Raspberry Thin Client News — Industrial Raspberry PI Released – Onlogic

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Raspberry Thin Client News

Nice post from Sixteen-Nine on Industrial Raspberry PI– interesting too that the upcoming unit will come with 2.7″ touchscreen for unit status. First of its kind.

Excerpt

The folks at OnLogic have evidently looked at the volume of Raspberry Pi boards going to industrial and commercial applications and determined it’s a viable market, making industrialized, rugged versions of the company’s signature orange products built around the latest Pi – the Pi 4 compute module. The company says its new Factor 201 Raspberry Pi-powered device is available for pre-order and a Factor 202 version is also coming.

“We’re delighted that OnLogic has chosen to develop the Factor 201 around Raspberry Pi. Using Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 with their custom-designed carrier boards and industrial enclosure has allowed OnLogic to offer their customers flexible and reliable solutions, and we see Raspberry Pi hardware being increasingly widely adopted in industry with products like this one,” says Gordon Hollingworth, Chief Product Officer at Raspberry Pi Ltd.

“OnLogic has been designing computers for industrial applications for nearly two decades, so the CM4 was a natural fit for us to develop a new device around,” says  Maxx Garrison, Product Manager at OnLogic. “When Raspberry Pi unveiled the CM4, they mentioned that over half of the Raspberry Pi computers sold were being used for industrial and commercial applications. The Raspberry Pi community already has a huge wealth of experience building Industry 4.0, SCADA, and IoT solutions using Raspberry Pi. Our goal with the Factor 200 Series is to provide them with new tools to continue to innovate, no matter where they may need to install these systems.”

Available for pre-order starting today, the Factor 201 is a compact, passively cooled computing device intended for use as an industrial gateway, automation controller or edge computer. In addition to the Raspberry Pi CM4, the system features an operating temperature range of -20 to 60°C, options for DIN Rail or wall mounting, and 12-24V power input. The device can also be powered via an ethernet cord utilizing PoE Power Delivery (PoE-PD), enabling single cable installation to provide both network access and power to the device.

The upcoming Factor 202 is being developed specifically with industrial control in mind. In addition to all of the features of the Factor 201, the Factor 202 adds digital and analog inputs and outputs. A 2.7 inch capacitive touchscreen will provide status updates and system control. OnLogic expects the Factor 202 to be available later this year.

More information about both models in the Factor 200 Series is available here: www.onlogic.com/factor200.

Raspberry Pi 400 as Thin Client – Test Review

Convert PC to Thin Client – Get early access to Chrome OS Flex

ChromeOS Flex thin client

Chrome OS Flex Available for PCs and Macs

Writeup on sixteen-nine.net

An interesting development in reducing implementation costs for companies and extend digital signage endpoints into education and more.

Excerpt

Google has kinda sorta a little got back into the digital signage and interactive display business – having announced an evolution of the Chrome operating system that can now run on new and existing Windows and Mac devices.

Previously, using Chrome OS was limited to dedicated hardware like the Chromeboxes, all-in-one screens and even sticks a small set of manufacturers were putting out.

The pitch for Chrome OS Flex is that it makes PCs and Macs secure, fast, auto-updated and managed from the cloud. Devices, and now not just ones with Chrome in the name, are all managed via the Chrome device management console.

The Flex license is free and I assume Google and its resellers make money though the management software.

The German firm Invidis has an interesting take on this development, including the observation that the real interest with this – for Google – is with the business data generated by activity.

Recommend reading full Writeup on sixteen-nine.net

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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 distance than traditional baseband, really no limit on devices that can be connected. Only requirements are Cat5/6 and a modern router.

Announcement from Userful

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Jan. 31, 2022 – LG Business Solutions USA and Canadian software company Userful are introducing an end-to-end, software-defined AV-over-IP solution that combines Userful’s Visual Networking Platform and LG’s webOS Signage™ platform to optimize display networks for control rooms, digital signage networks, corporate signage and video walls. This announcement is the latest in LG’s continued efforts to build strong relationships within its partner ecosystem to deliver next generation solutions for the customer.

As a result of the Userful-LG collaboration, digitally-integrated enterprises in key markets around the world can now deploy IT-managed services from virtually any source to webOS displays with advanced streaming capabilities, flexibility in deployment and NIST-caliber security. Whether it’s providing immediate video and data through real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) for control rooms or managing 8K content across hundreds of displays, integrators and end-users can expect to enjoy a powerful, streamlined display network management experience with the Userful platform and LG displays.

According to Gianni Restaino, LG Business Solutions USA’s vice president of engineering, the alliance will deliver the future of display network management just in time to help integrators and enterprise businesses capitalize on the exponential growth forecasted for AV-over-IP in the next five years. “Together, LG and Userful have created a digital display network management platform that can both simplify and empower LG installations to enable security, content delivery speed, and flexibility in content delivery and display deployment,” he said.

“With the acceleration of new services and digital transformation, there is a clear need for a centralized platform to manage visual services in combination with data, IoT and AI,” Restaino added. “Userful’s software-defined platform uniquely integrates all of these, and delivers them through private/public cloud servers to webOS signage displays optimized for the network, enabling AV services across an entire organization.”

The companies jointly recognized the growth potential of AV-over-IP in 2019 and began developing a custom, lightweight software solution that runs on top of LG’s webOS Signage platform for flat-panel and direct-view LED displays, focusing on simplicity, reliability, flexibility and security. According to Userful, the resulting platform is expected to deliver significant hardware and energy cost savings while helping to reduce carbon footprints.

The potential market growth is enormous, with applications ranging from mission critical displays and enterprise-wide digital signage networks to corporate lobby video walls and large conference room displays. In fact, according to Maia Research, the AV-over-IP market is poised to grow from $3 billion today to $51 billion in 2027, with 85 percent of growth expected in the corporate, government and education sectors, positioning the LG-Userful solution to meet the demand for display network improvements and enhanced capabilities.

Userful CEO John Marshall praised the hard work of both companies and noted that other display manufacturers have been unable to match LG’s level of software integration, making this alliance even more valuable and unique.

“The industry underestimates the difficulty of optimizing traditional AV products for an IT environment, especially with network distribution challenges and demanding enterprise applications,” Marshall said. “The AV industry has historically worked with NAB codecs and AV standards, focusing on the highest-quality AV over cabled HDMI technology – the addition of multi-protocol-driven networks is an entirely new challenge. That LG was able to integrate such IT protocols into its core firmware, at the very heart of its media pipeline, is beyond impressive. Simply put, this solution simplifies the job of IT and can reduce installation and maintenance complexity.”

In addition to LG, Userful worked with other display manufacturers “who proceeded to fail at such sophisticated integration of IT standards in their firmware,” Marshall said. “Such developments highlighted the difference between low-cost display manufacturers and modernized IT-ready displays that suit the needs of the modern enterprise. We’re proud to work together to lead the way forward for the industry and deliver new solutions to improve enterprise business operations.”

About Userful
Userful is a leading platform-as-a-service provider in the Enterprise AV-over-IP market—the fastest-growing segment of the IT industry. Userful’s Visual Networking Platform is disrupting the market with a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) model that allows customers to choose from a suite of highly-integrated AV applications (SaaS offerings, secure, SSO, integrated UI) to support modern service needs across the enterprise. From corporate signage to control room solutions to streaming platforms and data metrics, Userful’s solutions enable modernized business operations for IT leaders and the functional departments they support. Userful helps organizations advance the way they work, learn and govern with secure, scalable and centrally managed solutions for employee and customer engagement worldwide.

About LG Business Solutions USA
The LG Electronics USA Business Solutions division serves commercial display customers in the U.S. digital signage, lodging and hospitality, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, LG Business Solutions USA delivers business-to-business technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., a $56 billion global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and air solutions. www.LGSolutions.com.

 

For further press information, media assets or to schedule interviews, please contact:
Danielle Alfaro, PR & Communications Manager
Userful Corporation
E: [email protected]

Nice article on AV-over-IP Benefits

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10ZiG NOS™ Zero Client Series with Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC Support

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A leading provider in endpoints and management software for VDI and Cloud, 10ZiG recently enhanced its exclusive NOS™ line of Zero Clients for yet another Microsoft solution.

10ZiG Technology’s NOS-M Zero Client Series has been powered to support capabilities for Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC across several endpoint devices.

LEICESTER, UK – In case you don’t know 10ZiG, we pride ourselves on not just what we do, but how we do it. A leading provider in endpoints and management software for VDI and Cloud, 10ZiG recently enhanced its exclusive NOS™ line of Zero Clients for yet another Microsoft solution.

NOS™, or Next-to-No Operating System (OS), is the exclusive platform in which 10ZiG customizes its Zero Clients with extremely lightweight and extremely secure OS, for accessing Microsoft solutions – including AVD, RDS, and now Windows 365 Cloud PC. With the 10ZiG NOS™ platform, you experience lightning-fast boot-up times, very low power consumption, and simple and intuitive configuration locally or via Cloud with The 10ZiG Manager™ – our free endpoint management software. The NOS™ Zero Client lineup provides a solution for all user types, from simpler task workers to more demanding power users.

Andy Martin, 10ZiG COO, “It’s not enough that 10ZiG works diligently to leverage our NOS™ Zero Clients, or any of our client endpoints for that matter, with the latest Microsoft Solutions and others – we know what we do is our best. It’s also how we do it. We deliver cutting-edge custom hardware that is supportive of all these advances, with people who care, and offerings that truly help IT professionals. We deliver great products, great technology, great service, and the 10ZiG guarantee – we customize our products to work in the customer’s computing environments, and not the other way around.”

This latest 10ZiG Microsoft support feature enhances NOS™ Zero Clients 4648qm, 5948qm, 6048qm, and 6148m – task to knowledge to power workers – in that order. Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC securely streams the Windows experience to any 10ZiG endpoint device including personalized apps, data, and settings. It reduces security risks by storing information in the Cloud, and not on devices. It allows end users the flexibility to work where and when they choose to, with Windows in the Azure Cloud. For today’s remote and hybrid work situations, end users are enabled to access a full Windows PC virtually.

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 About 10ZiG

10ZiG Technology is a world-market leader in Thin & Zero Client endpoint devices for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Cloud. We provide leading Intel and AMD based Dual and Quad Core Thin & Zero Clients for VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, etc., environments, in addition to a full range of Teradici PCoIP Zero Clients. Free, no-obligation demo devices, US & EMEA based Tech Support, and the free “The 10ZiG Manager™” software solution with Cloud capabilities and unlimited user licenses, gives us our cutting edge.

Contact Us

To learn more about 10ZiG, or to arrange for a free Thin or Zero Client demonstration device, please contact 10ZiG below.

Corporate Headquarters, US

10ZiG Technology Inc.

23309 N. 17th Drive #100

Phoenix, AZ 85027, USA

  1. +1 (866) 865-5250 | Email:[email protected]| Web: www.10ZiG.com

EMEA Headquarters

10ZiG Technology Ltd.

7 Highcliffe Road

Leicester LE5 1TY, UK

  1. +44 (0) 116 2148650 | Email:[email protected]| Web: www.10ZiG.com

Contact: Tom Dodds

10ZiG Technology Ltd.

www.10ZiG.com

 +44 (0) 116 214 8650

Raspberry Pi 400 as Thin Client – Test Review

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Raspberry Pi 4 Thin Client

raspberry pi personal computer thin client

raspberry pi personal computer thin client

Raspberry Pi was very nice and sent us one of their Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kits. Featuring a quad-core 64-bit processor, 4GB of RAM, wireless networking, dual-display output, and 4K video playback, as well as a 40-pin GPIO header, Raspberry Pi 400 is a powerful, easy-to-use computer built into a neat and portable keyboard.  Available on Amazon for $99 (just add a monitor).

We unboxed it and set it up in 10 minutes

  • plugged in mouse
  • hooked up internet
  • plugged in HDMI to the 32″ monitor
  • connected power

We ran two sets of tests.  The first was just 10 minutes of “typical usage” to see if any “slowness”.  The kind of lag you might experience with one of the old Celeron or J1900 (or lord forbid an Atom) compared to the typical Windows i5 desktop with Intel graphics.

  • Typical baseline for us is a Linux laptop with 4Ghz i7-8750H with Intel 630. 16GB RAM. (We recommend System76!)
  • Typical monitor is BenQ EW3270L.
  • The linux desktop ran at 1920 resolution.
  • The Raspberry PI ran at 2560 just to make it tougher

Outcome: Couldn’t tell the difference…No discernible difference browsing, viewing big images or playing multiple videos on Vimeo.

Second test we used Loadninja. The usual graphics performance tests historically started with Norton SI way back when and progressed to a Windows (or Android these days) download app. That works for local performance benchmarks but not really for a thin client (given consistent network connection). We didn’t test over WiFi (yet) but we will see if 5Ghz supported and test it later.

For this test you record a macro and then play it back. We used kioskindustry.org (a very fast site at 400ms) and did a typical 6 screen navigation scrolling and clicking. We’ll speak with the Loadninja people next week to get their recommendations.  You also select the number of Virtual Users and we took the default 10.

Run 1 Scenario2 = typical linux workstation

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Test run comparison

Other Test Conditions

Desktop Comparison Client Used

Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS (64-bit) with full-disk encryption
15.6″ Matte 1080p LED Backlit Display
4.1 GHz i7-8750H (2.2 up to 4.1 GHz – 9MB Cache – 6 Cores – 12 Threads)
Intel® HD Graphics 630
16 GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2400MHz (2× 8 GB)
United States Keyboard
120 GB M.2 SSD

Video Parameters

BenQ EW3270ZL 32 inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor, 10 Bit, 3000:1, 4ms, Brightness Intelligence Technology, HDMI
2560×1440 for Raspberry test (59 Hz)
1920×1080 (23.98 Hz refresh) for Gazelle

Internet

Hard Ethernet via gigabit switch – Internet — 425 Mb (google) and 470 Mb Ookla

Chart for Raspberry

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Power Considerations

  • Nice writeup by Helmut Neikirchen comparing Pi to Intel J4105
  • The Raspberry Pi 4 consumed idle 3.8 W to 4.0 W. With 1 core being busy, it consumes 4.5 W. With 2 cores being busy, it consumes 5.0 W. With 3 cores being busy, it consumes between 5.4 W and 5.5 W.
  • Another link PIDRamble

Conclusions

  • For internet browsing you would be hard-pressed to name which is which
  • We have an older generation HP Chromebook and will run the same tests on it to see the comparison
  • Add a lockdown and you have an internet station.
  • The keyboard is surprisingly nice to use though in a public-facing context it might be better as a service keyboard
  • All said there are two spare USB ports + an extra micro-HDMI for second monitor. I suppose I could test that too.
  • Totally pleased with the unit and setup and documentation. Nice to see user friendly doc.  It comes in a nice book.
  • Lots of kiosk projects are using these and I suspect thin client environments as well as digital signage projects.  Fair to predict use in robotics given the extremely low price.
  • Nice review on Toms Hardware
  • Another unit that is good for kids is this Arm unit the Pinebook Pro though this is Chromebook alternate
  • Here is another Raspberry Pi unit for kids that looks great and has great reviews.

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More on Raspberry Pi 4 Power Consumption

Excerpt from review above with numbers

Intel J4105 measurements

As I did not install Linux yet, it was running Windows 10 and idle refers to having only the built-in task manager running in foreground (to display clock frequency) and all the background services that Windows 10 has by default. CPU load was generated using a batch file containing an endless loop.

The J4105 clocks down to 0.78 GHz when idle and the power consumption of the whole system (with one mSATA and one SATA SSD) is then 3.8 W.

With 1 core being busy, it still clocks up to 2.4 GHz and consumes 7.2 W.

With 2 cores being busy, it still clocks up to 2.4 GHz and consumes 10.3 W.

With 3 cores being busy, it clocks up to 2.35 GHz and consumes between 11.8 W and 12.1 W.

With 4 cores being busy, it clocks up to 2.19 GHz and consumes between 11.4 W and 12.0 W. (So it seems the reduced clock saves power).

I did run it with 4 cores being busy for an hour, and the measurements did not change, e.g. no thermal throttling seems to have occurred (nor did the case get hot, so a really good passive cooling — or the contact between CPU and case is bad, but then thermal throttling could have been expected).

Raspberry Pi 4 measurements

I had OSMC with KODI running, but nothing else, i.e. the KODI UI being idle, but all the background services running. The latest firmware as of 4. June 2021 was used, storage was SDHC card only. CPU load was generated using the stress command.

The Raspberry Pi 4 consumed idle 3.8 W to 4.0 W.

With 1 core being busy, it consumes 4.5 W.

With 2 cores being busy, it consumes 5.0 W.

With 3 cores being busy, it consumes between 5.4 W and 5.5 W.

With 4 cores being busy, it consumes 6.0 W.

Temperature with the cooling case from https://www.coolingcases.com/ was approx. 52° C (so it prevented thermal throttling that would start at 80° C). Surprisingly, even in idle mode, the temperature was 40-42° (the tiny case does feel much warmer than the bigger case of the Intel system — so, it seems: size matters).

Conclusions

In summary, the idle power consumption of both systems is comparable and while the busy consumption is lower with Raspberry Pi 4, it is of course less powerful than the J4105 system. For the J4105, I never observed the full 2.5 GHz burst clock rate (but 2.4 GHz). Even though the CPU TDP is 10 W, the whole system consumed up to 12.1 W (e.g. the RAM, the two SSDs, WiFi, HDMI output, external power supply, etc. probably also to add their share — during boot, I even saw 14.8 W).

Note that others suggest 2.7 W idle for the Raspi 4 (but seems to require switching off a lot of I/O, e.g., HDMI etc. — which I did not do, nor did I minimise background processes) or even as low as 2.1 W. On the other hand, many other report that they neither (with either a fan or a heatsink) get the system cooler than 42° in idle, so getting the Raspy warmer than the touch of your hand seems to be normal, but the J4105 system with the bigger case was considerably cooler.

 

Raspberry Thin Client News — Industrial Raspberry PI Released – Onlogic

Raspberry Pi 10.1 Inch Touchscreen Display – Recommended Pi

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Raspberry Pi Thin Client News

Raspberry Pi Kiosk Logo

Raspberry Pi Kiosk Logo

One of the developers for Raspberry Pi, Linucleus, sent us this from Amazon.

  • ALL-IN-ONE RASPBERRY PI MONITOR — EVICIV 10.1″ touchscreen monitor with durable& hard -wearing case to protect improves its appearance while keeping the board neatly tucked away behind it. It comes with Pi3 Side Panel and Pi4 Side Panel to meet different needs. EVICIV Raspberry Pi 4 Screen with a built-in cooling fan to guarantee heat dissipation.
  • 10-POINTS CAPACITIVE ACCURATE TOUCH — Raspberry pi display adopted capacitive (PCAP) touch technology allows you to swipe, scroll, select, zoom in, zoom out, and move a cursor in 3-5 ms. What’s more, EVICIV adopted touch rotation technology to solve touch inaccurate problem for portrait orientation.
  • PLUG and PLAY FEATURE — EVICIV touch screen monitor has an impressive feature of plug and play that doesn’t require any driver installation. This LCD monitor not only works with raspberry pi devices as well as computers with HDMI interface, phones with Type-C 3.1 ports, supporting Raspbian/ Raspberry Pi 400/ Linux/ Win10/8/7 OS.
  • HD VISUAL ENJOYMENT — The raspberry pi 3 screen with HD 1920×1200 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio gives high color restore the display. Features a 16:9 aspect ratio. IPS 178° full wide viewing angle gives you a crystal-clear viewing experience of all your content.
  • OSD MENU FUNCTION AND THREE STAND WAYS — You can manage the color/image adjustment, language setting for this portable monitor via OSD Menu Button. It is with Foldable stand/VESA hole /Wall-mountable hole, You can choose the most comfortable use way as you like.

Raspberry Thin Client News — Industrial Raspberry PI Released – Onlogic

Hotel chain converts Windows PCs to Chrome OS

Chrome OS Google

Chrome OS Google

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 clean 250 Windows laptops.

Excerpt

At the end of 2020, Google acquired a company that offers software to convert old PCs into Chrome OS-like devices. In one high-profile example, a Norwegian hotel chain turned to CloudReady to convert several thousand ransomware-locked Windows laptops into Chromebooks.

Nordic Choice Hotels is a large chain in Scandinavia, Finland, and the Baltics with 200 properties. It suffered a ransomware attack in December, as E24 reports, that encrypted device files and required IT staff to take down their internet/network. This straightforward hack demanded the hotel group pay a ransom to get the files (employee records but not guest information) back and prevent leaks.

In terms of impact, staff had to resort to pen and paper (or rather, marker and whiteboard), while downed key card systems required employees to “lock in all guests with a master key card.”

Instead of spending several hours removing the virus from each device, Nordic Choice decided to speed up a Chrome migration project that was previously already underway. In all, 2,000 Windows laptops, which look to be Lenovo ThinkPads, were converted with CloudReady to a Chromebook-like experience in 48 hours. Google appears to have aided this by letting them “jump in the queue to get the project up and running.”

Chromebook of the Year 2021

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Acer Chromebook

As selected by Android Police

Highlights

  • 3.5″ 2256×1504 display with a 3:2 aspect ratio
  • NOT the older 16:9 or 16:10 display
  • $530 for the i5 configuration

Excerpt

Over the last two years, Chromebooks have dominated laptop sales around the world. As a low-cost way to access the internet — and the perfect device for remote learning or working — it’s no surprise that Google’s web-based OS is more prevalent than ever. With endless choices to pick between, shopping for a new laptop can be a stressful experience. Allow us to make it a little easier for you: the Acer Chromebook Spin 713 has earned the Editor’s Choice pick as our 2021 Chromebook of the year.

Our review of Acer’s latest premium Chrome OS laptop says it all: this is the best Chromebook you can buy this year. Although $700 isn’t quite in the “budget” range, it’s a steal compared to other high-end offerings from Asus and Samsung. With an 11th gen Intel Core-i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of NVMe storage, this machine offers some killer specs for the price.

Read full article by Android Police

 

12th Gen Alder Lake Chromebooks by HP

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HP Chromebooks

So much for CES 2022 but HP is targeting its share in Chromebook world. See quick snapshot of some Chromebook RFPs from SLED market after excerpt.  Link on ChromeUnboxed

Excerpt

As CES 2022 approaches, so does the beginning of the year and the requisite hopes for new Chromebook hardware. So many great things are coming in 2022, including devices with the higher-powered MediaTek Kompanio 1000 and 800 series, Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3, and 12th-gen Intel Alder Lake chipsets inside. While we’ll see these releases scattered throughout the year, CES generally coaxes a few out right at the beginning.

We don’t know exactly which of the boards that we’re tracking will end up being announced at CES or later in the year, but we do have a good hunch that at least 4 of the Alder Lake-powered Chromebooks will be coming from HP. Yep, that’s right: at least four next-gen Intel-powered Chromebooks are on the way from HP this year.

Read full article on ChromeUnboxed

Here is a quick look at SLED opps

chromebook rfps

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Linux Developer for Kiosks – Raspberry PI developer for Kiosks

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Linux Developer for Kiosks – Raspberry PI developer for Kiosks

Simple, clean, transparent, efficient, fast, robust. They are terms that define us.

We don’t need a super responsive super mega cool website. We are not spaceX, we work for the results and it is our clients who recommend us to other clients.

Our clients and their projects are confidential, we cannot publish anything about it so this website is more than we need.

We don’t need the hideous and annoying cookie dialog because we won’t track anything from you.

We do not need SSL or SEOs or CEOs or unsustainable mega-buildings in Barcelona.

We compete with large companies in what we can: “provide a better solution, a better price and move quickly”. We do not compete in infrastructure.

Linux embedded, Kernel, C/C++, QT, QML y GTK
Más sobre nosotros: https://www.linkedin.com/company/linucleus

Contacto: [email protected]     +34 637 367 156

 

Videos — https://www.linkedin.com/company/linucleus/videos/

 

OS Neutral Payment Devices – Cloud-based POS devices

California RFP 2021 “PC Goods”

California RFP

Big RFP from State of California. PC Goods Desktops, Laptops, and Monitors Event ID 0000020273

Includes 43 different schedules and docs.

If you have questions we can help with then email [email protected]

Scope

The Scope of this RFP includes PC Goods as defined in Section 3.1.1, Proposed Products, including core configurations, monitors (if applicable), options/upgrades, and value-added services (VAS). The State reserves the right to eliminate any specific line item from the final award.

The State intends that the selected Bidder(s) will work in cooperation with the State to furnish quality products at the lowest price available in a timely and efficient manner. The selected Bidder(s) will be the primary point of contact for warehousing, customer service, data collection, reporting, and distribution.

Award(s) will be made by category in each Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)/Open silo to the compliant Bidder who scores the highest number of points as described in Section 6, Evaluation. Bidders must propose all line items within an OEM/Open silo category to be evaluated for award. Bidders are not required to submit proposals for all silos/categories listed to participate.

The term of the contracts resulting from this RFP will be three (3) years. The contracts will also contain options to extend for two (2) additional one (1) year periods or portion thereof. If a mutual agreement cannot be met the contract may be terminated at the end of the current contract term and/or contract extension. All terms and conditions will remain the same for the entire contract period including any extension periods.

The use of these contracts shall be mandatory for all State departments except in cases of emergency as defined in Public Contract Code (PCC), Section 1102.

All equipment offered must be new and the latest model in current production. Used, shopworn, refurbished, demonstrator, prototype or discontinued models are not acceptable.

Proposal Submittal E-mail: [email protected]

*Spend reflects the State’s implementation of teleworking policies due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

The RFP includes the following silos:

  • Apple

  • Dell

  • Durabook

  • Getac

  • HP Inc.

  • Lenovo

  • Microsoft

  • Panasonic

  • Samsung

  • Open (open to other OEM PC Good product not listed above)

The seven (7) categories that may be included in a silo are:

  • Category 1 – Desktop Computers w/Monitors

  • Category 2 – Thin/Zero Client Desktop Computers w/Monitors

  • Category 3 – Laptop Computers

  • Category 4 – Thin-Client Laptop Computers

  • Category 5 – Rugged Laptops

  • Category 6 – Chromebooks

  • Category 7 – Monitors

Each category will contain at least three (3) of the following four (4) groups:

  • Core Configurations

  • Monitors (where applicable)

  • Options/Upgrades

  • Value-Added Services (VAS)

 

        1. Monitors (M)

Exhibit 4I, Monitor Specifications contain three (3) types of monitors: Widescreen, Touchscreen, and Curved. For the OEM silos, available reference product is listed in Exhibits 1A-1I, Cost Workbooks. For the Open silo, Exhibit 1J, Cost Workbook, Bidders shall propose an available OEM monitor-type which meets or exceeds the specifications. Additional available monitor types which meet or exceed the specification will be added after contract award.

      1. Accessibility Compliance (M)

Requirements for accessibility based on Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) are relevant for this procurement.

Bidder shall submit, per 36 CFR part 1194, a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) that includes the following:  

  • Subpart B, Bidders shall submit a VPAT describing how their proposed products meet this requirement.

  • Subpart C, Bidders shall submit a VPAT describing how their proposed Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) products meet applicable functional performance criteria.

  • Subpart D, Bidders shall submit a VPAT describing how the information, documentation, and support for proposed products meet applicable information, documentation, and support requirements.

The VPAT responses above will be used to determine technical compliance to the Section 508 Accessibility Standard requirements and is requested to be submitted with the Bidder’s proposal.

The Bidder’s VPAT shall be submitted with the proposal or within five (5) days after notification from the State.

Additionally, the awarded Contractor shall include similar VPAT document with delivery at the State’s request.

Esper – Android Cloud Solutions

Android Solutions Esper

Android Cloud Solutions by Esper

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Azure Thin Client Considerations for Virtual Desktop

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Microsoft Azure Thin Client

From Channel Futures Sep 27 — When adopting or adjusting virtual desktop solutions and services, many managed service providers seek advice on what brands, and types of clients, to invest in to accompany deployments. And given the evolution of desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) and the recent general availability of Windows 365, a new set of criteria have emerged when it comes to selecting the right hardware to efficiently operate virtual desktop environments.

In Brief

  • It will need to support AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop)
  • No known zero clients support AVD or Windows 365
  • Pros and Cons of a Zero Client are listed
  • Thin Client typically boot into Windows 10 IoT environment
  • Thin client more expensive but more flexible
  • Windows or Linux? Do you use MS Teams?
  • The linux vendors are very creative and resourceful though
  • Recommendations – Igel, 10ZiG and NComputing, to name a few

Excerpt:

Choosing between a Windows and a Linux thin client also has its implications. If you want the latest and greatest features that the Microsoft Remote Desktop client has to offer, picking a Windows-based thin client could be a wise choice. As of this writing, only Windows-based thin clients support Microsoft Teams video and audio optimization when making video or voice calls. This offloads the audio and video to be processed by the thin client, taking a heavy load off the AVD/Windows 365 virtual machine and gives the end user a great experience. This technique is also supported when using Zoom virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) – a Zoom client optimized for use with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. Microsoft also announced in public preview a Chromium-based browser extension called Multimedia Redirection that offloads video to be processed on the local thin client as well, which allows you to fit a higher user density per session host.

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Severn Trent Selects IGEL OS secure end-user computing solution

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UK, Reading. September 15, 2021 – IGEL, provider of the next gen edge OS for cloud workspaces, announces today that Severn Trent has implemented IGEL OS to manage and secure an estate of 6,000 desktop devices spread over 110 locations, support the business with its cloud migration strategy and adoption of Microsoft Office 365.

Severn Trent is a FTSE100 company employing around 7,000 staff. It provides clean water and wastewater services to more than 4.6 million households and businesses in the Midlands and Wales, as well as developing renewal energy solutions such as anaerobic digestion, hydropower, solar and wind turbines. It supplies 2 billion litres of clean water every day – that’s over 83 million litres every hour – whilst treating 3.1 billion litres of wastewater.

The company first implemented thin client computing in 2010 when it moved into a custom-built head office in the centre of Coventry. The technology was installed to lower desktop power consumption and boost energy efficiency thereby eliminating the need for air conditioning throughout the building.

Mark Challis, Severn Trent’s technical specialist for end-user computing (EUC), explains, “Running our legacy thin client environment over the years has been incredibly difficult verging on the impossible. The management software has been hard to use such that we couldn’t easily update or patch the 6,000 endpoints we have across the business. Device security had become a major issue, too.”

In addition, the incumbent hardware couldn’t support Severn Trent’s cloud migration journey. The business operates two UK-based data centres – one in Solihull, the other in Wokingham. The adoption of cloud services wholesale across the company has been driven by the need to vacate the Solihull site – the building lease was due to expire – rather than incur the huge cost of investing again in a physical location.

Working closely with Microsoft and Cognizant, all compute and storage platforms have been migrated to Microsoft Azure, with Office 365 now adopted across the business.

In tandem, Severn Trent has shifted end-user computing from an on-premise Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment to a Citrix Cloud service hosted on the new Microsoft Azure platform.

Challis adds, “The legacy thin client terminals had an old version of Internet Explorer ‘baked’ into the firmware which doesn’t work with the version of Citrix Storefront we use for our VDA connections. This meant we couldn’t move forward with our Citrix estate upgrade, so it was absolutely crucial to change the endpoints as well as deploy a solution to enhance management.”

Challis continues, “In terms of selecting a new partner, our enterprise architect has a good relationship with Microsoft who recommended we speak to IGEL given they are dynamic vendor and are ahead of the curve when it comes to EUC digital workspaces.”

Severn Trent has purchased 6,000 IGEL OS licenses along with IGEL’s management software, the Universal Management Suite (UMS), to seamlessly manage the whole environment. This enables the EUC team to create profiles and distribute them quickly to each endpoint device. Challis explains, “The IGEL OS is lightweight at 1 GB. We can push a whole image out in minutes and have full visibility of each endpoint in real-time. It’s the speed we can update each endpoint which is impressive, along with the usability of UMS. This is of paramount importance given the number of locations we have.”

In addition, IGEL OS is fully optimized to work flawlessly with Office 365 including modern communications software like Teams. The previous solution could not.

Endpoint hardware updated with IGEL OS installed

As part of the project, the decision was made to update endpoint hardware and install IGEL OS on this. Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One (TIO) 24-inch monitors have been purchased which enable a ThinkCentre M625 thin client terminal to be docked within it. It is a neat and elegant solution requiring only one power socket – not multiple messy cables – and means ugly monitor arms can be avoided for each desktop. The TIO monitors come with a 1080p webcam and built-in speaker bar for video communications.

The business is currently in the implementation process. Around 2,400 devices have been installed at the Coventry HQ, chairman’s office in London and Severn Trent’s main call centre in Derby. Over time, the roll out will cover all 110 locations to include water treatment and sewage works, two other call centres and a disaster recovery site. Here existing thin client hardware will be converted using the IGEL OS rather than new equipment being bought. The business is also looking at how it can utilise IGEL’s UD Pocket to provide third party contractors secure access to its systems.

Simon Townsend, IGEL’s chief marketing officer says, “The use of VDI and IGEL OS in a company like Severn Trent is ideal where you have thousands of employees across many sites. Staff can work from home, on location or in the office as they like. And the management of these geographically disperse endpoints is made far easier. This reduces costs and boosts efficiency which is key given Severn Trent is Ofwat regulated and Asset Management Plans and spending are scrutinized heavily.”

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IGEL on Social Media

Twitter: www.twitter.com/IGEL_Technology

Facebook: www.facebook.com/igel.technology

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/igel-technology

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/IGELTechnologyTV

IGEL Community: www.igel.com/community

About IGEL

IGEL provides the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. The company’s world-leading software products include IGEL OS™, IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and IGEL Universal Management Suite™ (UMS). These solutions comprise a more secure, manageable and cost-effective endpoint management and control platform across nearly any x86-64 device. Easily acquired via just two feature-rich software offerings, — Workspace Edition and Enterprise Management Pack — IGEL software presents outstanding value per investment. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered endpoint solutions deliver the industry’s best hardware warranty (5 years), software maintenance (3 years after end of life) and management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to save vast amounts of money by extending the useful life of their existing endpoint devices while precisely controlling all devices running IGEL OS from a single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com.

IGEL Media Contact:

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Tel: +44 (0)7768 145571

Email: [email protected]

Pico-ITX Thin Client – Very Small Thin Clients (which are very powerful)

Pico-ITX Thin Client

From ZDNet July 2021

A little bigger than the Raspberry Pi, but a lot more powerful (and expensive!)

Most of the time, the Raspberry Pi is enough, but there are times when you need a lot more power.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0 |  | Topic: Hardware

The Raspberry Pi has created a whole ecosystem of SBCs (Single Board Computers), and while the Pi — especially the new Pi 4 B — is more than enough for most applications, sometimes you want something that’s more powerful.

Sometimes a lot more powerful.

The Aaeon PICO-TGU4 offers just that.

Must read: Best Raspberry Pi alternatives in 2021

At 3.94″ x 2.84″ (100mm x 72mm), this board is a bit bigger than a Raspberry Pi 4 (3.37″ x 2.22″/86mm x 56mm), but it does come equipped with an 11th-gen Intel Core — and you can choose between an i3 or i5 to suit your power needs (and budget).

Read more at ZDnet

Overview

The PICO-TGU4 compact PICO-ITX board is powered by the 11th Generation Intel® Core™ G processors (formerly Tiger Lake). By leveraging AAEON’s expertise and the cutting-edge technologies offered with this latest generation of processors, the PICO-TGU4 delivers performance and flexibility to power the next generation of AI Edge applications.

The 11th Generation Intel Core processors (formerly Tiger Lake) are the third generation of Intel’s 10nm microarchitecture, delivering up to 15~20% better performance than the previous generation processors. The PICO-TGU4 offers users the choice of Intel Core G i3/i5/i7 or Intel Celeron® processors to power their projects. These processors support a range of technologies including on-board TPM 2.0 and in-band ECC. The board features 32GB of on-board LPDDR4x memory, and SATA III (6.0 Gbps) storage.

One of the core features of the PICO-TGU4 are its two expansion slots; the M.2 2280 slot (PCIe 4.0) which supports next generation AI accelerators; and the full-sized Mini Card slot which supports extra storage, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and more. The PICO-TGU4 also features dual LAN ports, one Intel i225 2.5 Gbps port for ultra-fast LAN connectivity, and on Intel i219 port with support for Intel vPro, enabling remote system monitoring.

The PICO-TGU4 offers a broad I/O layout to connect with a wide range of sensors and easily integrate with projects. The board features a total of eight USB connections, with two USB3.2 Gen 2 type A ports, two USB3.2 Gen 1 headers and four USB2.0 headers. The board also includes two serial port headers, as well as 8-bit GPIO and I2C/SMBUS connectors, allowing connections to an even wider range of devices. Additionally, the PICO-TGU4 includes eDP and HDMI 2.0 delivering brilliant 4K 60Hz resolution.

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Features

  • 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Celeron Processor SoC
  • LPDDR4x on board memory, Max. 32 GB
  • 2.5GbE Intel i225 + 1GbE Intel i219
  • HDMI2.0b x 1, 4Kx2K + eDP, up to HBR3 8K
  • M.2 2280 M key(PCIE by4 GEN4/SATA) x 1
  • SATA 6.0 Gb/s x 1
  • Full size mPCIe/mSATA x 1
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 4 x USB 2.0
  • RS-232/422/485 x 2
  • Line-in/Line-out/MIC
  • DIO 8 bit

Cloud Computing For Health — AWS for Health Rolls Out Amazon HealthLake

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From FierceHealth Jul-2021

Amazon rolls out AWS For Health cloud services for healthcare, genomics and biopharma

Amazon’s cloud division has rolled out AWS for Health, a set of services and partner solutions for healthcare, genomics and biopharma.

Amazon says the portfolio of solutions will help to accelerate innovation from “benchtop to bedside” as the tech giant pushes further into the healthcare and life sciences markets.

AWS for Health provides “proven and easily accessible capabilities” that help organizations increase the pace of innovation, unlock the potential of health data, and develop more personalized approaches to therapeutic development and care, Patrick Combes, director, head of technology – healthcare and life sciences at Amazon Web Services (AWS), wrote in a blog post.

The services within AWS for Health can help healthcare customers create holistic electronic health records to help clinicians make data-driven care plans and power population genomic initiatives to expand precision medicine accessibility, as two examples, Combes wrote.

Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are all pushing deeper into healthcare in a battle to provide cloud computing and data storage technology to hospitals.

RELATED: Amazon launches new tool to help healthcare organizations standardize data

Read full article From FierceHealth Jul-2021

About Amazon HealthLake

Amazon HealthLake is a HIPAA-eligible service enabling healthcare and life sciences companies to securely store, transform, query, and analyze health data at scale. With HealthLake, you pay as you go with no upfront costs. You are billed from the time you create your Data Store, which helps you index all your information in the FHIR format so it can be easily queried, to the time you delete it. You are charged by the hour for your Data Store, which includes data import up to 10 GB of data storage, and the first 3,500 queries per hour across all of your Data Stores. The Data Store is always running, offering you the ability to query the information anytime with FHIR query operations.

With integrated medical NLP, you can automatically extract entities (e.g., medical procedures, medications), entity relationships (e.g., a medication and its dosage), entity traits (e.g., positive or negative test result, time of procedure), and Protected Health Information (PHI) data from your medical text. You can also export FHIR data from HealthLake to Amazon S3 where data can be used in further downstream applications.

To get started with Amazon HealthLake, from 7/15/2021 – 9/30/2021 customers will be charged only for their active Data Stores at $0.27 per data store hour. Data Store size will be fixed at 500GB. There are no additional charges for storage, FHIR queries, integrated NLP, and FHIR data export. Starting 10/01/2021, charges as described in the pricing page will apply.

Pricing details

Data Store

The Data Store helps you index all your information in the FHIR format for easy querying. Data import and your first 10 GB of storage are included across all of your Data Stores. The Data Store is always running, offering you the ability to query the information anytime, so you are charged by the hour. You are charged $0.27 per Data Store hour. Amazon HealthLake monitors your data consumption and allocates additional searchable data storage to meet your needs. Durable primary storage and index scaling are included in this price. For additional data storage above the 10 GB included across your Data Stores, you are charged $0.25 per GB stored per month, rounded up to the nearest GB in addition to the per hour charge. For example, if you stored 10.5 GB, you are charged for 1 additional GB since 10 GB is included.

Query

HealthLake supports FHIR query operations. You can query records by creating an operation, such as adding new patients and their medication information. You can also read, update, or delete a previously created record. As per the FHIR specification, deleted data is only hidden from analysis and results; it is not deleted from the service, only versioned. You can also search with predefined filters to find all patient information. The first 3,500 queries per hour are included across your Data Stores. For any additional query capacity, you are charged $0.015 per 10,000 queries per hour, rounded up to the nearest 10,000.

Cloud Computing Healthcare – Hospital Implement IGEL OS and UD3 Endpoints

cloud computing healthcare

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust invests £5m to upgrade IT infrastructure, refreshing its EUC estate using IGEL

…The use of IGEL OS results in the Trust saving £500k not buying new desktops…

UK, Reading. July 20, 2021 – IGEL, provider of the next gen edge OS for cloud workspaces, announces today that Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has updated its end-user computing (EUC) environment, implementing IGEL OS and UD3 endpoints throughout the organization.

This is part of a £5 million investment the Trust is making to replace and refresh its entire IT infrastructure including compute, storage, WAN/LAN network and thin client platforms. This significant upgrade project is putting in place modern, class-leading technology to support the Trust, provide high quality clinical care and services for around 820,000 local residents.

Located in the Northeast of Manchester, Pennine Acute Hospitals serves the communities of Bury, Rochdale and Oldham along with surrounding towns and villages. Employing 10,000 staff, it operates four hospitals: Fairfield General Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital, Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary.

As part of the overall project, the necessity to change the EUC platform was pressing. Pennine Acute Hospital’s existing thin client solution was already a decade old, over 2,000 hardware devices were end-of-life and no longer supported; and it had a requirement to expand the use of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and thin clients across the organisation. To complicate matters, the devices couldn’t be centrally or easily controlled because the server-based management software was not up-to-date.

Jav Yaqub, the Trust’s head of infrastructure, explains, “The upshot was we were consuming a huge amount of time trying to maintain and run our thin client desktops, with major platform mismatches hindering our ability to roll out new operating systems like Windows 10 or deploy Office 365, which was crucial as NHS Digital has mandated that Windows 7 be removed from all desktops.”

After a successful trial, the decision was made to select IGEL for the new EUC solution. In tandem, the Trust updated its entire compute systems in its datacentre installing a Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure platform as well as Dell EMC network attached Isilon, Data Domain and ECS storage.

The new VxRail compute platform is also used to host VMware Horizon – the Trust’s VDI solution – with 3,000 IGEL OS licenses and 500 new IGEL UD3 endpoints purchased, along with IGEL’s management software, the Universal Management Suite (UMS). IGEL Cloud Gateway was acquired to centrally manage endpoints not on the corporate network. Furthermore, NVIDIA virtual GPU technology is being trailed within the VxRail environment to share graphics power and capability across the VDI estate.

IGEL OS deliver significant operational and financial advantages

The move to IGEL OS and UD3 thin client endpoints is already delivering substantial benefits:

  • Budget saved. £500,000 has been saved as the Trust has avoided buying 2,000 new thin client devices for the organisation. Despite being told they were end-of-life, many of the old endpoints from the previous incumbent supplier have been recycled – converted using the IGEL OS into centrally controlled devices. Yaqub says, “For the flexibility and portability the IGEL OS offers which is a key reason for our purchase, the costs are reasonable and IGEL are competitive with their pricing.”
  • Reliability improved. Most thin client devices at the Trust are used at workstations in hospital wards and on 100 laptop trollies which nurses and other health professionals use in various clinical settings. IGEL OS has vastly improved the reliability and performance of these trolly machines given that IGEL OS is much ‘lighter’ – at 1GB – rather than the Windows OS which is typically 16 GB in size.
  • Implementation simple. Roll out was easy and fast with the Trust supported by third party consultants who helped install IGEL OS and convert devices – a re-flashing process which took just minutes. Yaqub says, “It was very much a non-event. It was easy, with no significant problems, as IGEL support has been excellent.”
  • Management straightforward. Using IGEL’s Universal Management Suite (UMS) makes the day-to-day management of the whole estate of 2,000 thin clients located across four geographically dispersed hospital sites really straightforward. Just one person now handles this for the whole organisation as part of their overall job role. IGEL specific training was provided allowing policies and security settings to be created and pushed out automatically to all devices.
  • The local care ecosystem joined up. The Trust has also connected five local community care providers to its VDI environment. They use an IGEL-OS powered endpoint to view its electronic patient records (EPR) system. Partners access the EPR via VMware Horizon – with IGEL Cloud Gateway used to manage remote devices – so that patient care is available anywhere across the local community.
  • Remote work capability delivered quickly in light of Covid. The Trust has been able to easily ramp up remote access capability to empower staff to work from home during the Coronavirus pandemic. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, 600-700 staff did so but this was increased to 3,000 in just three weeks. Staff login to their VDI session via a standard browser which takes them to their Trust branded Windows 10 desktop. Imprivata is used to enabled single sign-on to specific applications.

Yaqub says, “The infrastructure update project has been hard work. We’ve done about four years work in just two with staff now commenting that they’ve seen big improvements in system performance, speed, flexibility and the IT teams’ ability to deliver. This makes all the graft worthwhile and rewarding, and IGEL has played an important part in enabling this.”

Moving forward, Pennine Acute Trust is reviewing how it can increase the scope of VDI and thin client usage within the organisation. Using the IGEL OS, the goal is to convert more desktop devices in other departments like estates and finance into locked down, centrally controlled and secure endpoints.

The IT team is also working on a proof of concept within the radiology specialty to capitalise on the graphics capability of the new backend infrastructure. This could allow radiologists working internationally to access its systems using VDI and powerful multimedia IGEL endpoints – rather than expensive laptops being provided – to review and study MRI and X-ray scans to aid with patient illness diagnosis and treatment.

Simon Townsend, IGEL’s chief marketing officer says, “Ultimately technology in the health service is all about delivering better patient care. As an IT provider, we have our part to play in this so that clinicians and other health professionals have high performance, reliable desktop solutions offering them the very best user experience. That’s what the IGEL OS running on any endpoint hardware is designed to do.”

IGEL on Social Media

Twitter: www.twitter.com/IGEL_Technology

Facebook: www.facebook.com/igel.technology

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/igel-technology

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/IGELTechnologyTV

IGEL Community: www.igel.com/community

About IGEL

IGEL provides the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. The company’s world-leading software products include IGEL OS™, IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and IGEL Universal Management Suite™ (UMS). These solutions comprise a more secure, manageable and cost-effective endpoint management and control platform across nearly any x86-64 device. Easily acquired via just two feature-rich software offerings, — Workspace Edition and Enterprise Management Pack — IGEL software presents outstanding value per investment. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered endpoint solutions deliver the industry’s best hardware warranty (5 years), software maintenance (3 years after end of life) and management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to save vast amounts of money by extending the useful life of their existing endpoint devices while precisely controlling all devices running IGEL OS from a single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com.

IGEL Media Contact:

Tom Herbst

Tel: +44 (0)7768 145571

Email: [email protected]

 

Cloud PC – Did the Thin Client Market Just Increase by Factor of 1000?

Desktop As A Service

Microsoft Cloud PC

Microsoft Cloud PC

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 for this development?
  • This is a big bet on Azure Cloud. Google expanded its full suite to all.  AWS?  Nothing yet.
  • Wouldn’t it be nice if all those physical device drivers turned into virtual cloud drivers…
  • See Silicon Angle — Microsoft Corp. will launch a new virtual machine service next month called Windows 365 that will enable business workers to access “Cloud PCs” from any web browser.

Excerpt from ZDNet:

By for Linux and Open Source |  | Topic: Enterprise Software

Microsoft has just announced the release of Windows 365 and Cloud PC. This new service, built on top of Azure Virtual Desktop, enables you to bring their Windows 10 and eventually Windows 11, desktop, apps, tools, data, and settings to your personal and work devices, including Windows PCs (naturally!) but Macs, iPads, Linux, and Android devices as well.

Let me repeat that: Windows 365 will enable you to run your Windows desktop, apps, data, etc., etc. on Linux. That’s the Linux desktop they’re talking about.

Read full article on ZDnet

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Credit Card Thin Client — Raspberry Pi Rockchip

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credit-card-PC

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 larger than a credit card.

Inside the Station M2 there’s a Rockchip RK3566 SoC, at the heart of which is a quad-core Cortex-A55 64-bit processor running at up to 1.8GHz. This is the successor to the A53 chip used in the Raspberry Pi 3B+, Nintendo Switch, and some Amazon Fire HD tablets. You also get up to 8GB of LPDDR4, and up to 128GB of eMMC storage. As the name alludes, there’s an M.2 socket for NVMe SSDs, with read and write speeds up to 400MB/s and 392MB/s respectively. The Micro SD slot provides additional low cost storage.

There’s also an HDMI 2.0 port with support for 4k HDR at 60fps, a smattering of USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports including one Type-C OTG that’s also used to power the unit, and a gigabit Ethernet port to complement the onboard Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. The 3.69 x 2.55 x 0.62 inch (93.8 x 65 x 15.8 mm) aluminum alloy case acts as a heat sink for the RK3566 SoC while keeping the unit neat and tidy.

Dolphin Computer Access – SuperNova Accessibility

Dolphin Computer Access SuperNova – Make Thin Client Stations accessible to people with visual impairments

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 with SuperNova.

More than 30 years of expertise means the Dolphin team of assistive technology specialists are here to help make your kiosk project a success.

A complete solution for all levels of sight.

The World Health Organisation estimates that there are 285 million people who are living with sight loss worldwide. This includes 39 million people who are blind and 246 million people who are partially sighted.

Make your self-service stations accessible for all levels of sight. Choose SuperNova Kiosks and empower people with partial sight to explore the screen in comfort and provide complete access for people who are blind.

What’s included with SuperNova Stations?

SuperNova Kiosks provides everything your business needs to make your self-service stations accessible.

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Crystal clear magnification

Magnification from 1.2 up to 64 times means text on your kiosk display will always look smooth and clear.

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Intuitive touch screen magnification

Unrivalled touch screen experience for people with low vision. Explore the screen with one finger, use two to zoom in, or tap three for more options.

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High contrast colours

24 accessible colour schemes, carefully designed to reduce glare and maximise comfort for kiosk users.

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Complete screen reader

Announces all options available on the kiosk screen using human-sounding voices.

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Support for Storm AudioNav keypads

Empower people who are blind to explore your kiosks using tactile buttons. SuperNova loads automatically when headphones are inserted, announcing each option on the screen as the user navigates.

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SuperNova API and scripting

Customise SuperNova for your bespoke kiosk project – choose magnification, speech or both. Work with Dolphin to ensure your kiosk application works seamlessly with speech and magnification.

More Info

Partnership icon.A partnership of expertise in assistive technology

Whether you need advice or technical support to deliver an accessible kiosk experience, the Dolphin team of assistive technology experts are here to help.

Right from design stage, your developers can rely on Dolphin’s proven expertise to enhance the accessibility of your kiosk application. Dolphin offers flexible support, service and licensing terms to ensure the long-term success of your kiosk project.

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Chromebook TouchScreen IFB RFPs Can Get This Big…

Chromebook Touch Screen IFB

Chromebooks Los Angeles

Chromebooks Los Angeles

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

Here are the technical details

ITEM
NO.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
1. CHROMEBOOK NON-TOUCHSCREEN WITHOUT CELLULAR (Minimum specifications)
• Processor shall perform with a score which meets or exceeds all benchmark category scores with procedures set forth in Exhibit P.
• 4GB RAM
• 32GB Solid State Drive (1:1), 64GB Solid State Drive (Shared Use)
• Integrated Front-facing Camera
• Trackpad
• Keyboard
• Student devices shall be rated MIL-STD-810G drop resistant and have pick-resistant keys
• Wireless LAN capability which meets District’s wireless minimum requirements for personal computing systems (see Section II.C.34)
• Ethernet 10/100/1000 (Optional)
• 11.6″ minimum screen size
• 2+ USB port 3.0 or better
• Capable of a minimum of 1366×768 resolution
• Battery capable of 6+ hours use between charges
• USB-C Charging Port
• Google Auto-Update Policy minimum of 5 years from date of order
• ChromeOS
• 1-year included warranty, on-site (no “carry-in” or “depot” procedures)
• 1-year warranty for accidental screen damage priced as an option
• 24-hour repair or replace guarantee priced as an option
2. CHROMEBOOK NON-TOUCHSCREEN WITH CELLULAR (Minimum specifications)
• Processor shall perform with a score which meets or exceeds all benchmark category scores with procedures set forth in Exhibit P.
• 4GB RAM
• 32GB Solid State Drive (1:1), 64GB Solid State Drive (Shared Use)
• Integrated Front-facing Camera
• Trackpad
• Keyboard
• Student devices shall be rated MIL-STD-810G drop resistant and have pick-resistant keys
• Wireless LAN capability which meets District’s wireless minimum requirements for personal computing systems (see Section II.C.34)
• Ethernet 10/100/1000 (Optional)
• 11.6″ minimum screen size
• 2+ USB port 3.0 or better
• Capable of a minimum of 1366×768 resolution
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Built-in cellular connectivity – support for all major US carriers (e.g. Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc.)
Include pre-installed SIM-card, or eSIM of carrier that District specifies at time of ordering
1-year included warranty, on-site no “carry-in” or “depot” procedures)
1-year warranty for accidental screen damage priced as an option
24-hour repair or replace guarantee priced as an option
3. CHROMEBOOK TOUCHSCREEN WITHOUT CELLULAR (Minimum specifications)
• Processor shall perform with a score which meets or exceeds all benchmark category scores with procedures set forth in Exhibit P.
• 4GB RAM
• 32GB Solid State Drive (1:1), 64GB Solid State Drive (Shared Use)
• Integrated Front-facing Camera
• Trackpad
• Keyboard
• Student devices shall be rated MIL-STD-810G drop resistant and have pick-resistant keys
• Wireless LAN capability which meets District’s wireless minimum requirements for personal computing systems (see Section II.C.34)
• Ethernet 10/100/1000 (Optional)
• 11.6″ minimum screen size touchscreen
• 2+ USB port 3.0 or better
• Capable of a minimum of 1366×768 resolution
• Battery capable of 6+ hours use between charges
• USB-C Charging Port
• Google Auto-Update Policy minimum of 5 years from date of order
• ChromeOS
• 1-year included warranty, on-site (no “carry-in” or “depot” procedures)
• 1-year warranty for accidental screen damage priced as an option
• 24-hour repair or replace guarantee priced as an option
4. CHROMEBOOK TOUCHSCREEN WITH CELLULAR (Minimum specifications)
• Processor shall perform with a score which meets or exceeds all benchmark category scores with procedures set forth in Exhibit P.
• 4GB RAM
• 32GB Solid State Drive (1:1), 64GB Solid State Drive (Shared Use)
• Integrated Front-facing Camera
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11.6″ minimum screen size touchscreen
2+ USB port 3.0 or better
Capable of a minimum of 1366×768 resolution
Battery capable of 6+ hours use between charges
USB-C Charging Port
Google Auto-Update Policy minimum of 5 years from date of order
ChromeOS
Built-in cellular connectivity – support for all major US carriers (e.g. Verizon,T-Mobile, AT&T, etc.)
1-year included warranty, on-site no “carry-in” or “depot” procedures)
1-year warranty for accidental screen damage priced as an option
24-hour repair or replace guarantee priced as an option

Thinclient RFPs — HP T640 Thin Client Bid Davenport

HP T640 Thin Client RFP

HP t640 ReviewNumber: 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 built in. Equipment must be “new in box” and carry the full factory warranty from the manufacturer. No additional coverage or installation services are required or desired. Provide a per item price; the system will calculate the extended price total. The City reserves the right to alter quantities of submitted items. The City would like the unit price locked in for one year from award to allow for future purchases. Pricing should be free of any sales tax. Vendors must login to the e-bidding system in order to submit a bid. Each tab must be reviewed and responded to accordingly. No other methods of bids will be accepted. They must be submitted through the City of Davenport e-bidding system; no emails, no faxes, no paper copies or any other method will be accepted. All questions must be submitted electronically under the Questions tab or emailed to Purchasing. Ship To Information Address: PUBLIC WORKS CENTER 1200 EAST 46TH STREET DAVENPORT, IA 52807-1016 Billing Information Address: CITY HALL 226 WEST FOURTH STREET DAVENPORT, IA 52801 Bid Activities Questions Due 7/6/2021 11:00:00 AM (CT) Questions are due to the Purchasing Division no later than the time indicated. Submit your inquiries under the Questions tab or via email to [email protected] including the title of the project with your contact information.

Bid Invitation

 

10ZiG® Technology Innovates Cloud Agent Authentication

Cloud Agent Authentication

cloud agent authentication

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® Technology Develops Cloud Authentication Process as a New Feature for its FREE Enterprise Centralized Management Software Tool, The 10ZiG Manager™.

LEICESTER, UK – 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. Providing IT Administrators with the choice of managing endpoints via traditional LAN/WAN or the Cloud, The 10ZiG Manager™ is equipped with innovative, cutting-edge features that make deploying and managing large volumes easy, and now even more securely, regardless of location.

The Cloud Connector, an integral part of The 10ZiG Manager™ Software Platform working in tandem with its Server, Console, and Web Manager settings, now features integrated Cloud Agent Authentication. 10ZiG Cloud Agents featured on 10ZiG Linux and Windows based endpoints can now be authenticated via the Cloud Connector using the 10ZiG Cloud Connector Authorization tool. Authorization codes can be issued to a single Client or used by multiple Clients. This provides flexibility on authenticating each individual Client, or group authentication based on for example, issuing to temporary contracted workers.

When the appropriate setting is enabled for the 10ZiG Cloud Connector, only remote Cloud Agents configured with an authorization within the database would be authenticated to connect and register with The 10ZiG Manager™. Unauthorized connections would not be authenticated and would be rejected. The authorization exchange is fully encrypted, as is the primary Cloud Agent to the Cloud Connector after a Client is authorized, ensuring the key exchange is not openly visible. Furthermore, the Cloud Agent Authorization Code can be used in combination with the Cloud Agent Registration Code, the latter which is used to automatically filter Clients into Management Configuration Groups.

Vu Nguyen, 10ZiG Senior Software Engineer, “The primary goal of the Cloud Agent Authorization is to prevent unrecognized or rogue devices from registering themselves with The 10ZiG Manager™. This new authentication feature adds an extra layer of security, in that the connecting Clients can verify as being part of the organization. IT Admins. can try it out for themselves with our Free Demo program at 10ZiG.com.”

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About 10ZiG Technology

10ZiG Technology is a world-market leader in Thin & Zero Client endpoint devices for Virtual Desktop Environments. We provide leading Intel and AMD based, Dual Core and Quad Core Thin & Zero Clients for VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Amazon WorkSpaces, and more, in addition to the widest range of Teradici PCoIP Zero Clients on the market. FREE, no-obligation demo devices, US & EMEA based Tech Support, and The 10ZiG Manager™ – our FREE management software solution with Cloud capabilities and unlimited user licenses – gives us our cutting edge.

Contact Us

To learn more about cutting-edge VDI technology from 10ZiG, or to arrange for a FREE Thin or Zero Client demonstration device, please contact 10ZiG below.

Corporate Headquarters, US

10ZiG Technology Inc.

23309 N. 17th Drive #100

Phoenix, AZ 85027, USA

  1. +1 (866) 865-5250 | Email:[email protected]| Web: www.10ZiG.com

EMEA Headquarters

10ZiG Technology Ltd.

7 Highcliffe Road

Leicester LE5 1TY, UK

  1. +44 (0) 116 2148650 | Email:[email protected]| Web: www.10ZiG.com

Contact: Tom Dodds

10ZiG Technology Ltd.

www.10ZiG.com

+44 (0) 116 214 8650

Raspberry PI All-In-One Computer with Touch ($195)

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 interface (HMI) device based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. The ReTerminal, which will go on pre-order later this month starting at $195, features a 5-inch touchscreen.


 
ReTerminal render images, front and back
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Despite the compact, 140 x 95 x 21mm footprint and mobile-like features such as an accelerometer, there is no mention of battery support. The device powers up on 5V@1A DC power via a USB Type-C port.

Like most Raspberry Pi CM4-based systems and carrier boards, the ReTerminal provides a 40-pin GPIO connector for Raspberry Pi HAT expansion. Like many, it exploits the module’s PCIe Gen2 x1 interface for expansion.


 
ReTerminal GUI display (left) and detail views
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There is no mention of M.2 or mini-PCIe, but only an external, rear-mounted “vertical high-speed expansion interface” with PCIe x1, USB 2.0 host, 26x GPIOs, and a PoE interface. Optional modules include mic array/speaker, LoRaWAN, 5G/4G, ZigBee, Sub-1GHz, PoE, and an Ethernet switch.



ReTerminal modules
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This description, along with the image above, the M4 mounting nuts, and a note that “all components and ports on the device are surface-mounted on two sides,” suggests that Seeed is launching a product line of custom expansion modules in plastic housing. These plug-ins will be supported by an “active community.”

The 40-pin connector supports standard Raspberry Pi HATs. However, the image above appears to show an enclosed I/O module plugging into the 40-pin, suggesting that Seeed may also supply a line of 40-pin HATs in custom modules. Seeed offers a lot of HATs and other Pi add-ons, including its recent, LoRaWAN-equipped WM1302 Raspberry Pi HAT.

The 5-inch, 1280 x 720-pixel IPS display with capacitive multi-touch features 293 PPI pixel density. By comparison, most 5-inch touchscreens are 800 x 480, says Seeed.


 
ReTerminal side views
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The ReTerminal runs Debian Linux on the Raspberry CM4, which offers the same 1.5GHz, quad-core Cortex-A72 Broadcom BCM2711 found on the RPi 4. It uses a model with 4GB LPDDR4 and 32GB eMMC. Therre was no mention of an 8GB option. The device provides 802.11-ac with Bluetooth 5.0 BLE, which is probably delivered via the CM4.

The system is equipped with a GbE port, 2x USB 2.0 host ports, and a single micro-HDMI port with 4K@60fps support. There is a 2-lane MIPI-CSI interface that supports an optional camera via a quarter-inch camera mount.

Also of note is the Microchip ATECC608A cryptographic chip for secure hardware-based storage for up to 16x keys. The secure element supports asymmetric sign, verify, secure boot, and key agreement functions.

The ReTerminal provides several extras including a digital light sensor, an accelerometer, and an RTC. You also get a power button, 3x user keys, and 4x LEDs. There also appears to be a speaker and some antenna mounts.

Further information

The ReTerminal will go on pre-order later this month for $195. No ship date was listed. You can sign up for notification and a $5 early bird coupon here. More information may be found in Seeed’s announcement and product/shopping page.

 

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10ZiG® Expands Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Deployments with Linux and Windows

Windows Virtual Desktop Deployment

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 centralized management software for VDI, recently collaborated with Microsoft to bring a seamless multi-session Windows 10 virtual desktop experience to thin-client endpoints. Now, that experience has been further enhanced with support for Windows Virtual Desktop on 10ZiG leading Linux-based NOS-64 platform, continuing to exemplify that 10ZiG Technology has the Power, Speed, and Performance for VDI and the cloud – in office, or remote.

Based on the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Linux SDK, the 10ZiG NOS-64 Firmware supports desktop and application deliveries, as well as a variety of powerful user customization and security features, applicable for related deployments on 10ZiG endpoint hardware, alongside The 10ZiG Manager™ Enterprise Software for complete and secure centralized management. 10ZiG prides itself on the research, testing, and development of new firmware with respect to meeting and foreseeing market trends and demands, and Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop is no exception.

A growing list of features that are available for Windows Virtual Desktop leveraging the 10ZiG Remote Desktop Client powered by the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Linux SDK includes desktops, applications, multi-monitor, client drive redirection, smart card redirection, clipboard redirection, and bidirectional audio (mic). 10ZiG also offers Windows 10 IoT-based client endpoints that support Windows Virtual Desktop, which at this stage offer an even greater feature set for Windows Virtual Desktop.

Kevin Greenway, 10ZiG Chief Technology Officer, “The 10ZiG/Microsoft collaboration has been long-standing and our Windows Virtual Desktop integration continues to grow, as evidenced by this new and exciting development. We now have the power to offer our customer’s the greatest flexibility, in either Linux- or Windows-based support for Windows Virtual Desktop across our very diverse range of hardware – there is something for every user and use case. Thin & Zero Client endpoints are our sole focus, so our scope of knowledge and customization is quite deep in terms of hardware, firmware, and centralized software management. This is what gives us our cutting-edge over others and why customers turn to us. We look forward to even further developments with Windows Virtual Desktop.”

About 10ZiG Technology®

10ZiG Technology is a world-market leader in Thin Client & Zero Client endpoint devices for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. 10ZiG provides leading Intel and AMD-based Dual and Quad Core Thin Clients and Zero Clients for VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, etc., environments, and the widest range of Teradici PCoIP Zero Clients on the market. 10ZiG offers free, no-obligation demo devices, best-in-industry Technical Support teams based in the U.S. and Europe, and provides at no cost, the Cloud-enabled “10ZiG Manager” Console with unlimited user licenses.

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Contact Us

To learn more about cutting-edge VDI technology from 10ZiG, or to arrange for a FREE Thin or Zero Client demonstration device, please contact 10ZiG below.

Corporate Headquarters, US

10ZiG Technology Inc.

23309 N. 17th Drive #100

Phoenix, AZ 85027, USA

P. +1 (866) 865-5250 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.10ZiG.com

 

EMEA Headquarters

10ZiG Technology Ltd.

7 Highcliffe Road

Leicester LE5 1TY, UK

P. +44 (0) 116 2148650 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.10ZiG.com

 

Contact: Tom Dodds

10ZiG Technology Ltd.

www.10ZiG.com

+44 (0) 116 214 8650

Telehealth Verizon Venture – BlueJeans Telehealth Announced

Verizon Telehealth

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 includes patient onboarding and education materials

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Business today announced BlueJeans Telehealth, a simple, smart and trusted way for providers and patients to conduct data-driven virtual care conversations. As healthcare organizations look to advance their telehealth practices post-pandemic by extending personalized care into the home, BlueJeans Telehealth gives healthcare providers and their care teams a new way to simply and securely connect with patients remotely.

According to the “The Future of Telehealth – Balancing Security and Ease of Use” white paper, healthcare organizations (81%) expect to see a greater investment in telehealth solutions over the next 2-3 years, with 85% of decision-makers identifying “ease of use” as a top-five driver in producing good outcomes from telehealth. While many hospitals and health clinics have adopted video conferencing services during the pandemic for providing patient care, BlueJeans Telehealth was designed from the ground up for healthcare organizations to simplify the virtual join and visit experience and offer greater access to care, provide more flexibility for providers and patients, improve safety and extend the reach of services available.

“While the use of telemedicine has been steadily growing for some time now, the pandemic has accelerated telehealth adoption and changed the conversation around what patient care will look like moving forward,” said Tami Erwin, CEO, Verizon Business. “We worked closely with an advisory board of health system clinicians and healthcare decision-makers to build BlueJeans Telehealth specifically to address the most pressing needs for a virtual-first telehealth offering–from ease of experience to enhanced security. Today’s launch is just the beginning for Verizon in what we see as the future of telehealth, especially when you consider the innovation that will come from 5G mobility, broadband and cloud capabilities.”

Experience working with healthcare providers during the pandemic was invaluable in informing what matters most in the delivery of world class virtual care. Penn Medicine is one institution that quickly leveraged telemedicine early in the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure continuity of care to patients while keeping both them as well as their workforce staff safe and healthy. “After rapidly mobilizing our staff and infrastructure in March 2020, we were able to scale to over one million televisits by February 2021,” said C. William Hanson III, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. “It was essential that our patients be able to rely on us to continue their care in all settings, and innovating to offer them telemedicine and remote monitoring options was an essential part of maintaining our capacity to care during the pandemic.”

Simple

BlueJeans Telehealth delivers an intuitive experience for patients, providers and administrators. Using the device of their choice, patients can easily and quickly meet with their providers through their desktop or mobile browser or the BlueJeans app. BlueJeans with Dolby Voice Audio® provides high-quality audio, minimizing disruptions to the visit so patients and providers can communicate important clinical information clearly. Providers and administrators will also benefit from a streamlined experience, as visits are embedded directly within their existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) workflows.

To simplify administrations and reimbursements, licensing is based on a per-visit model, which allows for straightforward data capture and reporting—an important aspect considering 59% of survey respondents cited uncertainty about telehealth reimbursement as a top challenge for adoption and utilization moving forward. BlueJeans Telehealth licenses will also be available in a named host format.

Smart

The future of remote care is reliant on smart accessibility that will help doctors make speedier diagnoses and recommend effective treatments. The customizable patient landing experience of BlueJeans Telehealth reduces the monotony of the pre-visit “waiting room” time by including an optional pre-visit medical condition survey and onboarding materials for patients, with a library center that enables providers to customize patient education for patients logged in for a virtual visit. Furthermore, medical interpreter services through partners such as Voyce, AMN Language Services and LanguageLine Solutions will be available in 200+ languages, including sign language, in addition to transcription and closed captioning services for enhanced accessibility.

Trusted

Ranked as a top 5 post-pandemic “must have” for telehealth video conferencing solutions by survey respondents, security and privacy are built into the BlueJeans Telehealth platform—including Access Controls, Encryption, Privacy Checks, Locked Meetings, Fraud Detection, and Moderator Controls—to help protect healthcare organizations and patients. Additionally, BlueJeans Telehealth is HIPAA-ready and Verizon will sign HIPAA business associate agreements with its customers that address regulatory requirements regarding privacy and security.

“The benefits of digitizing healthcare practices have long been discussed on the clinical side as a way to make care more convenient and efficient for patients, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that we truly realized the way it could transform the patient-physician relationship,” said Scott D Boden, MD, Vice President for Business Innovation at Emory Healthcare. “The ability to offer virtual visits using tools like BlueJeans during this challenging time is not only helping to keep patients and practitioners like myself safe, it’s also providing a level of care that was previously missing. As we continue looking for new ways to tap into technology to drive better outcomes for our patients, it’s this personalization of care that will shape the future of healthcare.”

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Chromebook Request For Proposals Feb-12 Thin Client Computing

Chromebook Touchscreen Computer

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 seven hundred twenty-five (4725) or more student and staff Chromebooks. The Request for Proposal documentation may be obtained either at the Warrick County School Corporation Administration building located at 300 East Gum Street, Boonville, Indiana, Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM or by contacting xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Proposals will be accepted until 9:30 AM (CST) February 26th, 2021 at which time the sealed bids will be opened. Proposals that are received after this date and time will be returned unopened. The Warrick County School Corporation will not accept proposals that are sent via E-Mail. The bid opening will be a virtual meeting only. Bids will be opened and displayed during the virtual meeting via a document camera. Sealed proposals need to have a label clearly indicating that it is for the Chromebook RFP. The sealed proposals need to have delivery confirmation and will be accepted at the following address. Warrick County School Corporation ATTN: Chromebook RFP 300 East Gum Street PO Box 809 Boonville, Indiana 47601 The Warrick County School Corporation reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any “informalities” in the proposals received whenever such selection, rejection or waiver is in its best interests. hspaxlp
  • Arizona – Chromebook Purchase Request for Proposal 20-21-109 — Deadline: 3/12/2021 2:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) — Description: The purchase of approximately 3,000 Chromebooks to support the District 1 to 1 student devise ratio.
  • California — qty 3000 in Covina, CA — 3/12/2021 response date
  • New York — The Board of Education of Half Hollow Hills Central School District of Huntington and Babylon hereby invites the submission of BIDs on the following items: BID #20-21: PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF ACER C733 AND C871 CHROMEBOOKS AND GOOGLE MGT. LICENSE 10 PACK BUNDLES BIDs will be received until 2:00 p.m. on the 26th of February, 2021, at the Business Office, Central Administration Building, 525 Half Hollow Road, Dix Hills, NY 11746; at which time they will be opened and read. Specifications and Forms may be obtained at the same office.
  • Pennsylvania — SAN, Backup Servers, UPS, and Wireless APs/Licensing, Chromebooks, and laptops — The Baldwin-Whitehall School District is soliciting proposals for SAN, Backup Servers, UPS, and Wireless APs/Licensing, Chromebooks, and laptops.
  • Louisiana — The bid package title is as follows: Chromebooks w/ Protective Carrying Cases Bid# 32-21 Opening: February 23, 2021 @ 11:00 am CST Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the above stated times and dates in a Conference Room of the Lafayette Parish School System Central Office Building. Complete bidding documents may be obtained on the Purchasing Department website at https://www.lpssonline.com/site638.php
  • Virginia — The Virginia Beach City Public Schools will receive sealed proposals from qualified firms to furnish the goods identified in the specifications document. Scope of Work: Virginia Beach City Public Schools requests proposals from prospective Offerors to provide Chromebook, Desktop and Laptop Parts and Chargers in accordance with specifications and requirements contained herein.
  • Wisconsin – Qty 525 — SFSD is seeking proposals for the lease of 525 Chromebooks for a four-year lease beginning during the 2021-2022 school year. The specifications for which the District is seeking pricing and manufacturer information are listed herein.
  • Iowa — 1,300 Academic Chrome OS Management Licenses We are looking to purchase our chromebook licenses before the price increases. We are accepting proposals/quotes on the following items: Quantity Manufacturer Part # Description 1300 Google-CROSSWDISEDU Google Chrome OS Management Console – License – Academic

Browsers – NFC (Near Field Communications) by default in Chrome Engine Now

Google Chrome Interactive Features

Chrome Gets NFC enabled

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 are developing and evolving faster than ever, and this is certainly true of Google Chrome. The company has just released a new beta version the browser – Chrome Beta 89 – and it includes a number of keys updates to APIs that open up a host of exciting new features.

There are different things to look forward to depending whether you’re using the mobile or desktop version of Chrome, but Android users on the beta program have gained a new way to interact with NFC tags. Desktop users have an easier way to share content to social media, and there’s more too.

Google has enabled web NFC (Near Field Communications) by default, which means Android users can interact with displays and exhibitions at museums and galleries, sign into buildings, and more. Android devices running Chrome 89 can also write to NFC tags which has lots of possibilities.

Chromebook Touchscreen – Touch Screen Computers

Chromebook Touchscreen News

Editor Notes

Chromebook Touchscreen Computer

Chromebook Touchscreen Computer

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 clients especially since, historically, they have been largest segment.  And management was easier.

We see it in digital signage where management features and sheer graphics internet rendering are king priority.  Windows has a greater tendency to interrupt.

Touchscreens are a natural.  Most of the interfaces are beginning to blend the mobile UI into the desktop,  discarding the “historically popular” mouse pointer and the little square icon. Pick up a telephone handset and look at the size of the buttons. Not a bad reference.

Anyway, we digress. Here is a quick topical look at Chromebook touchscreen computers.

Here is listing from November 2020 from Android Authority

There are huge advantages to using a Chromebook over a laptop or a tablet. In short, a Chromebook fills a niche somewhere between the two. It tops a tablet in terms of power, but it doesn’t sacrifice too much in the way of portability. Now, why not make your setup even more powerful with a flexible touchscreen Chromebook? Here are our picks for the best ones available.

With a price starting at just $279, few Chromebooks or tablets offer as much flexibility out of the box as the Lenovo Chromebook Duet. With its convertible design, the Lenovo Chromebook Duet is one of the best touchscreen Chromebooks for those who prefer to have options.

HP Chromebook Thin Client News – HP x360 14c

Then you have Laptop Mag

Excerpt:

What is the best Chromebook?

The best Chromebook you can buy if you’re looking for something on the lower end of the market is the Lenovo Chromebook Duet. It’s perfect for on-the-go, casual users and students who are looking for a petite device that can easily fit into their everyday commuter bag. Its tiny form factor is ideal for travelers who are heavily reliant on Google applications such as Google Chrome and Google Docs. It’s also excellent for folks who simply want a portable device to watch YouTube videos, enjoy some Netflix and browse the web.

The Lenovo Chromebook Duet also comes with a detachable keyboard and kickstand cover — two accessories that will help transform the tablet into a proper little laptop. One downside of the Duet, though, is that if you’re someone with massive hands, you may find that the Duet’s form factor is too small.

Now if you’re not afraid to splurge a little bit more on your Chromebook, and you want a device that can handle multitasking and heavy productivity workloads, I’d argue that the Google Pixelbook Go is one of the best Chromebooks you can buy. It has a super-slim design, a bright, colorful display and solid performance benchmarks. It’s certainly an attractive alternative to Windows, however, keep in mind that the keyboard might be too shallow for your tastes.

Here is their top 10

  1. Asus Chromebook Flip C434
  2. Samsung Chromebook 3
  3. Dell Chromebook 3189
  4. Google Pixelbook Go
  5. HP Chromebook x2
  6. Lenovo Yoga Chromebook C630
  7. Acer Chromebook 715
  8. Lenovo Chromebook Duet
  9. Acer Chromebook Spin 713
  10. HP Pro C640 Chrome Enterprise

Let’s Not Forget Walmart

 

Citrix DDoS attack vectors – Citrix says it’s working on a fix, expected next year.

Article on ZDnet Dec2020 Citrix DDOS Attacks —

Excerpt


By for Zero Day |  | 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 mostly included online gaming services, such as Steam and Xbox, sources have told ZDNet earlier today.

The first of these attacks have been detected last week and documented by German IT systems administrator Marco Hofmann.

Hofmann tracked the issue to the DTLS interface on Citrix ADC devices.

Read full Article on ZDnet Dec2020 Citrix DDOS Attacks