edie209 Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I have just been asked by SMT to submit quotes for 4 new suites, but they want to use terminal services, I have put some prices together with information I have found here on the site. But I was wondering if anyone could recommend a supplier for a total thin client solution.
ChrisC Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 So, that's 4 suites, depending on the no. of clients, that's at least 1 high spec server bumping up the price. And more...do SMT realise this? Unless the planis to use old stations as the clients.... Chris
indie Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I know this is off topic, but i've been blind to Thin Client stuff for a while now. My understanding of most thin client systems is that you get a low spec machine and you use TS from it to connect to a server. How do you manage using devices at the actual desktop? Can you plug in say a Lego USB tower and it work? Do stuff like MIDI USB keyboards work? Or is it just the hardware that's plugged into the TS server that's available?
ind13 Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 hi, i had some information though from a company called dataspire, they were inviting people down to a school in northhampton called campion (I think). i went down and had a look theyve done a really good job. they were a bit cagey about the price but thats always going to depend on the size of you network
CyberNerd Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 http://www.cutterproject.co.uk http://precedence.co.uk
kestrel1 Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Get on to Precedence Technologies: http://www.precedence.co.uk/ They make their own Thin client machines & also have software to convert old PC's into thin clients. We use them here & have been very pleased with the service that we get. They could probably do a total package, servers, clients etc. You may want to consider using Citrix, but Precedence can advise you on what would be best for you. Talk to Stephen or Phil, they should be able to help.
CyberNerd Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 They make their own Thin client machines IIRC their 'own' thin clients are boxed EPIA boards - lot cheaper to build them yourself and whack a copy of thinstation on it. http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/ Still if you want a ready to go solution they are good, but cutter would work out cheaper in licensing.
MkII Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 My school used Novus Networks - http://www.novus.co.uk/ Not recommending them over other suggestions here, just letting you know of them. I had direct support for my frst year, the whole thing tho' was so expensive, although I assume that would be the case with any Citrix setup. I know of the pilot sch Ashton-On-Mersey - check out the case studies here: http://www.novus.co.uk/education.htm
edie209 Posted June 30, 2006 Author Posted June 30, 2006 Thanks for all the quick replies guys. I have phone Novus and Precedence about their solutions and they were both very helpful. Look like I have a bit of weekend reading to do now. Does anyone else work at home too?
kestrel1 Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I work at home too much. Precedence are very good & know what they are talking about. Never tried Novus, so couldn't coment.
Geoff Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 How do you manage using devices at the actual desktop? Can you plug in say a Lego USB tower and it work? Do stuff like MIDI USB keyboards work? Citrix can map local resources (USB Devices, Hard Drives, Floppy Drives, CD/DVD Drives (burners too? Ric?), Printers etc) to a users session.
Ric_ Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 How do you manage using devices at the actual desktop? Can you plug in say a Lego USB tower and it work? Do stuff like MIDI USB keyboards work? Citrix can map local resources (USB Devices, Hard Drives, Floppy Drives, CD/DVD Drives (burners too? Ric?), Printers etc) to a users session. In fact any device that is available on your client OS is available within the terminal environemtn (policy allowing ). I've found that keeping a selection of Windows boxes available for the odd peripheral and then replacing everything else with dedicated thin client devices helps keep down TCO and manageability... plus those random pieces of hardware will still work.
SpuffMonkey Posted July 1, 2006 Posted July 1, 2006 hi, i had some information though from a company called dataspire, they were inviting people down to a school in northhampton called campion (I think). i went down and had a look theyve done a really good job. they were a bit cagey about the price but thats always going to depend on the size of you network We used DataSpire for our small Citrix setup after seeing them at Campion - I have been very impressed with the service so far.
edie209 Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 Just bringing this subject up again has anyone had any experience of Thinstore? Its just that their quote has come in quite good. I know of one school localy using them but I suppose I'm just looking for a second opinion.
Norphy Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 We've bought some stuff from them and our rep is very friendly. Their prices are OK but I wouldn't buy monitors from them. We haven't tried their installation/support services but my rep gives quick bits of advice when I ask him to. We've been buying IGEL units from them which seem to be 400MHz EPIA boards put into really tiny cases. They seem pretty good although I've fallen in love with the 2X ThinClientServer PXES Edition.
kestrel1 Posted July 23, 2006 Posted July 23, 2006 We have some Igel units, which are not bad. We purchased them about 6 years ago now. The machine that we currently buy are from Precedence (ThinIT TCX). The footprint on these machine is incredably small. I think the processors are 1ghz, put the machine together with a TFT hard screen & you have a very nice setup. They boot very fast & run very well. Precedence also have a thin client wireless laptop available. We haven't tried these, but I suspect they will run as well as the ThinIT TCX machines. We used to purchase ThinTune, which are also nice machines, however I have had some problems with the NIC ports. I have had to replace about ten ports so far. These are easy enough to replace, if you don't mind dismanteling the machine & removing the old port & soldering a new one in it's place. I think we will stick with the ThinIT TCX's, very nice thin client solution.
Educ78 Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 I would have to recommend a company called Dataspire. Been to seen a few of their reference sites now and have been extremely impressed. They specialise in education so really seem to understand what a school solution requires. I was worried about multimedia and thin client but after witnessing their solutions delivering video and sound throughout the whole school using thin client I now know it will work. They have developed some great client software also for connecting to the servers for old PCs. They have offered this software to us for free as part of the solution so make sure you ask for the same! Goto http://www.dataspire.co.uk We are dealing with a guy called Adam.
Educ78 Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 Apologies if it sounded like a sales pitch - wasnt intended. I have just found it refreshing to come across a good company. We have had such a mix of experiences with suppliers these last couple of years.
tinyroscoe Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 I think you will find that Educ78 Is actually Adam from Dataspire Thats why it surprisingly sounds like a sales pitch!
webman Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 Can't access their site anyway, it requires Flash and doesn't offer a text-based alternative.
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