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April 24, 2015
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The Tera1100 Processors will no longer support future VMware Horizon Releases after 5.3.
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December 17, 2014
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In summary Thin & Zero Clients provide the best possible performance in a hosted desktop environment while all but eliminating the TCO of the desktop itself, compared to that of a high maintenance PC.  Isn't that the point of moving to hosted desktops, high availability, reliability, and improved end user productivity.
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October 27, 2014
By illustrating the differences between Thin Clients and Zero Clients I hope to better define them as well.  Both are small form factor, solid state computing devices, specifically designed for a server based typology, currently generally associated with Desktop Virtualization (VDI) and Host Desktop Environments (DaaS), but they have many different characteristics that are important to distinguish. Below we will discuss the key differences between Thin Clients and Zero Clients.
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October 24, 2014
What is a TERA2220/2240 host processor? 10ZiG's powerful host processors enable you to move your Windows or Linux workstation into the datacenter and connect with a PCoIP zero client remotely without impacting application performance. Created for IT managers who are looking for an easy-to-manage, reliable, and secure solution to meet the needs of designers who have dedicated computers with graphically demanding applications and expect the highest in performance. What types of...
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September 09, 2014
In our new interactive tool, we’re tracking the epic game of devices across 10 websites to see if mobile or tablet usage will ever overtake desktop online. Find out who will win, if anyone, in the Game of Devices. What does it mean? The age of the smartphone has looked like it is just over the horizon for years now, but it never quite seems to dawn. Desktop computing, with its...
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September 03, 2014
When the PC was first introduced in the late 70s, it took the business world several years to acknowledge it as a real business tool. In fact, it was called a home computer for the first few years, relegated to a simple toy. Likewise, it has taken business several years to see the smartphone and other mobile devices for what they are. However, these devices now provide the momentum for what...
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June 09, 2014
Back in the day, long before the internet became a household word and even before "personal computers" even existed, if you used a computer, the odds are you actually were using a terminal connected to a server somewhere. While the concept of "client/server" computing may seem like a new concept, it has actually been around for decades. That's because each terminal connected to a server is, in concept, a client.
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May 12, 2014
The ever growing debate over which flavour of Thin Client is the right choice in relation to cost, performance, user experience, peripheral support, management, etc, etc, continues to fill blogs and review sites. Recent news from Microsoft on changes to Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) licensing to Windows Embedded throws a really interesting perspective on using a Windows Embedded based Thin Client for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
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April 08, 2014
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Originally named micro computers until IBM popularized the term ‘Personal Computer’, PCs have come a long way in their lifetime. From the early days of Commodore 64s and TRS-80s, the past thirty or forty years have seen PC’s revolutionizing the way that we work. As with all technology though, its biggest challenge is keeping up with man-made evolution and we're afraid that PCs just aren’t the way forward anymore.
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March 28, 2014
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Do you remember the tinny little noises MSN messenger used to make? Can you recall it’s heavily pixelated yellow emoticons? Are you nostalgic for the days when an app was an app that took up a terrifying chunk of your precious storage not a slick, bells and whistles 'user experience' hosted seamlessly through a clever VMware thin client?
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