With the completion of the ThinManager 6.0 Launch & Training event, we are gearing up for the inevitable landslide of reviews and requests that follow a successful launch. Some people are just hearing about ThinManager for the first time, while long-term end users are making plans for upgrading the ThinManager centralized management platform currently running in their facility. One of the most common questions we are asked is, “Why do I need ThinManager if I already have another centralized management solution running my daily operations?”
Tag: Terminal Server
ThinManager 6.0 Launch Event Raises the Bar
From the moment the music started and the partition wall was removed in a backlit shroud of darkness, attendees of the ThinManager 6.0 Launch Event started thinking that this was not going to be a typical expo event. Less than 10 minutes later as the lights came up on a large room filled with rocket shaped display booths and more technology than they could shake a stick at, that feeling was confirmed.
Immediately following, Matt Crandell, CEO of Automation Control Products, took to the stage and clearly conveyed the magnitude of this event to a packed house. There would be no product pitch or chest thumping because the ThinManager platform could stand alone without a need for bells and whistles. There would be no “dead time” or aimless wandering because there was something for everyone regardless of the time of day. And most importantly, there would be ample opportunity for everyone to experience a true interactive environment. “The best way to explain the product is to put it in people’s hands and let them experience it for themselves,” said Crandell.
ThinManager 6.0 What You Need to Know (#6)
Over the next month, we will be spotlighting some of the new features being introduced with the release of ThinManager 6.0, as well as improvements to existing features. With so many additions and advancements to our thin client management platform over the last year, we felt it was important to give you a detailed look at what ThinManager 6.0 brings to the table:
The Little Things
My grandmother was fond of the expression “the devil is in the details”. Over the years I have heard that same expression used over and over again in many different forms, but it always means the same thing. Most ideas have value, but it is the execution of each part of the idea that is the difference between success and failure. After all, anyone can have an amazing idea, but implementation of that idea into a form that is easy to understand and use is what makes it accessible and approachable by the masses. If it only makes sense to you, then even your best idea is of very little value to the person standing next to you.
ThinManager 6.0 What You Need to Know (#5)
Over the next month, we will be spotlighting some of the new features being introduced with the release of ThinManager 6.0, as well as improvements to existing features. With so many additions and advancements to our thin client management platform over the last year, we felt it was important to give you a detailed look at what ThinManager 6.0 brings to the table:
Firmware Packages
In today’s fast paced business world, companies are releasing updates, upgrades, and patches quicker and more frequently than ever before. With a multitude of different hardware manufacturers and software developers in the modern marketplace, it is both necessary and maddening to have to keep up with the constant wave of changes required to keep everything tied into your network up to date and running smoothly.
Real World ThinManager | Part 12
Multiple Sites
PROBLEM:
• Switchover to thin clients left one branch with new PCs.
• Other branches deployed ThinManager Ready thin clients.
SOLUTION:
• Duplicate success of thin clients to branch with ThinManager’s WinTMC to protect PC investment.
A worldwide manufacturing company started to standardize on ThinManager and installed thin clients at four of their locations.
Another location had just deployed PCs throughout their plant, but once they saw how well the ThinManager Ready thin clients worked and how much money it saved, they wanted to switch to ThinManager.
Real World ThinManager | Part 9
Transportation
PROBLEM:
• IT and production are in separate facilities.
• IT was losing valuable resources while traveling to other sites for maintenance.
SOLUTION:
• ThinManager Remote Administration allows IT to control and manage a remote site from one location.
Many companies have one IT department that covers a number of locations requiring the IT staff to make regular visits to the other plants for maintenance and repair.
Using standard ThinManager utilities this same staff has access to all remote sites allowing the IT staff to manage them from a central location. They can even shadow sessions and view process and load statistics.
Real World ThinManager | Part 5
Power Generation
PROBLEM:
• Critical remote auxiliary gas turbine is rarely used but must be ready immediately when demand arises.
SOLUTION:
• Turbine area now controlled from main control room.
• Redundancy and Instant Failover make sure it’s always ready to be put into action.
A coal-fired power plant added a gas turbine generator to help meet power demand during peak usage periods.
The gas turbine generator has to be ready at all times but is used infrequently enough that it is unmanned.
ACP Announces Version 4.1
ACP announces version 4.1 of their award-winning thin client and terminal services management software.
New version will include support for managing virtual machine environments and an iPhone app
Alpharetta, Georgia, January 2011
ACP’s ThinManager version 4.1 release is scheduled for March 21, 2011 and will be demonstrated live at our TMUG User Group taking place in Atlanta March 29-31. (Register for TMUG2011)
ThinManager 4.1 will include the much anticipated support for virtual machine environments. Users who currently enjoy ThinManager’s ease-of-use when managing their terminal servers and thin clients will now have that same capability when it comes to virtual terminal server and desktop management. VM resources will appear in the ThinManager tree along with other sources currently available.
Thin Clients and Virtualization Part II – Deploying Windows XP
Use VMWare to display XP Desktops out to Thin Clients without even using a Windows Terminal Server!
Terminal Server Sizing
The typical industrial user is a special case, and therefore does not fit into the Terminal Server sizing requirements usually advertised by Microsoft. This article discusses some of the factors associated with most industrial applications that may make them unique.