Category Archives: Thin Client News

Thin Clients, Zero Clients, Android Stations and Cloud Clients
Since 1999, Thinclient.org has been reporting the thin client computing market as well as the ChromeBook, Zero Client, Android clients, Pi Raspberry Clients and Thick Client market. Generally the cloud computing market since it started with companies such as Citrix back in the late 80s.

A thin client is a lightweight[vague] computer that has been optimized for establishing a remote connection with a server-based computing environment. The server does most of the work, which can include launching software programs, performing calculations, and storing data. This contrasts with a fat client or a conventional personal computer; the former is also intended for working in a client–server model but has significant local processing power, while the latter aims to perform its function mostly locally.

Thin client hardware generally supports a keyboard, mouse, monitor, jacks for sound peripherals, and open ports for USB devices (e.g., printer, flash drive, webcam). Some thin clients include legacy serial or parallel ports to support older devices such as receipt printers, scales or time clocks. Thin client software typically consists of a graphical user interface (GUI), cloud access agents (e.g., RDP, ICA, PCoIP), a local web browser, terminal emulators (in some cases), and a basic set of local utilities.

Welcome to Thinclient.org

Welcome to Thinclient.org We are currently migrating our Content Management System. Our Major Markets We have a couple of “primary” areas as well as supplemental properties. Primary Kiosks  — https://kioskindustry.org is primary Digital Signage —  digital-signage.blog +  AVIXA xchange Payment & POS — kioskindustry.org Retail automation and Vending –  retailsystems.org Edge computing like thin client, miniPC and media players (hardware as rule) Patient Kiosk Healthcare… Read More »

MiniPC from GMKtec -i7 – $400 on Amazon

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Mini PC (i7, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD) Now Costs $410 on Amazon Overview The article discusses the impressive features and affordability of the GMKtec Mini PC, which offers high-end specifications at a significantly lower price compared to traditional laptops like MacBooks. Key Points Powerful Specifications: The GMKtec Mini PC is equipped with an Intel Core i7-1195G7 processor, capable of turbo speeds up to 5.0… Read More »

Thin Client News – Citrix Hack and more

Most recent stories in Thin Client Recommended 2022 The Industry Group 2 days ago Almost 2,000 Citrix NetScaler servers backdoored in hacking campaign bleepingcomputer.com – Ionut Ilascu A threat actor has compromised close to 2,000 thousand Citrix NetScaler servers in a massive campaign exploiting the critical-severity remote code …   The Industry Group 15:20 1 day ago VDI,… Read More »

Benefits of centralized management

Manage Assets Centrally In a sense, having an easy-to-manage infrastructure has always been the true target of the IT departments in all companies, although management simplicity does not have to translate into a bottleneck of performances perceived by end users and reflecting on overall productivity. The main requirement in this digital transformation scenario is to provide solutions that… Read More »

New Mini PC

New Mini PC Here are the key points from the webpage: Product Overview: The Miniproca is a mini-PC with a Ryzen 9 6900HX processor and a 7-inch touchscreen, designed to be a versatile and powerful computing solution. Design and Features: It combines the portability of a tablet with the power of a mini-PC, featuring a foldable touchscreen, multiple… Read More »

Thin Client News March 2024

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Thin Client News March Digest   UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage bleepingcomputer.com – Bill Toulas Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack … Brave browser brings new AI reading features to its privacy-focused chatbot Digiday  – By Marty Swant… Read More »

Thin Client News November 26

Thin Client News The Industry Group 2 days ago Broadcom restructures VMware into four divisions after closing $61B acquisition – SiliconANGLE siliconangle.com – Maria Deutscher Broadcom Inc. has reorganized VMware into four divisions that are each responsible for a different subset of the virtualization giant’s products. The … The Industry Group 5 days ago Citrix warns admins to… Read More »

Thin Client News October 2023

Thin Client News More news from October 2023 in the Thin Client computing space 5 days ago Easily run AI models locally on your PC, Mac and Linux geeky-gadgets.com – Julian Horsey If you are interested in trying out the latest AI models and large language models that have been trained in different ways. Or would simply like… Read More »

Thin Client aka Thinclient October Newsbits

Thin Client Computing News Newsbits October Datapoints —  2023 Global Thin Clients Market Recent Developments: According to a report on LinkedIn, the global thin clients market size was valued at USD 989.34 million in 2022. It is expected to expand at a CAGR of 3.84% during the forecast period. 4 days ago Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Based… Read More »

Thin Client News This Week

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THIN CLIENT RECOMMENDED 2022 by The Industry Group Invite contributorsAdd to Magazine Most recent stories in Thin Client Recommended 2022 The Industry Group 2 days ago You Should Enable Google’s New Reading Mode for Android Lifehacker – Khamosh Pathak Reading mode makes every article easy to read in just a tap. For all its advantages, Android has never had… Read More »

Thin Client News Friday July 21

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Thin Client News This Week Microsoft: Hackers turn Exchange servers into malware control centers –bleepingcomputer.com – Lawrence Abrams Microsoft and the Ukraine CERT warn of new attacks by the Russian state-sponsored Turla hacking group, targeting the defense industry and Microsoft … You should delete Windows 11 and install Ubuntu-based Linux Mint 21.2 ‘Victoria’ now — betanews.com – By… Read More »

Thin Client News May 1 – VMware, RTM Locker

Most recent stories in Thin Client Recommended 2022 The Industry Group 6 days ago VMware fixes critical zero-day exploit chain used at Pwn2Own bleepingcomputer.com – Sergiu Gatlan VMware has released security updates to address zero-day vulnerabilities that could be chained to gain code execution systems running unpatched … The Industry Group 4 days ago Linux version of RTM… Read More »

PoE Signage or AV-over-IP as some call it

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AV-Over-IP Digital Signage First noted on Sixteen:Nine — The solution is as much or more about things like big displays for control rooms and ops centers, but more conventional workplace digital signage would be another type of endpoint. Editors Note: Generally, AV-over-IP is the long version of PoE. Big deal in thinclient world. Advantages are: Cat5 already in place, much greater… Read More »

Thin Client News Recommended – June 22

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Thin Client News June 22, 2022 We monitor and quick blog thin client and cloud related recommended news on Flip.it — here is sampling of latest 18 hours ago Google’s Naveen Viswanatha On The Evolving Business For Chrome-Run Digital Signage And Kiosks sixteen-nine.net – Dave Haynes The prevailing impression of Google and digital signage is that the tech… Read More »

Kiosk Research – 2020 Mercator Self-Service QSR Kiosk Market Report

From Kiosk Industry Feb 2020 Self-Service QSR Kiosks Gaining Popularity Editors Note: Short and concise report on QSR Kiosk market. Nothing on drive-thru kiosks. Quite a few players not included (maybe next time). Example would be reference to McDonalds Times Square Flagship project (see CNBC writeup we published back in May 2019). That is Pyramid Computer out of Germany making those.… Read More »

CSUN 2020 Assistive Technology

CSUN Assistive Technology Conference From Kiosk Industry Come to the 2020 Exhibit Hall and experience first-hand the cutting-edge assistive technology offered in over 100 booths. For 34 years, thousands have attended the CSUN Conference’s free Exhibit Hall to have the opportunity to directly interact with the providers who develop the technology, products and services designed to promote inclusion… Read More »

KMA Adds Product Listings for COVID19

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See BusinessWire for KMA release — the COVID19 situation has advanced to where the KMA has found it necessary and useful to have separate product listings for software and hardware solutions in the COVID space. This includes the ultimate thin clients which enable touchless operation of computer stations. The mobile becomes the remote control proxy. Excerpt: WESTMINSTER, Colo.–(BUSINESS… Read More »

Cloudflare Eating AWS’s Serverless Lunch

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Cloudflare Serverless From Data Center Knowledge Jul 2020 Its CEO says the new serverless platform is cheaper and faster than Amazon’s, Microsoft’s, and Google’s. Yevgeniy Sverdlik | Jul 27, 2020 Excerpt:   Matthew Prince says what the new cloud service engineers at his company Cloudflare have cooked up beats competing services by the three cloud giants – AWS, Azure, and Google… Read More »

University of Florence: The largest university library in the city becomes centrally managed with Praim

The University of Florence is an important and influential centre for research and higher training in Italy, with 1,800 lecturers and internal research staff, 1,600 technical and administrative staff. At the beginning of 2016 approximately 230 PCs were replaced with thin clients and a centrally managed VDI system. Appreciated by users and IT staff, it was decided to… Read More »

ClearCube Thinclients Launched – New CD8801 and CD8826 Thin Clients at HIMSS19

Original published article in full ClearCube® Technology, Inc. announces the launch of the new CD8801 and CD8826 Thin Clients at HIMSS 2019 US in Orlando, Florida. The compact Thin Clients demonstrate their versatility in the healthcare, banking, government, and manufacturing industries at low prices of $199 and $520 and above respectively. Powered by Intel® Celeron® N2807 dual-core processors… Read More »

Thin Client News – IGEL Heiko Gloge Passes CEO Torch To Jed Ayres

Excerpt From CRN Thin Client News – IGEL Founding Father Heiko Gloge Passes CEO Torch To Jed Ayres ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity focused on how the world is going to consume applications and Windows desktops,’ says new IGEL CEO Jed Ayres. ‘It’s a Cinderella moment in my career. It’s a great honor, but it’s also a huge… Read More »

VXL Software offers 6-month licences to help organisations pivot easily to homeworking

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Thin Client – Convert Home PC or Laptop to Secure Corporate Endpoint VXL is helping organisations shift rapidly to homeworking, by offering a low-cost, 6-month licence for software which easily converts current desktops and laptops – including home PCs – into secure corporate endpoints. VXL Software offers 6-month licences to help organisations pivot easily to homeworking VXL is… Read More »

Patient Registration Kiosk – Advantage Series

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 »

Hotel chain converts Windows PCs to Chrome OS

Ransomware is a modern cost factor and that means recovering from. For this hotel chain converting to Chromebooks solved that logistical nightmare– From 9to5Google — In Brief Hotel chain laptops victimized by ransomware attack 2000 laptops is problematic Instead the Lenovo ThinkPads were converted with CloudReady final count now stands at 3,500 machines, while the company opted to… Read More »

Hosted Desktops with Thin & Zero Clients a Match Made in Heaven

10ZiG Thin & Zero Clients are uniquely suited for the Hosted Desktop / Cloud Computing environment. Source: info.10zig.com Infographic detailing pain of conventional “old” desktop method versus modern server based applications.  You may never get fired for buying IBM (or Microsoft) but you do get hired for being able to save us a lot of money. Post Views:… Read More »