Thin Clients with Stickfish Raydesk Help to Cut Costs

June 18, 2010 (MMD Newswire) — Raydesk, a virtual desktop solution, has been selected by universities and other organizations to power energy saving thin-client infrastructures. Raydesk is capable of integrating applications from many different operating systems (including Linux and Windows) on one user workspace. The recently released new version, Raydesk 3.0, further simplifies deployment and administration in enterprise and academic environments, while bringing a number of new features for end-users.

The Municipal Library of Prague and the Pardubice University have both deployed the Raydesk virtual desktop to facilitate their need to accommodate many users with different requirements while retaining control over the installed base of applications. The State Environmental Fund and CEPS, the operator of the transmission system in the Czech Republic, are using Raydesk to simplify maintenance of employee workstations.

Raydesk provides an extremely cost-efficient solution because its use of thin clients helps to reduce the consumption of energy while delivering a fully-fledged desktop to users. Stickfish, the creator of Raydesk, has plenty of experience with large scale implementations of thin client solutions, having supplied over 700 Sun Ray 2 clients to the KESA/Datart chain of consumer electronics stores for use as cash registers.

The Raydesk virtual desktop is unique in that it is not, as opposed to other VDI products, tied to a specific operating system. Instead, it fully supports a broad range of platforms and allows for the utilization of all of their advantages in one session. This means the Raydesk virtual desktop is capable of running applications from MS Windows, Linux, Solaris, and also AS400, QNX, and others.

Raydesk 3.0: Revolution in Virtual Desktops

Stickfish, a specialist in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technologies, has introduced a new version of Raydesk. It brings improvements in system functionality and a significantly better user experience. One of the new functions is, for example, the Menu Driven Desktop which enables users to drag & drop menu items to the desktop or to a designated area on the panel.

Raydesk uses a VDI method based on the premise that all
applications, including the operating system environment itself,
run on a server which delivers them to users over LAN. The
advantage of this solution is in the freedom of choice – a user
can be connected through a regular PC, or a thin client.
Raydesk is a highly secure environment with low system
requirements. When compared to other VDI platforms, Raydesk
brings the benefit of a dramatic growth in employee productivity.
Employees are limited to applications they need for their work –
users will not find any menus or applications on their desktops
that would not be related to their work assignment.

Raydesk 3.0 mainly provides employees with a more
comfortable user experience. Users will be able to use a
completely redesigned control panel that will simplify tasks,
such as the maintenance of workspaces or application
windows. Raydesk offers a new model of handling windows that
supports the so-called seamless RDP mode for access to MS
Windows applications. Another new feature is the so-called
Raydesk Drag Arena which allows users to quickly launch
programs.

“We’re taking the new version to the market following almost a
year of intensive work. We believe the improvements will bring
significant benefits to users. I am very well aware of the fact that
a number of our customers have postponed their purchase of a
VDI solution to wait for the new features of Raydesk 3,” says
Filip Korbel, Stickfish CEO. “The Raydesk virtual desktop is an
optimal fit for today’s trend to lower investments and increase
employee efficacy, as it is necessary to look for reserves
everywhere,” adds Korbel.

Visit www.raydesk.com for more information regarding desktop
virtualization

About Stickfish

Stickfish is an ICT company specialising in enterprise Linux and
Unix technologies. Its strategy is to supply complete solutions:
from analysis of requirements and the finding of the best
solution, to training and subsequent technical support or
outsourcing of maintenance. Stickfish provides solutions from
leading vendors such as Sun, IBM, Red Hat, Oracle, or
VMware, advanced networking products from Juniper and
Cisco, and also its own highly secure and fast enterprise
desktop solution, Raydesk. Stickfish operates the popular
electronic store 64bit.eu and the technically oriented Internet
portals AbcLinuxu.cz, ITBiz.cz, and Hdmag.cz.