Personal computer virtualization is the next step in the evolution of thin client computing. It brings together the application and infrastructure control that IT managers seek, with the familiar PC environment that end-users want. Virtual computing means that desktops and mobile devices can make for a more robust and accessible computing environment.

Now you can choose from the most comprehensive line of personal computer virtualization devices available to date. Neoware’s virtual desktop-ready editions of its most popular thin client devices are fully compatible with leading virtual personal computer initiatives:

Citrix ® Dynamic Desktop Initiative (DDI)
IBM® Virtual Client solution (VCS)
VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

The new VDI-ready products from Neoware include special VDI-ready editions of popular Neoware devices:

Neoware c50 offering great performance at a low price
Neoware e140 for maximum performance, plus digital video and PCI card support
Neoware m100 mobile thin client – the security and manageability of a thin client, plus the mobility of a traditional personal computer

All products are available with either the Linux® or Microsoft® Windows® XPe operating systems.

All the new Neoware thin client devices included in this offering provide support for Microsoft® RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and the latest version of Citrix ® ICA, and are compatible with the leading connection brokers from Leostream® and Propero®. The Neoware devices are also Citrix ® Ready™, and compatible with the Citrix Dynamic Desktop Initiative.

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Citrix iForum 07 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Charles Aunger / www.eknowlogy.com — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:28:00 GMT

Citrix iForum 07 in Las Vegas, Nevada - October 22-25, 2007

Pre-Registery is now open click here to go to the pre-registration site

Citrix iForum Global 07 will show you how you can enable transformative business innovations in your organization, regardless of which application delivery method you use, and provide the best access experience for everyone: (plus it's in Vegus !!! )

Users get fast, easy, secure access to any resource they need, including applications, Web sites, data, online meetings, e-mail, voicemail, even Web-based assistance.

IT administrators can better monitor access and performance, safeguard data, control who gets access to what and how, and cost-effectively run IT in alignment with company objectives.

Business managers get an IT environment that is aligned with the business, increased IT efficiency and security overall, and improved business agility.

Event Highlights

More technical content
Longer, more in-depth sessions
Expanded, a la carte Hands-on Technical Workshops
And much more...

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