Devon IT President Discusses Growth, Development of Alternative Desktop Industry in Podcast.Executive outlines growth projections for hosted client computing (1) Running a program in a user's machine. (2) Using thin clients in a network. See thin client. , the implications of the HP/Neoware combination, IBM's blade solutions, and more 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, the fastest growing provider of thin client terminals in the world, today announced the availability of a podcast (iPOD broadCAST) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. The "pod" in podcast was coined from "iPod," the predominant portable, digital music player, and although podcasts are entitled, "The State of the Thin Client Industry." Devon IT President Joe Makoid discusses the imminent growth of the alternative desktop computing market - projected to be 189 million units worldwide by 2009 (Gartner, 2006) - the recent acquisition of Neoware by HP and its implications, and Devon IT's relationship with 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) , including the companies' development of the recently announced IBM HC10 Workstation blade solution. The ten-minute podcast can be downloaded at http://www.devonit.com/resources/whitepaperform.php?id=8. It is also available on iTunes (Link will launch iTunes application) http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ viewPodcast?id=261069167&s=143441&i=18182595. (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) "Prior to the desktop PC boom 25 years ago, desktop client computing was hosted by networks of connected servers. By the 1990s PCs became connected and played a driving force in server and networking advancements," explained Dr. Tom Bradicich, IBM Fellow An IBM Fellow is an appointed position at IBM made by IBM’s CEO. Typically only 4 or 5 IBM Fellows are appointed each year, at the annual Corporate Technical Recognition Event (CTRE) event in May or June. & Vice President, Systems Technology, System x and BladeCenter Servers. "This podcast clearly discusses how new advances in server hosted desktops are taking this trend full circle --- back to efficient hosting of complex client environments on servers, with 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 and security under control in the datacenter." "The discussion is very rich in detail about the current state of the thin client market, but also outlines recent advancements on hosted desktop computing," says Paul Mancini, Vice President, Marketing. "Listeners are also fortunate to get a brief glimpse into upcoming advancements." To contact Devon IT for more information about server-based computing Refers to applications that run in a server. Also known as "thin client computing," it may refer to a browser-based environment that uses a Web browser as the client with all applications running on a Web server on the Internet or in an intranet on the LAN. , thin client terminals, or SafeBook, or to arrange for a demonstration, email info@devonit.com, or call 610-757-4220 or toll-free 888-524-9382. Information is also available at www.devonit.com or www.safebook.net. About Devon IT Devon IT is an information technology company that focuses on offering thin client terminals and ultra-secure remote access solutions that provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT is a founding member of Blade.org and develops products which support IBM's Hosted Client Infrastructure and Blade Computing ecosystem. More information is available at www.devonit.com. |
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