Devon IT, IBM, RedHat to Showcase Virtualization Technology at Consortium of School Networking (COSN) 2009 Annual Conference.Decision-Makers from K-12 Schools Across the Country to Demo Alternative Desktop Leaders' New Technologies KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. -- Devon IT Inc., and business partners IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and RedHat will present their collaborative virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. solution at the COSN 2009 Annual Conference in booth #118 from March 10-12 in Austin, Texas. The event focuses on the use of technology in K-12 classrooms and brings together key education and policy makers from around the country. Devon, IBM and RedHat will showcase the latest virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. . Devon's soon to be released next-generation thin client and mobile thin client laptop, the SafeBook LVO LVO Long Valley Observatory LVO Elvio (abbreviation for a name) LVO Lagan Valley Orienteers (Northern Ireland) LVO Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO Low Visibility Operations , will be available for demo. Attendees will experience firsthand why so many schools are making the switch from PCs to thin virtualized desktops. "More and more schools that are looking to refresh their PCs shy away from Verb 1. shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" expensive, bulky, traditional desktop deployments and are exploring more advanced thin clients," says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. "Schools have been reluctant to sacrifice multimedia applications, but new thin client technologies provide students with the same user experiences as traditional PCs and an easier, more centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management program for IT administrators. Coupled with up-front hardware cost savings and a reduced overall total cost ownership, thin client solutions are becoming more popular for schools with tight budgets. We are excited to show our new technologies with IBM and RedHat at the COSN show." Devon IT, IBM and RedHat will be in booth #118. The COSN Annual Conference will take place March 10-12, 2009 at the Hilton Austin in Austin, TX. For more information about the event or to register, visit http://www.k12schoolnetworking.org/2009/index.cfm. For more information and to better understand how thin clients can help you reduce overall computing costs, please visit www.devonit.com, call 888-524-9382 or email info@devonit.com. About Devon IT Devon IT is an information technology company that focuses on offering thin client hardware and software for alternative desktop solutions that provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT's products are orderable from IBM and Devon develops products that support IBM's Virtual Client Solutions. More information is available at www.devonit.com. All company, brand, or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Devon products sold through IBM's Third Party Options, Vendor Logo Hardware, & Vendor Logo Software programs are not IBM products The following is a list of products from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s, and spanning punched card machinery, time clocks, and typewriters, via mainframe computers and minicomputers, to microprocessors, PCs, and are licensed, serviced and supported exclusively by Devon in accordance with Devon's terms and conditions. |
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