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Thursday 11 Dec 2008, 12:01am
Thin clients enabled by Intel vPro
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Lenovo has come up with latest version of the thin client concept - a diskless desktop machine, called a secure managed client (SMC), that looks and feels like a PC but has its applications and data elsewhere on the network in a storage array.
Remote management is a key part of the project and Lenovo is building it on vPro processors from Intel. Although the storage is separate this is actually a full-blown PC, so the system doesn't get into the complications of altering operating systems and other aspects of the machine, explains NetworkWorld.
"The secret sauce of the SMC solution is the software interface between the desktop PC and the storage array," says NetworkWorld's Linda Musthaler. "The Lenovo SMC Management Software is used to centrally manage all SMC users, images and the storage array. During the desktop device boot up sequence, this software goes and gets the appropriate OS and application software and pushes it to the desktop based on the end user’s profile. Desktop management software ensures that the devices are well managed to reduce the cost of support."
Watch this one, it could be a big deal.
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