Archive for February 9th, 2015

Next Thin Client/Zero Client Vendor NComputing on the way to be part of an other company? (Updated)

Monday, February 9th, 2015

Hi Folks,

in the last 10 years a couple of thin clients vendors are gone.. Mostly acquired by other companies.

Neoware (US) was bought by HP…
Wyse (US) was bought by Dell…
Pano Logic (US) was… I don’t know how this can be described.
Sun Microsystems (US) was bought by Oracle and discontinued the Thin/Zero Client business.
Liscon (Austria) moved/changed to Stratodesk…

Now the next larger Thin Client Vendor “NComputing” seams to struggle, as mentioned in the Silicon Valley Business Journal here: NComputing in Santa Clara put on the block after troubles and in the San Jose Mercury news here: Santa Clara’s NComputing is for sale and in deep financial trouble. So in the upcoming weeks we will see what will happen to NComputing.

Cheers
Michael

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Tip: Business Card Scanners for Linux / MacOSX in virtual environments and without USB Redirection.

Monday, February 9th, 2015

Hi Folks,

from time to time customers are asking what type of Business Card Scanners can be used with the IGEL Linux or any other “none” Windows Client devices together with XenApp or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. Typical these customers don’t want to deal with USB Redirection (XenApp 7.x or Microsoft Remote FX) or don’t have USB Redirection available (XenApp <=6.5 / Windows Terminal Server <= Windows 2008 R2)

If you run in a situation like this you should look out for solutions like IRIS Card Anywhere (Canon). Devices working in the same way don’t need a “special” driver installed, they come with an internal memory or SD-Card and can be used like an regular USB Memory and this means: It can be used with Windows, Linux, MacOSX or an Android Tablet providing a USB Port. Disadvantage: They are a little bit more expensive but if you calculate the work to get a driver installed or deployed in your environment than you will have a much cheaper TCO.

Cheers

Michael

P.S.: I used the IRIS Card as sample regarding my past experience, it’s not an advertisement. 🙂 In any way there are several solutions out there and you should test it in advance and before ordering a bunch of these devices. 😉

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