Desktop As A Service Nice article on ZDnet — For almost 30 years, the number one reason Windows users have given for not running Linux is they couldn’t run their programs on it. Now that Windows 365 Cloud PC is almost here that excuse has just been blown to bits. In Brief Maybe we have Chromebooks to thank… Read More: Cloud PC – Did the Thin Client Market Just Increase… »
From Tom’s Hardware (no surprise there) July 2021 with credit to Embedded System News by CNX Excerpt: There’s small, and then there’s small. The Station M2 is an RK3566 powered board, spotted by CNX Software, is limited in terms of thickness by its Ethernet port, but manages to squeeze a lot of functionality into a case only slightly… Read More: Credit Card Thin Client — Raspberry Pi Rockchip »
Dolphin Computer Access SuperNova – Make Thin Client Stations accessible to people with visual impairments Dolphin Computer Access When you welcome people who are blind or partially sighted to use your self-service terminalss, it’s a win for your customers and a win for your brand. Deliver a positive experience for all customers and make your self-service stations accessible… Read More: Dolphin Computer Access – SuperNova Accessibility »
Chromebook Touch Screen IFB Not every day the Los Angeles School District releases an IFB RFP. For 128,000 Chromebooks at that. Here are the dates: DATE ISSUED: JULY 1, 2021 DATE ADVERTISED: JULY 1, 2021 and JULY 8, 2020 LAST DAY FOR QUESTIONS: JULY 9, 2021 SUBMITTAL DATE: JULY 16, 2021 ANTICIPATED CONTRACT START DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2021… Read More: Chromebook TouchScreen IFB RFPs Can Get This Big… »
HP T640 Thin Client RFP Number: 21-135 Title: Qty. 150 HP T640 (Thin Client) Type: Invitation to Bid Issue Date: 6/28/2021 Question Deadline: 7/6/2021 11:00 AM (CT) Response Deadline: 7/12/2021 02:00 PM (CT) Notes: The City of Davenport is accepting bids on Qty. 150 if the HP T640 (Thin Client) model PN: 7TK40UT featuring both LAN and Wi-Fi… Read More: Thinclient RFPs — HP T640 Thin Client Bid Davenport »
Cloud Agent Authentication Over recent years, 10ZiG Thin & Zero Client Hardware Specialists, have been earning quite a reputation in the VDI space for The 10ZiG Manager™, 10ZiG’s FREE Enterprise Centralized Management Software for endpoints running on a 10ZiG OS in a virtual desktop environment – from x86 devices to laptops, tablets, or old, outdated endpoints, etc. 10ZiG®… Read More: 10ZiG® Technology Innovates Cloud Agent Authentication »
From LinuxGizmos Apr2021 Modular HMI touch-panel runs on Raspberry Pi CM4 Apr 15, 2021 — by Eric Brown — 8080 views Seeed unveiled a $195, Raspberry Pi CM4-based “ReTerminal” HMI device with a 5-inch, 1280 x 720 touchscreen, a crypto chip, WiFi/BT, GbE, micro-HDMI, CSI, 2x USB, and 40-pin and PCIe expansion. Seeed has announced a modular human-machine… Read More: Raspberry PI All-In-One Computer with Touch ($195) »
Windows Virtual Desktop Deployments with Linux 10ZiG® Expands Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Deployments with Linux and Windows-Based Endpoint Support “10ZiG Technology supports Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Deployments across its versatile range of Intel and AMD endpoints, featuring both Linux- and Windows-based operating systems.” LEICESTER, UK – 10ZiG Technology, a leader in Thin & Zero Client endpoint hardware and… Read More: 10ZiG® Expands Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Deployments with Linux and… »
From Press Release by Verizon Apr2021 Purpose-built solution for healthcare providers streamlines telemedicine experience to help improve patient care BlueJeans Telehealth addresses two key challenges: – Tech Literacy: One click, download-free access to a video telehealth experience via mobile device or desktop to minimize technology complications – Visit Efficiency: Expedite information sharing through a customizable landing experience that… Read More: Telehealth Verizon Venture – BlueJeans Telehealth Announced »
Chromebook Request For Proposals Feb 12 Ten or so different Chromebook projects with around 20,000 units in requirements, if not more. Indiana — Four thousand seven hundred twenty-five (4725) or more student and staff Chromebooks — NOTICE TO BIDDERS Warrick County School Corporation Boonville, Indiana The Warrick County School Corporation (WCSC) is seeking suppliers to provide four thousand… Read More: Chromebook Request For Proposals Feb-12 Thin Client Computing »
Google Chrome Interactive Features Chrome Gets NFC enabled Editors Note – All of the most mature Browser Lockdown products for secure desktop use the Chrome Engine. This latest device integration by Google is significant. NFC (Near Field Communications) is a core technology used often in self-service kiosks. Browsers have become the viewports for all. Excerpt from TechRadar: Web browsers… Read More: Browsers – NFC (Near Field Communications) by default in Chrome… »
Chromebook Touchscreen News Editor Notes Chromebook touchscreen computers are a popular item when it comes to a thin client or restricted computer client. IT administrators usually hold up a big sign that says Patch Management with Windows is Hell. I know I used too (then we switched to LTSB). There is something to be said for Windows-based thin… Read More: Chromebook Touchscreen – Touch Screen Computers »
Article on ZDnet Dec2020 Citrix DDOS Attacks — Excerpt By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | December 24, 2020 — 17:34 GMT (09:34 PST) | Topic: Security Threat actors have discovered a way to bounce and amplify junk web traffic against Citrix ADC networking equipment to launch DDoS attacks. While details about the attackers are still unknown, victims of these Citrix-based DDoS attacks have… Read More: Citrix DDoS attack vectors – Citrix says it’s working on… »
From Computerworld ChromeOS Explosion – Dec2020 A subtle-seeming Google purchase paves the way for a dramatic expansion of Chrome OS’s reach — and a dramatic reimagining of what a Chromebook even is. Neverware and the Chrome OS connection I first wrote about Neverware nearly five years ago, but the company’s actually been around even longer than that. Its primary… Read More: ChromeOS Trajectory Altered With Acquisition by Google »
Dell Thin Client From the Register Dec 2020 – Dell, which pitches its Wyse ThinOS as “the most secure thin client operating system,” plans to publish an advisory on Monday for two security vulnerabilities that are as bad as they could possibly be. CVE-2020-29491 and CVE-2020-29492 are both critical flaws, managing a perfect (although unwelcome) CVSS score… Read More: Thin Client News – Dell Wyse scores two perfect 10… »
PCI Compliance for self service kiosks announcement on PRNewswire KIosk Manufacturer Logo WESTMINSTER, Colo., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Kiosk Manufacturer Association (KMA), the leading unattended self-service kiosk association established in 1995, today announced the launch of new initiatives in the PCI Compliance space for unattended self-service kiosks. Those initiatives include providing content for the PCI Perspectives Blog, creating a… Read More: PCI Compliance for Unattended Self-Service Kiosks Announcements »
Advantage Series – Patient Kiosks Patient Registration Kiosk Systems – Advantage Series A focus on health and safety Healthcare Kiosk Patient Check-In Frank Mayer Patient kiosks allow staff to focus on what matters – streamlining the check-in process and keeping employees healthy. Healthcare kiosks offer a high quality of care to patients and guests who walk through your… Read More: Patient Registration Kiosk – Advantage Series »
Chromebook RFP Parkway School OBJECTIVE The district is currently accepting proposals from vendors for the following model: o Chromebook: Acer C-733T The district may also purchase smaller quantities of Chromebook devices between May 1, 2021, and May 1, 2022. The District requires delivery within 30 days of receipt for additional purchase orders to our warehouse… Read More: Chromebooks and services Parkway School District accepting bids for –… »
2021 Predictions for ChromeBook For those of you who’ve been around for more than a year, you likely remember us making the same sort of grandiose statements last year around this time, excited by the proposition of new 10th-gen Intel-based Chromebooks and the slew of MediaTek MT8183-touting Chrome OS devices we were expecting. While some of those devices showed up… Read More: ChromeBook 2021 Predictions »
Cloud Computing and the Modern Workforce From Techspective Nov 2020 — Excerpt: BY PHILLIP JOHNSON ON NOVEMBER 11, 2020CLOUD, CLOUD APPS, CLOUD DATA, HYBRID CLOUD, STRATEGY Organizations are enhancing safety and security, reducing costs and increasing operational flexibility by using cloud computing platforms. After two decades of advances, cloud computing has now established itself as a core business tool for many of the world’s largest… Read More: Cloud Computing Shaping the Modern Workforce »
VXL announce a new distribution agreement with leading French IT distributor, Feeder, to supply its full range of thin and zero clients, homeworking solutions and unified endpoint management software. VXL appoints Feeder as its new French thin client & software distributor Manchester, UK – VXL announce a new distribution agreement with leading French IT distributor, Feeder, to supply its… Read More: VXL appoints Feeder as its new French thin client software… »
From HotHardware Sep2020 — What Exactly Is A Dell Hybrid Thin Client (DHC)? At its core, Hybrid Client is a combination of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and hardware. It starts with the Dell systems like its OptiPlex 7070 Ultra platform or Wyse 5070 thin clients, running a highly-customized Ubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support (LTS)-based operating system. However, Dell representatives also told us… Read More: Dell Hybrid Thin Client: Seamless Cloud-Optimized Computing With Ubuntu »
New RFP for Chromebooks Yancey County Schools. Lenovo 300e Touchscreen Chromebook ● Display: 11” ● Memory: 4 GB ● Storage: 32GB Four Year Warranty ● No deductible ● Free shipping both ways when there is an incident ● Hardware fail ● Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) ● Theft/loss ● Spare parts on site, if desired ● 3-year battery warranty… Read More: Chromebook RFP North Carolina »
Thin Client Market Report From PRNewswire August 2020 — The $469M market is predicted by these people to reach $633 by 2027. Not a big fan of Research and Markets research market reports judging from some of the other reports they have done. A lot of internet scraping I think. I think it is worth noting that the… Read More: Thin Client Market Forecast August 2020 »
VA VA Telehealth Requirements CARES Act July 2020 Introduction This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for the purpose of conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future.Ã? Furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services… Read More: Telemedicine RFPs – Aug 6 – VA, UVA, San Benito,… »
Teladoc Health Wednesday announced it would acquire highflying telehealth rival Livongo From Chicago Tribune — Telemedicine involves care delivered remotely, often with a live video connection through patient smartphones or tablets. Millions of patients were forced to try it for everything from routine care to checkups with specialists after COVID-19 shut down much of the economy earlier this… Read More: Teladoc Buys Livongo – Major Telemedicine Acquisition Consolidation »
From FierceHealthcare Hospitals Trump signs executive order to expand telehealth, boost rural health care by Heather Landi | Aug 3, 2020 5:43pm Excerpt President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday to support healthcare in rural areas by permanently expanding some telehealth services beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officials said they plan to issue a… Read More: Telemedicine – Executive Order Expanding Telehealth »
Introduction: The Cherokee Nation is the federally recognized government of the Cherokee people and thereby has sovereign status granted by treaty and law. Tribal sovereignty is the right to selfgovernance. The seat of tribal government is the W.W. Keeler Complex near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, capital of the Cherokee Nation. The jurisdictional area of the Cherokee Nation (hereinafter “Nation”) covers… Read More: Telemedicine – Request for Proposal Cherokee Nation »
Example this month Wilson County Public Schools — Lenovo 300e Touchscreen Chromebook qty 1637 ● Display: 11” ● Memory: 4 GB ● Storage: 32GB Four Year Warranty 1637 ● No deductible ● Free shipping both ways when there is ● an incident Hardware fail ● Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) ● Theft/loss ● Spare parts on site, if desired… Read More: Chromebook RFP Examples – New Touchscreen Chromebooks Qty 2000 »
The Chromebooks listed in the Wired article are on the spendy side. Not sure why “Budget” is included in title. Maybe that is more catchy and more political than “cheap”. The budget Chromebook here is the Dell for $400. You can go on the Dell site and get 11″ Education model for $249. HP starts even “less expensive”… Read More: Chromebook – the Seven Best on a Budget from Wired »
