thin clients - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Q&A: Barwon Health CIO, Ann Larkins

  A tertiary nursing education and years of clinical experience combined with a Masters in Business Technology helped prepare Ann Larkins for the CIO role at Barwon Health.
  

• TransGrid switches on desktop virtualisation

  NSW electricity grid operator, TransGrid, will move as many as 500 of its desktop PCs to virtualised thin clients in an effort to reduce costs and extend the hardware refresh cycle to seven years.
  

• Defence delays thin client tender

  The Department of Defence has delayed releasing a request for tender for its “Next Generation Desktops” project until January, pushing its thin client deployment back by two months.
  

• Wyse Technology's new device isn't your father's dumb terminal

  There may be a lot to like about thin-client hardware like Wyse Technology Inc.'s Xenith for Citrix, which is due next month. But, so far, this thin technology isn't shoving desktops off corporate desks.

• Ncomputing's chip brings Windows applications to TVs

  Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet.

• NY hospital cuts power bill with thin-client virtualization

  New York City's Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is saving power and money by replacing its desktop computers with thin clients running virtualized operating systems.

Whitepapers about thin clients

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  Pioneering cloud client development worldwide

  Cloud-based client-computing is an exciting area of IT right now. A growing number of businesses are choosing thin clients to overcome the challenges of traditional client environments, namely complexity and cost. As a result, many are building virtualised desktop infrastructures (VDIs) featuring thin or zero clients. Dell Cloud Client-Computing is at the technological edge of this market, and its Wyse- branded products are developing fast in line with customer needs.

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  Optimised learning in corporate classrooms