NCOMPUTING

NComputing is a desktop virtualization company that manufactures hardware and software to create virtual desktops which enable multiple users to simultaneously share one computer. The company’s approach is similar to thin clients but promises better media streaming and audio performance^[1] and lower costs. The company supports both Windows and Linux operating systems.^[2] The name "NComputing" comes from the mathematical term "n" which stands for an indefinite number (in this case) of additional users sharing a single computer.

NComputing, the leading provider of virtual PC solutions, today announced the availability of its products on the open-source Ubuntu Linux operating system. Joining its Windows-based offerings, the NComputing open-source solution allows schools and businesses worldwide to deploy full virtual PC stations, complete with hardware, software, the Ubuntu operating system and the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, at unprecedented low costs by leveraging the excess power of their PCs and open-source license-free software.

Product Overview
The NComputing solution separates a desktop PC environment from a physical machine to create a client-server computing model.

NComputing offering

vSpace Desktop Virtualization Software

The NComputing vSpace desktop virtualization software enables organizations to optimize virtual desktop deployments by providing multiple end-users simultaneous access to a single operating system instance of either Windows or Linux.

Access Devices
The NComputing access devices are inexpensive, small, low-power, reliable, durable boxes. On one side they plug into the users’ peripherals (such as the keyboard, monitor and mouse). On the other side, they connect, either directly or via Ethernet, to a centralized server that hosts each virtual desktop. The following is a brief overview of our Ethernet connect and direct connect access devices.

Ethernet Connect

• L-SERIES (Ethernet)
  The NComputing L-series connects through standard Ethernet networks. With the L-series, the users can be practically any distance away from the shared computer.The L-series, including our new L300 access device, costs less than half the price of entry-level PCs. L-series users will automatically enjoy the increased performance. The small L-series access device consumes less power, generates less heat, produces less e-waste, and makes no noise.

Direct Connect

• U-SERIES (USB)
  The U-series are the simplest of all to connect, because they simply plug into standard USB ports. There are no network switches to buy and no PCI cards to install. For small installations the NComputing U-series are the simplest and quickest to install.

• X-SERIES (PCI CARD)
  The NComputing X-series connects through a PCIdoesn’t use a network, so multimedia performance is superb. Ideal when the users are in the same room as the shared computer.Up to eleven users can simultaneously share a single PC. Each user gets their own virtual workspace (applications, settings, files, and preferences), but at a fraction of what it would cost with individual computers. So even though eleven people share a single system, they each get their own rich PC experience.
  

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B. Uma maheswari, (MSc).,