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.

IGEL Technology is extending its support for the Crisis at Christmas initiative to help London’s homeless over the festive period.

Reading, UK. November 19th, 2014: IGEL Technology is extending its support for the Crisis at Christmas initiative to help London’s homeless over the festive period. This year 300 IGEL thin clients will be deployed at 10 schools and colleges used as Crisis Christmas Centres over the holiday. During the operation 8,000 Crisis charity volunteers across the country will… Read More »

Teradici Announces General Availability of PCoIP Zero Clients for Amazon WorkSpaces from Leading Manufacturers

PCoIP Zero Clients Teradici AWS Company Showcases PCoIP Zero Clients Running Amazon WorkSpaces at re:Invent 2014  BURNABY, British Columbia – November 10, 2014 – Teradici®, the technology leader for creating virtual workspaces, today announced general availability of PCoIP® Zero Clients forAmazon WorkSpaces. Almost 50 zero clients from 27 of the world’s leading manufacturers are now available in a variety… Read More »

Gartner Top 10 Cloud Myths for Thin Client

Nice breakout by Gartner of the major myths when it comes to Cloud Computing to keep in mind. Article and presentation link Myth 1: Cloud Is Always About Money IaaS prices fall, but SaaS applications typically don’t follow the same cost-cutting trends. For example, you know Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure will deliver price… Read More »

Shuttle Computer Group’s Thin Clients Achieve VMware Ready(TM) Status

CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA–(Marketwired – Oct 28, 2014) – Shuttle Computer Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading designers of small form computers, today announced that its DS437VMWWD and DS81VMWWND VMware thin client computers have achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process DS437VMWWD 1.01… Source: www.marketwired.com Each Shuttle device is powered by… Read More »

DailyTech – Hackers “Hit the Easy Button”, Breach Staples’ Credit Card System

Breach is reported limited to roughly dozen stores in the Northeast, may only affects a couple thousand customers Source: www.dailytech.com A small but growing number of retailers have safeguarded customers by ditching Windows XPe and moving to enterprise Linux distributions.  Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW), the Home Depot’s chief rival, reportedly uses OpenSUSE for its PoS systems.  Papa John’s Int’l,… Read More »

Intel: Big Winner In The War Between Chromebooks And Cheap Windows Notebooks

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) sold 15 million tablets in Q3 2014. However, the company’s mobile chip division posted another $1.04 billion in operating loss for Q3. While the management is promising significant reduction in contra reve Source: seekingalpha.com Chromebooks are rising star and now even MS has 10″ tablets for sale at Walmart running Win8, at the low low price… Read More »

Nuance Embeds Speech Solution into eClinicalWorks Mobile EHR – CTS Medical Kiosk & Retail Kiosk

Nuance today announced it has partnered with eClinicalWorks to embed Nuance cloud-based medical speech recognition technology into eClinicalTouch for the iPad and eClinicalMobile for iOS and Android, enabling clinicians working in outpatient… Source: hitconsultant.net Healthcare mobility trends are on the rise, and Nuance has seen an increased adoption of cloud-based medical speech solutions. With several thousand clinicians … Source: www.olea.com… Read More »

Microsoft (hearts) Linux, for Azure’s sake

Microsoft adds CoreOS and Cloudera to its growing set of Azure services Source: www.pcworld.com Microsoft loves linux. Let’s say that one more time just to hear it….  No longer is Linux the cancer, that title is now assigned to Amazon and Google by Redmond. Better late than never. Post Views: 941

Karma | Take WiFi with you everywhere.

Karma Go lets you take WiFi everywhere. Pay-as-you-go for data that never expires. No contracts or monthly fees. With nationwide coverage on LTE, stay connected to the internet with all of your devices, seamlessly. Source: yourkarma.com This is pretty cool. A teeny tiny puck about the length and width of a Post-It Note and thinner than an iPhone… Read More »

The client as a service: IGEL well equipped for ClaaS – Media Releases – CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives

Following Software and Desktop as a Service (SaaS / DaaS), another aaS trend is now on the IT horizon. With its highly remote administrable thin and zero clients, IGEL is in pole position as a technological partner for Client as a Service. For enterprises, ClaaS turns the traditional office computer from a hardware investment into a highly scalable… Read More »

Devon IT and Lenovo Show ThinkCentre Thin Client

This week at VMworld 2014 Europe Devon IT is showing the expanded Lenovo thin client portfolio – including the ThinkCentre M32 and M73 thin clients– Source: www.digitaljournal.com Lenovo’s ThinkCentre thin clients offer customers a choice of a flexible Linux-based thin client operating system, LeTOS or Windows Embedded Standard 7.  The thin client also features Lenovo Terminal Manager (LTM) software that is effective, secure and easy… Read More »

Lenovo unveils enterprise service expansion though modular thin clients | ZDNet

The ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One modular display will be available during October with a starting price of approximately $279, the ThinkCentre M73 Tiny thin client will be available in November, starting at roughly $299, and the ThinkCentre M53 Tiny thin client will be available for purchase in December, starting at approximately $249. Source: www.zdnet.com In addition, Lenovo has teamed up… Read More »

Microsoft Says Windows Will Run Docker, the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing | WIRED

The next big thing in cloud computing doesn’t work with Microsoft’s Windows operating system. But Microsoft wants to change that. As part of its ongoing effort to embrace the latest tech trends, Microsoft says it’s building a version of Windows that will offer something akin to Docker—a technology originally created for the Linux operating system… Source: www.wired.com Microsoft… Read More »

With Chromebook for Work update, Google ups the ante on the enterprise

Google recently announced major updates through its Chromebooks for Work program. Will it be enough to entice more enterprises? Source: www.techrepublic.com With the latest updates, Google has focused on fulfilling requests from business customers. For example, a single sign-on capability has been added so that users can sign into their Chromebook with the same corporate login they use… Read More »

V1206-P Zero Client for PCoIP

The V1206-P is 10ZiG’s next-generation TERA2 PCoIP Zero Client. This device supports the efficiency and security of centralized computing and offers an uncompromised desktop experience. The V1206-P latest chip set (TERA2 PCoIP Portal Processor) delivers a powerful, secure and easy to manage PCoIP Zero Client.  Source: www.10zig.com The Zero Client eliminates the need for running, managing, maintaining or… Read More »

Teradici and CounterPath Introduce Unified Communications for PCoIP Zero Clients in VMware DaaS and VDI Deployments

Teradici® and CounterPath Corp. (NASDAQ:CPAH) (TSX:CCV), today introduced the industry’s first scalable voice unified communications (UC) solution for PCoIP® Zero Clients in VMware® desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments Source: www.stockhouse.com Voice communications increasing — Built for the cloud, PCoIP Zero Client end points displace traditional PCs at a fraction of the cost. In contrast to… Read More »

Lenovo announces new thin clients priced between $249 to $279

Lenovo today announced new thin clients, expanding its enterprise solutions portfolio with new thin clients. ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One modular display will be available during October, starting at approximately $279. Source: www.infotechlead.com On display this week at VMWorld in Barcelona, the new Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 Tiny and M53 Tiny combined with the ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One will offer customers the freedom of a thin… Read More »