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“The thin client technology allows users to run most of these applications from their laptop environment of choice and that was a huge turning point at the school, Simon said.”
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“With BigBoard software running on an Ubuntu server, support requests no longer fall through the cracks, and the Desktop Computer Services group consistently ranks among the highest faculty-rated IT support departments on campus.”
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“Over the past year we’ve developed our file infrastructure, replication, backup, caching, and S3-backed storage to the point where we don’t feel like we need to artificially limit what you folks are able to upload just to keep up with growth. We’re
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We’ll be seeing more and more boards like this, and they get cheaper and cheaper. Some will hopefully power thin-clients in the classroom
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“So the ideal solution was a desktop environment that was able to run their enterprise system, had outstanding stability and reduced maintenance requirements. That’s where Ubuntu came in.”
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Ongoing page of Ubuntu case studies. Many recent entries are about education.
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Says Chief Executive Samuel J. Palmisano: “The big issues for us are: Where do you put them? How do you retain them? How do you develop them? How do you move work to them or them to work?” Says Dave, big challenge for U.S. is how to educate our own stude
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This plan, based on low-cost XP, assumes developing countries can afford the hardware needed to run XP. Even that can be a problem. Ii the hardware has a significant street value then how do you keep it safely inside the school?
