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NComputing`s X Series Combines Low Cost with Virtualized Thin Client Computing
Businesses of all sizes are looking to squeeze the most value out of the typical desktop PC, but the question remains, how low can you go? While some businesses may choose to go as low-end as possible to shave a few bucks off a PC, Ncomputing is offering a different way to maximize value. The…
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Sun Microsystems Q3 Revenues Fall 20 Percent
Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) grew billings nearly 4 percent year over year in total software, open storage, Solaris-based SPARC CMT servers and X64 servers during its third fiscal quarter, but that was not enough to stop revenue from dropping 20 percent compared with the same period last year. Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2009…
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Are the New ProBooks from HP the Death Knell for Netbooks?
Those selling netbook computers may want to reconsider their sales strategy, thanks to HP. The company rolled out a new line of notebook computers aimed at cost-conscious business users, which combine features, performance and low prices together in an attractive package. Netbook buyers will be most interested in the HP ProBook 4415, which has a…
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PC Card Converts Old Desktop Computer into Thin Client for $99
As IT organizations look to extend the lifetimes of their current fleets of PCs, some may soon be considering a new option—converting the actual desktop computer into a Linux thin client. That’s what Daimler Chrysler, the former owner of troubled U.S. automaker Chrysler Holdings, was looking to do when it recently converted 1,000 of its…
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HP Unveils ProCurve Firewall, Security Ambitions
The pantheon of major security players includes the likes of Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, IBM, Symantec, McAfee and even Microsoft. Missing among the noted is Hewlett-Packard, which has fielded security products over the years, but not a concerted effort to stake out a piece of the security market. That’s changing, rapidly. Today, HP unveils its…
