Removing the Cost from the Desktop – Thin Client Solutions

Adopting a greener approach to computing solutions is high on the agenda of many IT departments; reducing energy consumption and operating costs are important in all business sectors. Q Associates offers a collection of server-based solutions, centred on thin-client technologies that deliver:

• Windows, Linux or Solaris OS desktops
  
• Large reductions in power consumption
  
• Small form-factor client-units
  

Q Associates has delivered a number of thin client solutions into public and private sector clients
over a number of years. These are well suited to call centre and educational environments and within
healthcare, service and finance sectors, as they offer:

• Desktop lock-down options for users and groups
  
• Centralised management of applications and service packs
  
• Hot-desk mobility for remote sessions
  
• Centralised access policy configurations

Windows Connections deliver a secure, direct access to either a Windows Terminal Server, a virtual
Windows machine, a Cirtix environment or a standard Windows desktop, offering multiple applications
within different operating systems.

Using the smart card option for authentication to Windows applications means that sessions can be
interrupted and resumed at any time, in any location “statelessly”. Campus environments benefit from:

• Cross-campus authentication
  
• Minimal technical support requirements
  
• Robust, low-maintenance devices
  
• Reduced bandwidth utilisation

Thin client provisioning also reduces operating costs, offering huge savings in environments where there are higher numbers of users.

Thin clients are small form-factor and contain no moving parts, minimizing the space needed to house
them and removing any maintenance issues. This enables a small team of administrators to manage large user-counts cheaply and efficiently.

Thin clients are inexpensive to acquire or replace and as they use only AC power, energy consumption is kept to a minimum. Savings often include:

• Significant reduction in power consumption
  
• Reduction in the cost of desktop refresh
  
• Units are zero-maintenance

Q Associates understands the many cost and environmental benefits of thin-client solutions and has deployed several in such environments where large numbers of users engage in similar activity, and
therefore require minimal computing capacity.

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