Here's a deal for you: Oracle's new Sun Ray 3 and 3i offer new and improved features and functionality and come at the same price as the Sun Ray 2 and Sun Ray 270. How often does that happen? Edward Moffat blogs that the 3i ... gives you more screen, [and] better power consumption control with the auto-sleep functionality.
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Oracle has added two new thin client devices to its desktop virtualization portfolio, the Sun Ray 3 Client and the Sun Ray 3i Client, both of which provide customers with a desktop computing solution designed to increase security, improve employee access, and reduce the maintenance, upgrade, and operational costs associated with traditional desktop environments, according to Oracle's product release announcement.
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With a customer relationship management (CRM) system running on desktop PCs connected to a datacenter, burgeoning U.K. building supplier Screwfix needed an upgrade in speed and efficiency to deal with its expanding customer base. Following a proof of concept, Sun Ray 270 Virtual Display Client terminals were deployed, resulting in a reduction in call help-desk time by 90% and power consumption by 75%. Workplace performance and environment also improved.
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In his InformationWeek review of Sun's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 3.0, Randy George finds a lot to praise along with a rather significant caveat, which has to do with Oracle's yet unannounced plans for the Solaris OS.
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