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August 30, 2016

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Thin clients: Powerful computing for the enterprise cloud

Today’s thin clients provide easier-to-manage computing solutions for businesses.

By Jeff Groudan, Vice President and global head Product management and engineering, Thin Clients, HP Inc

Over the past four decades, HP has led the transition from the dumb terminals of the 1970s to the powerful thin clients of today, which are indistinguishable from standard PCs in performance, yet optimized for cloud computing and virtual computing environments.

Companies today grapple with issues such as global collaboration, privacy regulations and cost control. HP believes that those types of business challenges can be addressed through innovative computing solutions, such as thin clients. As market needs for security, BYOD and support for cloud workloads drive demand for alternative computing options, HP Thin Clients are being used to power everything from doctors’ offices and schools, to trading rooms and large online retailers.

HP’s newest offering, announced today , is the powerful and highly configurable, HP t630 Thin Client. It streamlines current cloud-based deployments and protects customer investments by providing a path for future virtualization needs. Designed for knowledge-worker desktop PC replacement, the HP t630 boasts a new generation, uniquely optimized embedded x86 quad-core system-on-a chip from AMD that support demanding use cases, such as unified communications. The new systems are also integrated with AMD Radeon™ graphics to support up to two Ultra High Definition (UHD) 4K displays.

Recognizing the potential cost savings and reduced demands on IT, a growing number of companies are moving their workloads to the cloud. A successful cloud deployment, especially among data intensive use cases, requires powerful tools to enable end-users to access and interact with a host of rich content. HP’s new cloud-based ‘power play offerings’ at the hardware, operating system and protocol levels address the need for fast, seamless and secure access to cloud hosted resources.

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HP’s focus on deploying highly secure thin and zero clients with an easy-to-navigate ecosystem and simple setup and maintenance is built around solving real issues that customers face.  Because thin clients don’t have a hard drive, data and applications can be secured on the server, making it easier to replace devices that are lost, stolen, or damaged. Likewise, storing data remotely allows multiple devices to access it and makes it easier to recover in the event of a natural disaster, for example, which helps preserve business continuity.

HP also announced today the industry’s first zero client support for VMware® Blast Extreme. VMware Blast helps improve mobile and desktop thin client performance and end-user experiences when manipulating H.264 content in spite of any network lag. It also enhances and works seamlessly with HP True Graphics software, allowing users to better harness rich multimedia content.

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