Wednesday 11 July 2007

Using Plasmanetix and Hopnetix as the ultimate thin client.

Hopnetix has the following advantages over using traditional thin clients:

1. there is no local operating system (OS) to install - less cost at purchase
2. there is no local OS to maintain or update - less cost at run time
3. the image is managed by a central server - no update time
4. there is no need for hard disk or flash memory - lower cost at purchase and greater mean time before failure (MTBF)

Hopnetix offers the greenest and ultimate thin client. Traditional thin clients require additional components.

click here for a study into thin client use in schools
http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&rid=13802

The hardware for a hopnetix thin client costs from £170.

Hopnetix can be used as a thin client for the following remote technologies:

a. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
b. Windows Terminal Services
c. Citrix Metaframe (ICA client)
d. Sun Secure Global Desktop
e. VNC

please feel free to contact me to discuss
mark dot hopgood at plasmanet-uk.com

Tuesday 10 July 2007

Hopnetix USB launched - no need to install or maintain a PC again!

Move over Vista, this OS can be installed in seconds and needs no disk space.

This is the second most green computing platform in the world. Why the second most? Well Plasmanetix is still the first, needing just a motherboard and RAM. This version (Hopnetix USB) is on a 1GB USB drive, so it doesn't need any servers to boot from or a local hard disk.

Hopnetix USB - linux platform on USB memory stick / pendrive can be used for the following purposes.

1. thin client - citrix metaframe (ICA) client
2. Plasmanetix - network digital signage
3. Signage on a Stick - stand alone digital signage
4. Sun secure global desktop client
5. Unix boot (KNOPPIX) from USB
6. RDP - remote desktop / terminal services client
7. Open office / Samba client

The best USB pendrive for this is the dane - elec at amazon
Click here to launch the amazon.com product page for dane-elec zlight

for more details contact me:

mark dot hopgood at plasmanet-uk.com