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.
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.
