Carrollton City School System - Carrollton, Georgia
Dr. O.P. Cooper, Assistant Superintendant of Technology, Carrollton City School Systems
"In the Carrollton City Schools, our vision is to make technology a transparent tool for students and educators. We think the Sun Ray™ 1 appliance model of computing will help us achieve this vision. With the Sun Ray enterprise appliance platform and its Hot Desk technology, we will be able to deploy and service hardware and applications more quickly and more cost-efficiently than on a standard PC platform, allowing our technology staff to devote more time to assisting teachers in the integration of technology into the curriculum."
Electronic Information Network (EIN) - Carnegie Library
Bob Namestka, Chief Technology Officer, EIN - Carnegie Library
"We took a look at the so-called thin client options from Microsoft and supporting vendors, and found that the software licensing fees and the way they do business didn't lend itself to lowering the total cost of ownership and support, which we were really after. The deployment of Sun Ray? 1 enterprise appliances is going to help us to leverage our existing resources and reduce costs, while transforming Carnegie Library into a proactive organization, as opposed to a reactive one."
Cable and Wireless Hong Kong Telecom
Chiu-Yam Koo, Consultant, Technical Training, Cable and Wireless Hong Kong
"Our Training and Development Center is an environment that is in a constant state of change, with new trainees, new classes and new software on a regular basis. Sun's Hot Desk technology and Sun Ray™ 1 appliance offers us the opportunity to upgrade and manage the software for our classes from a central location. Not only can this make our operation much more efficient in terms of time and costs, but the process is completely transparent to the user, allowing employees to focus on the training that is such a critical part of our business."
Shonan Institute of Technology
Nobuyuki Goto, Shonan Institute of Technology
"We feel that the 'stateless' nature of the Sun Ray™ 1 enterprise appliance and its centralized administration and management will provide a more robust and cost effective environment for computer technology education. This will surely provide our students with the newest education environment based on the latest computer technology, which is one of our most important goals. "
Singapore ONE - National Computer Board, Singapore
Ng Kin Yee, Deputy Director, Program Management Office, Singapore One
"We developed Singapore ONE(ONE Network for Everyone), the world's first broadband network, to bring a new level of online, interactive, multimedia applications and services to homes and businesses. This is a major component of our vision to transform Singapore into an 'intelligent island'. Information appliances, like the Sun Ray™ 1, are an important avenue to providing easy,
instant access to an individual's 'window on the virtual world'. In a public access facility like One Learning Place, the ability to provide session mobility greatly enhances its usability in these environments. A user can simply log on to the device using a smartcard, which are prevalent throughout Singapore, use whatever applications you have, and then remove the smartcard and plug into
another terminal within the workgroup. Their session then comes up exactly the way they left it."
Scotiabank
Gail Smith, Senior Vice President, Front Office Development, Scotiabank
"We are looking for an enterprise appliance solution that is instant, constant and easy to use. The stateless nature of Sun Ray™ 1 appliance affords considerable benefits -- if a unit were to be shut down for any reason, our employees can simply plug in a replacement or move to another Sun Ray enterprise appliance within the workgroup. Within seconds, they instantly receive their session exactly where they left off and can continue working essentially uninterrupted. Since there are no user-serviceable parts on the desktop, maintenance is simple."
Danish Technical University
Henrik Madsen, Professor, Danish Technical University
"We have been using X-terminals in our math labs for nearly seven years, and we have outgrown their functionality. The Sun Ray™ 1 enterprise appliance gives us a fresh new technology that will be the computing model for our institution moving ahead. The time-saving centralized computing model and the added functionality, including the Hot Desk architecture, which the systems provide beyond simple X-terminal technology is a great advantage."
Stanford University
Charles M. Orgish, Manager of Distributed Systems, Computer Systems Lab, Stanford University
"The Sun Ray 1 enterprise appliance is a clear winner in specific network environments such as we have here at Stanford. The Sun Ray appliances and Hot Desk technology are easy to install and to administer to. With Sun Ray and Hot Desk, students can take advantage of having their world and work follow them around in a cluster, or in a lab environment within the workgroup."
University of Michigan
Elliot Soloway, Professor, Dept of EECS, College of Engineering, School of Education, School of Information, University of Michigan
"Keeping a lab of 30 personal computers up and running day-in and day-out is nigh onto impossible in a K-12 school setting. If schools are going to provide quality learning experiences using technology, then schools need to adopt a completely different computing infrastructure than exists today. We feel that the computing model set forth by Sun Microsystems on its Sun Ray™ 1 enterprise appliance is just the innovation we need to enhance the learning experience. This technology will allow schools to focus on their core business: educating children."
Universidad de las Americas
Dr. Antonio Sanchez, Vice President for Academic Support, Universidad de las Americas
"The Universidad de las Americas has been looking for a solution that is simple to manage, yet powerful enough to provide information to every member of the community in a fast, reliable mode. The Sun? I enterprise appliance is proving to be the right solution for us. We are totally committed to this technology for its low maintenance and ability to provide users with the information that they need, when and where they want it."
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