Rick Vanover, Server Virtualization,
Dec 29, 2008
The Sun Ray 2 series of devices includes refined products that operate nicely in today's VDI landscape regarding network transport, multimedia, I/O redirection and a price point that may surprise you.
InfoWorld,
Aug 10, 2006
The Sun Ray thin-client computing platform is actually a combination of hardware and software. At the hardware end, there are two new clients available. The modest Sun Ray 2 offers 10/100 Ethernet, sound, and USB support. The Sun Ray 2FS is larger but adds 100FX support for greater security at the transport level, as well as the ability to run dual monitors. Both clients are outfitted with SmartCard readers to support two-factor authentication.
eWeek,
May 08, 2006
Building on its new relationship with Microsoft, Sun has licensed Microsoft's RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), a new feature that allows for direct connection to a Windows Terminal Server. This means the Sun Ray 2FS will allow IT managers to present a Windows, Sun Solaris or Linux desktop environment to end users, taking advantage of terminal services to virtualize a Windows session.
Wylie Wong, FedTech,
Aug 25, 2008
The Navy's Integrated Warfare Systems Laboratory supports the certification of ballistic missile computer programs to make sure they are ready for combat -- and it relies on Sun Ray thin clients to support the effort.
Francis Emorut, The New Vision,
Jul 27, 2008
Anil Kuruvilla, the Computer Point managing director, said the combination of virtualization and thin client solutions creates a powerful synergy of hardware and deployment of applications. Computer Point, he said, was the only VMware Enterprise partner in Uganda and is the Sun Ray Client specialist.
Paul Murphy, ZDNet.com,
Jul 02, 2008
Sun Ray systems come out on top in ZDNet's cost comparison of a large scale deployment on Sun Ray virtual clients and Windows/Intel PCs.
Jim Burton, IDEAS International Blog,
Apr 29, 2008
In the last few years, Sun has thoroughly redesigned the Sun Ray appliance to compete in the rapidly growing market for thin client desktop infrastructure. We recently had the opportunity to try out the new Sun Ray 2 in person at the Sun Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park, CA and we were impressed.
Robert L. Mitchell, IT World Canada,
Feb 05, 2008
Many IT departments haven't yet looked at saving energy of the PC fleets across their companies' IT infrastructures, even if they have begun to make significant changes to how their data centres are powered and cooled. Verizon Wireless is one company that's saving plenty of green by going green. Verizon replaced 7,000 PCs in 10 call centres with power-sipping Sun Ray thin clients from Sun Microsystems Inc. and began a company-wide migration to LCD monitors. The managed thin clients use 30 per cent less energy than the nonmanaged PCs. He estimates that the power management and thin client initiatives combined have decreased the cost of front-office power consumption by US$900,000 annually.
Australian IT,
Sep 05, 2006
QUICK access to information is critical in most organisations, but in hospitals it can mean the difference between life and death.
Yahoo Finance,
May 04, 2006
When we think about network infrastructure, switches and routers leap to mind. But this year convergence supplied the combustion to make infrastructure a hot topic, and our Well-Connected Awards acknowledge this.
Paul Cohen, Executive Director of Information Services at Barwon Health speaks with Chris Kawalek, Product Line Manager, Desktop Virtualization Marketing at Sun Microsystems, about the benefits it's Sun Virtual Desktop solution.
Richard Toeniskoetter, Technology Director at The W. A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University speaks with Chris Kawalek, Desktop Virtualization Marketing at Sun Microsystems, about it's Sun Virtual Desktop solution.
Illuminata,
Oct 14, 2008
Sun has now bought into virtualization in a systematic way. It's got a standalone Xen-based hypervisor; operating system containers; management, provisioning, and update tools; a thin client portfolio; and even a PC virtualization product oriented towards developers.
