ANSMANN offers mobile energy solutions for wide-ranging applications. Its batteries, chargers, and power supplies are used in everything from cameras and mobile phones to laptops and gaming systems. The company's other products include mobile lighting and baby-monitoring systems and remote-controlled racing toys. With 200 employees, ANSMANN has its headquarters in Assamstadt, Germany, and subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Great Britain, Macau, Italy, France, and the Baltic region. Read More
Aoba Hopkins Information Management is the IT-service division of Aoba Hopkins Group, a well-established accounting, audit, tax, and business consulting firm in China. This IT company reduced IT services by 35% with Sun Ray Technology. Read More
Applied Relational Technology (ART) set out to vastly improve information flow and remote management in the U.K.'s newest shopping destinations. The Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients brought such functions as shopping center alerts, messaging capabilities, retail sales reporting, and consumer touch screen kiosks to life. Read More
The council of Bad Soden am Taunus is responsible for day-to-day administration of the town located near to the city of Frankfurt. It represents some 21,000 residents, many of whom work in the nearby city, which is Germany's financial capital. The council helps promote the town's many thermal and mineral springs, which have made it famous as a spa resort over the years. Read More
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, formed in 1472, is the oldest operating financial institution in the world. Headquartered in Siena, Italy, it operates more than 1,800 branches throughout Italy. The organization has 28,000 employees and 4.5 million customers in Italy. Fabio Beconcini, Head of UNIX Systems, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena had this to say about Sun Ray technology.
"In addition to helping us resolve the problem of heat emission and improving management considerably, the Sun Ray solution opened up new opportunities for our future in terms of disaster recovery and business continuity based on virtualization. It also proved to be much more flexible and versatile than a more traditional offering." Read More
Barwon Health in Australia is the state of Victoria's largest regional health service, with an annual operating budget in excess of $275 million. The organization provides high-quality, care, employing more than 5,000 staff.
Dr. Charlie Corke, Director of the Intensive Care Unit agrees. "We are absolutely delighted with the way that Sun Ray clients have enabled us to apply mobile computing technology to an ICU environment. It's a very powerful tool and the response from our staff has been overwhelmingly positive. In fact, I think there would be a riot if we suggested moving back to PCs." Read More
To match increasing workloads, improve efficiency and deliver higher-quality medical service, BAH introduced a comprehensive information system based on Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients, Sun Fire servers and Sun StorageTek. The Sun infrastructure enabled the hospital to reduce management costs, electricity use and noise. In addition, the solution helped simplify IT administration and consolidate medical records, information and picture archiving systems. Read More
Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients and Sun Fire servers helped technology provider Wow! Technologies create a reliable communications infrastructure for thousands of evacuees and emergency aid workers. Read More
Government Health Service Commits to Eco Responsibility with Sun Ray Virtual Display Clients. "For us, the low energy consumption of the Sun Ray Virtual Display Clients and the Sun servers based on the Ultra SPARC T1 processor ratify one of the basic principles of the Canary Islands Energy Plan (PECAN 2006): the saving of energy." -- Wenceslao Berriel, Head of the Computer Programming Service, Canary Islands Health Service. Read More
The Sun solution consists of Sun Ray 270 and 170 Virtual Display Clients running on Sun Fire V210 servers with the Solaris 10 Operating System and Java Desktop System. All residents at Centrepoint now have 24x7 Internet access to support their studies and careers. Read More
The city of Paderborn, Germany needed to provide 45 schools and more than 21,000 users access to centralized UNIX and Microsoft Windows applications. With Sun Secure Global Desktop Software, all users require is a Sun Ray Virtual Display Client or a client device with a Java technology-enabled Web browser and a URL to securely access both application types. Read More
With the Sun Ray network, the IT staff has tighter control over security. Instead of updating individual computers, the staff installs patches and updates once on a central server. This immediately provides the latest applications and virus updates to all of the Sun Ray display clients across campus. With centralized management, the IT staff has seen a dramatic reduction in system maintenance time - from eight hours per week to one hour per month. Read More
After reviewing the current technology and available products, Danish Technical University determined that Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients were the best choice for their next-generation desktop solution. Read More
Denver Health is a comprehensive, integrated healthcare provider serving residents of the Denver area--regardless of their ability to pay. In the last 10 years, this organization has provided more than $2.1 billion in care for the uninsured. Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents receive their healthcare at Denver Health, and one third of all children in Denver are cared for by a Denver Health physician. Denver Health predicts it will save up to $130,000 in energy costs thanks to by implementing Sun Ray Technology. The company also predicts that it can increase the number of patient sessions by more than 1,000 per year, which would yield $81,000 in additional revenue for the organization's Orthopedic Clinic. Finally, desktop set up time has been reduced from one hour to just 10 minutes. Read More
Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients bring a richness to the desktop that was all but absent in Donnelly's call center facilities. They also have required almost no maintenance -- and that results in a lot of money saved for the company. Read More
EMBARQ is a Fortune 500 company and provider of innovative communications offerings in the United States including Internet, wireless, telephone, satellite TV, and managed-network services. EMBARQ cut costs by approximately $600,000 by implementing a Sun Ray solution. Read More
Ernie Ball is the world leader in the manufacture of premium electric guitars. Today, all of the company's workstations are Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients, which provide an interoperable desktop computing solution that requires no local operating system. Read More
G10 is a pioneer in developing IP-based software solutions for video surveillance and real-time data capture for many industries and applications. The company has leveraged Solaris 10 Operating System, Sun server as well as Sun Ray technology to achieve its competitive edge. Read More
Gunadarma University is one of the largest IT universities in Indonesia with eight locations throughout Jakarta and Depok. The university was founded in 1984 as a computer science institution. It has since grown and now boasts a student body of over 23,000 students and has annual average intake of 5,000 students. Though still renowned as a computer science institution, the school now has six departments, including economics, civil engineering, industrial engineering, psychology, literature and computer science. Read More
IBN-groep is moving to a virtual desktop solution based on Sun hardware and software. Employees can access their personalized Windows XP desktop from any Sun Ray thin client or from their home network using Sun Secure Global Desktop Software. Because desktop data is now centralized, the solution is boosting efficiencies and simplifying administration. Read More
The U.S. Navy's Integrated Warfare Systems Lab (IWSL) is part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The NSWC provides the right technology, capabilities and specialized research to support all aspects of surface warfare. The IWSL chose the Sun Virtual Display Client solution running on Sun servers to provide access to a broad range of IT systems from a single device. Sun Ray solution helps U.S. Navy Lab improve performance while reducing costs by 50 percent. Read More
Using Sun Ray thin clients, Sun servers and Sun software, CTC consolidated eight offices into an integrated, secure environment. Mobile workers can access their personal working environment from any desk using their Java card. Read More
To support a new Adobe Flash Player-based content management system, which provided information to both museum visitors and online inquirers, the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum (run by the JICA) adopted a highly scalable, reliable and energy-efficient content delivery server network and durable, low-maintenance Sun Ray Virtual Display terminals. Read More
To create a low-cost, eco-friendly desktop environment, the Johannes Gutenberg University Library deployed a virtual-desktop solution based on Sun Ray thin clients, Sun Ray Software and Sun Fire servers. Read More
KDMC has deployed more than 30 Sun Ray Virtual Display Clients within its Radiology department at its newly constructed Outpatient Imaging Center to eliminate complex, costly and time-consuming administration of PCs. Read More
The company provides its customers with Sun Ray Thin Clients and associated software including Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Sun Secure Global Desktop software, and installs them on request, which is one of the things that makes Merkl IT stand out from companies offering purely hosting services. "This means we're actually one step ahead of the major providers," says Merkl. Also, unlike its competitors, the company can integrate its customers' local servers and network infrastructure into Virtual BackOffice. Read More
MINET, with the help of Six Degrees Consulting, introduced new offerings supported by technologies from Sun including servers, unified storage, flash memory, thin clients, and virtualization. Easy to manage and affordable to maintain, the fully integrated solution provides the performance, availability, and flexibility MINET needs to attract more customers and keep costs down. Read More
"Thanks to our new Sun Ray technology and Sun VDI deployment, we can scale our business successfully to meet seasonal demand while reducing the overall cost of administration." -- Olaf Brehmer, Head of System Administration, myToys.de. Read More
"With Sun Ray thin clients, we can remove the break-fix costs of PCs out of the lifecycle, and we can make both Windows and UNIX desktop environments available to users anywhere that they happen to be. On top of that, we can achieve this capability in a very green, low-cost manner." -- Richard Toeniskoetter, Technology Director, NAU. Read More
NTT Data's Insurance and Mutual Assistance business unit selected Sun Ray virtual display clients as secure and cost effective terminals for conducting systems maintenance tasks. Combined with a VMware virtualization solution, the Sun Ray clients provided IT staff with access to multiple system environments with a single sign-on, which has improved security and increased efficiency in IT operations. Read More
Office Computer Systems (OCS) Distribution is a leading distributor of IT products and telecommunication equipment with more than 6,000 resellers throughout Russia. OCS Distribution deployed a Sun Ray Solution, including Sun Ray 2 thin clients, Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 2.0 Software, and Sun Fire X4150 servers, which helped the company improve efficiency and reduce TCO by 35%. Read More
Pentland Brands deployed Sun Ray clients to establish a more flexible IT environment supporting a high degree of mobility, as well as centralized management and support of the required infrastructure. Sun Ray technology has enabled Pentland Brands to reduce its IT support staff from ten to four. In addition, the number of internal technical support calls has fallen 77 percent, from 150 to 200 calls per day to 40. Read More
With operations in 49 districts and more than a million customers, Publiacqua is a major integrated water service provider in the Tuscany region of Italy. By deploying Sun Ray technology, Publicqua is saving $152,000 a year in maintenance costs and reducing its energy consumption by 95%. Read More
Renesas Technology Corp. was founded in Japan in 2003 with the merger of the semiconductor sections of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. The company is Japan's foremost semiconductor manufacturer with 26,000 employees in manufacturing, design, and sales operations located in approximately 20 countries. Read More
Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an Executive agency of the U.K. government's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
"During the past five years, Sun has taken the time to understand our business and helps us develop technical solutions to meet our goals. The Sun Ray is no exception where Sun has helped me reduce our total cost of ownership as well as meet environmental requirements." -- John Gray, Head of IS Strategy and Architecture, Rural Payments Agency. Read More
SAP is a leading business software company with more than 41,000 customers worldwide. The company also delivers training on SAP solutions to its customers, employees, and partners through SAP Education. Participants can take advantage of e-learning products and onsite training at 1 of 77 global training centers such as the SAP Belgium Education Center at SAP Belgium & Luxembourg. Read More
Established in Lebanon in 1886, SABIS® is a global provider of college-preparatory education operating schools in 15 countries and serving 47,000 students worldwide.
"We chose the Sun Ray solution because it was the best end-to-end solution to roll out new exam halls with our new advanced ITL application. The advantages of deploying this solution are numerous. Students can continue to access SABIS®'s standard Windows-based exam applications, minimal maintenance is required, and all worries regarding desktop patching, upgrades, and viruses have dissipated." -- Serge Bakhos, Group Vice-President for Information Technology and Books Publishing, SABIS®. Read More
"The Sun Ray thin client solution costs about a third of what it would cost for hardware, software, and maintenance of a PC lab. Add to that the savings in power and cooling costs with Sun, because power consumption for the Sun Ray thin clients is 95% less than a PC." -- Warren Shaeffer , Chairman, Computer Science Department, Saint Paul College. Read More
Savings and Credit Bank Kuwait (SCB), established in 1960, is a public corporation with independent status. It operates under the supervision of the Minister of Housing. The bank provides loans to Kuwaiti citizens for land, agriculture, and industry; offers credit to qualified state employees; and promotes the value of savings to Kuwaiti citizens. With the Sun Ray thin client technology, everyday operations, such as hardware troubleshooting and installing patches, is far easier, eliminating the need to locally manage desktops. The bank can now deploy applications to all locations, including its remote offices, from one place. What's more, because the Sun Ray clients have no built-in operating system, provisioning is as simple as plugging them in. As a result of these changes, the number of calls to desktop support declined from 30 a day to virtually none. Read More
Screwfix is the U.K.'s leading supplier of thousands of high-quality screws, fixings, hand tools, power tools, and plumbing and electrical supplies. By combining low trade prices and a massive range of leading brand name items, Screwfix's offerings have grown to include more than 18,000 products sold from its print catalog, web site, and wholesale stores. Read More
Founded in 1863, the Slovak National Library is the oldest and largest national library in Slovakia. Sun Ray Virtual Display Clients have greatly reduced the library's operating costs, because thousands of virtual desktops can be managed with just a small IT staff. Energy costs have also decreased because the Virtual Display Clients consume a fraction of the energy of traditional desktops. Read More
Sparkasse Haslach-Zell (SHZ) upgraded its customer relationship systems to Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients, Sun x64 servers and the Java Desktop System. Using the smart card, SHZ employees can log onto any available Sun Ray client with a single sign-on. Read More
Sohgoh Real Estate Company Ltd. is a Japanese real estate development company headquartered in Tokyo, with additional offices in Osaka and Shiraoka. Sohgoh Real Estate, which was founded in 1977, was part of the Sohgoh group of companies that achieved the ISO 14001 environmental management standard in 2003, becoming the first apartment developer in Japan to receive that designation. With Sun Ray Technology, Sohgoh Real Estate reduced power consumption, increased security and reduced the time and cost of managing its desktop environment - all with no additional training. Read More
The Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics at the University of Calgary is a non-profit organization that is advancing technology for computational biology based on Sun solutions. The University is using Sun servers and storage systems, Sun virtual desktop solutions, the Solaris 10 Operating System and Java technology to offer innovative new applications in a scalable, stable and cost-efficient environment. Read More
The Sydney Business & Travel Academy (SBTA) is located in Sydney, Australia, and offers a range of certificate, diploma and advanced diploma courses. As a result of deploying Sun Ray 2 Virtual Display Clients, Sun Ray Software and Sun servers, SBTA has received high levels of satisfaction from both students and staff, especially on the speed of new environment. The academy estimates to have achieved 12 to 15 percent more space in deploying Sun Ray 2 thin client terminals, enabling additional machines to be rolled out to students. Maintenance has been reduced to approximately 30 minutes per week of system monitoring. Read More
The second largest independent discount broker in the U.K. found a significantly faster, more flexible, lower maintenance system with Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients and Sun servers. The Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients left all the application processing to the power of the server, facilitating a flexible Hot-Desk environment that was capable of scaling with more users on demand. Read More
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST or TJ) in Alexandria, Virginia, is anything but an ordinary high school. It offers technology laboratories in multiple study areas and is home to 1,800 students who are selected based on aptitude, academic achievement, and interest in the sciences. In 2007, U.S. News & World Report ranked TJHSST the number-one high school in the United States based on student performance on state tests, how well disadvantaged. With Sun Ray technology, the school reduced the cost per workstation by 75%. Read More
Sun Secure Global Desktop Solution has enabled the University secure access to server-based applications from a wide range of popular desktop PCs, providing student study bedrooms with centrally managed, reliable access to both routine applications and those needed for special research purposes. Read More
Time Warner Cable's New York City operations are a showcase for state-of-the-art call center facilities. To maintain its reputation for the utmost in customer service, Time Warner Cable has installed a completely new system comprised of Sun Ray 150 Ultra-Thin Clients and Sun Enterprise workgroup servers. Read More
The United States Army Intelligence Center (USAIC) migrated its training system from a PC-based solution to a distributed client-server solution based on 6,000 Sun Ray thin clients, Sun Ray Software and 200 Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers running 2,500 virtual machines. The USAIC saved over $31 million in hardware costs and significantly reduced its administrative costs with this wide scale deployment. Read More
The University Hospital rechts der Isar at Munich Technical University is dedicated to high quality healthcare, research and education. With 3,700 employees, the hospital has more than 31 separate clinics as well as 1,100 beds. Every year approximately 40,000 people benefit from in-patient care and 170,000 receive out-patient care. Read More
The UAB Health System manages the healthcare needs of Alabama's diverse population including inpatient and outpatient services, rural clinics, a research facility and a health plan with more than 65,000 members and 5,000 physicians. UAB deployed over 600 Sun Ray clients for patient information access and plans to add more than 3,000 over the two years. Its deployment of Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients, Sun Fire servers and Solaris OS helped aggregate patient information and deliver it across all points of care. Read More
Oxford has replaced hundreds of desktop PCs with Sun Ray systems. The deployment provides a quieter, cooler study environment. It saves 5,000 GPB (10,000 USD) in electricity costs and reduces administration costs for desktops by 96% annually. Read More
University of Westminster is dedicated to technological pluralism, and Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients brought technology access on demand. The university wanted a cross platform solution where users could immediately access a wide range of applications by just inserting their smart cards. Read More
To eliminate complex, costly and time-consuming administration of problematic PCs, Valpo is deploying more than 120 Sun Ray Virtual Display Clients across its campus - in labs, in the newly constructed 30,000-square-foot library facility, in its administrative offices and dormitories. Read More
In designing a forward-looking EDA development environment, West Bay leveraged Sun Microsystems innovative technologies. The heart of Sun's capabilities lay in three technologies: the Technical Compute Farm (TCF), Sun Ray Ultra-Thin Clients and Sun Grid Engine software. Read More
