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NEC enhances Virtual PC Center Product Line

Tuesday, 11 September 2007 by Michel Roth

NEC has announced an addition to the product line of their Virtual PC Center (VPCC) to offer broader multimedia and operating system support. These features are incorporated int the new NEC US110. This thin client runs Windows CE-based thin and adds WMV/WMA and Flash support to enhance the multimedia performance of the VPCC solution. WMV/WMA support also has been added to the current US100 thin client. In addition to better multimedia performance, the new US110 also includes support for RSA SecureID VPN connectivity. In addition the Virtual PC Server has been upgraded in terms of memory, thus making this less like to be a bottleneck when adding more users.

NEC�s VPCC thin clients, such as the new NEC US110 and the current NEC US100, offer extended multimedia capabilities for common PC applications utilizing multimedia � such as computer-based training, corporate video messaging, voice over IP (VoIP) telephony solutions, and DVD or music playback. Previous thin client devices were only able to support multimedia in a limited number of uncommon video formats at low resolutions � or not at all. Because NEC�s thin client devices decode multimedia files on the client-side, the multimedia content can efficiently reach the thin client device through existing network bandwidth, with enough horsepower to play high resolution video at full frame rates.

The new US110 retails for $449 as a standalone purchase, but if purchased with NEC Virtual PC Servers, the price is $349. The US110 is expected to ship in Q4 2007. NEC Virtual PC Server Plus retails for $22,900; and the NEC Virtual PC Server Plus, which includes a fibre channel card to connect to NEC�s SAN storage, retails for $21,900. Both servers are available now.

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