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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Tuesday, 04 December 2007 | |
  
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"We are excited to announce the addition of NComputing to our product portfolio," said Guy Freeland, managing director of Ingram Micro Australia. "A combination of virtualisation, server-client computing and an extremely low total cost of ownership enables NComputing to revolutionise the way organisations build their IT systems." NComputing offers a range of devices that allow one computer to be shared between multiple users at a cost of $A110-$A330 per seat, plus screen and keyboard. Similar virtual desktop arrangements are being adopted by larger organisations to simplify systems management by moving the processing power back into the data centre, but NComputing's approach can be readily implemented by small businesses or in classrooms, for example. The Republic of Macedonia’s Department of Education has deployed NComputing products to provide 180,000 student seats - complete with 15in monitors, shared PCs and all software (including OpenOffice.org), peripherals, installation and training - for less than 25 percent of the cost of the least expensive PC per-seat deployment, company officials said. NComputing is putting its hand up for a share of the Australian education market. "The positive effect NComputing technology could have on Australian students, when used in conjunction with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 'Education Revolution' policy, would be significant," said Pamphilon. "Cost, upfront and ongoing, are the two biggest barriers to getting more computers for our children in schools. NComputing technology can reduce the upfront cost by over 50 percent, the ongoing management costs by over 60 percent, and the power consumption and cost by over 90 percent. "Prime Minister Rudd's $A1b would certainly go a whole lot further using our technology – we could extend 1:1 computer access right down to lower grades through the money saved when using our technology," he added. |
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