Chip PC Technologies - Jack PCs

The first thin-client PC small enough to fit into a network wall port is now accessible to end- users in a Citrix and terminal server controlled environment. The big advantage of the Jack PC is its monitor, keyboard and mouse just plug into the wall connecting to the IDC terminal. Space is thereby used in a rational and profitable way and the work area can offer maximum returns. Jack PCs run on Windows CE in any of three ways to enable flexibility of use across a variety of platforms.

It can work on a Citrix ICA client to connect to an existing Citrix server environment enabling the feature-rich Windows efficiency of a PC or on a Windows server infrastructure to connect to any terminal services environment using a built-in Microsoft RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). Or the Internet can be accessed on Internet Explorer 6 or any browser- driven application.

The ability to adjust quickly and efficiently to multi-platformed systems enables the effective compatibility with a variety of solutions with speed and flexibility without the need for maintaining a full desktop. Therefore there is the potential for merging highly competitive Citrix WAN optimisation and application delivery solutions with the Microsoft services critical to many enterprises such as printing and file access and authentication over low bandwidth. With Bandwidth maintained at a low level yet still offering efficient access to data and the remote management, overheads costs can be minimised alongside the ongoing cost of ownership.

Alongside reduced management overheads there is parallel lack of exposure to viruses to protect work in streamlined and low-cost energy efficient environment. By removing the need for regular upgrades and extending shelf-life of capital equipment costs are slimmed down and dramatically slashed with budgetary requirements reduced. Results are optimised with firms confident of limiting access to inappropriate material.