Search

NEC Launches Thin Client System To Provide High Performance Multimedia Processing Utilizing Virtuali

Tuesday, 07 November 2006 by Michel Roth

NEC Corporation today announced the launch of a new Virtual PC-Class Thin Client System. The new system includes the next generation of Thin Client computing device, the US100, which provides a high level of IP telephony and video processing quality in the smallest thin client footprint. The device is designed to achieve the impressive multimedia performance through the employment of NetClient(TM), the advanced system-on-a-chip solution that incorporates leading-edge technologies from NEC and ServerEngines(TM) LLC. The new system also features VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure pre-installed and pre-integrated with NEC systems through collaboration established under the VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alliance program.

Using NEC's Virtual PC-Class Thin Client System, enterprises large and small can realize substantial reductions in installation costs, as well as enhanced functionality not previously available in the market(2). Sales of the new products begin today in Japan and Europe, while North America is expected to begin shipping the first quarter of 2007.

The breakthrough enhancements of the US100 include high audio and voice quality VoIP function, high video processing performance, and a significant reduction in initial installation costs, which solves some problems experienced with earlier Thin Client systems. In addition to the robust security and mobility of Thin Client systems, the new offerings are able to deliver a business environment that utilizes IP telephony and video that is comparable to that of an environment known to standard business PCs or rich clients but costs less. NEC's US100 helps to reduce power consumption by more than 60%(3) compared conventional systems that employ business PCs.

Read on here.