nComputing

Access to computers at schools is becoming an essential necessity opposed to a luxury as students become more technology savvy and computer literate and as curriculum resources become more digital readily available. Increasing the quantity of computers available to students is often curtailed by technology budgets and limited technology staffing.

Enter nComputing and their access devices that allow a single computer to host an additional 6 computer stations at an approximate $70 per station.

Today's PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only use a small fraction of the computer's capacity. NComputing taps this unused capacity so that it can be simultaneously shared by multiple students. Each student’s monitor, keyboard, and mouse connect to the shared PC through a small and very durable NComputing access device. Kids call them NComputers. You’ll call them rugged, durable, and easy to deploy and maintain because the device itself has no CPU, memory or moving parts like a PC. No wonder more than 10,000 schools have already discovered the benefits of NComputing's virtual desktops, including:

• PC acquisition costs cut by 60%
• IT complexity dramatically reduced
• Electrical consumption lowered by 90%
• Risk of theft minimized
• Increased security from viruses and malware
• 30% more students accommodated in the same PC lab

How does it work?

Up to seven students can simultaneously use the excess power of a basic PC with the access device. Each student has their own keyboard, screen, settings, applications, and data files—just as if they were working at an independent machine. That means that a 35-seat PC lab can be created using only 5 shared PCs and 30 NComputing X300 virtual PCs.

Each X300 kit includes:

• Virtualization software
• A PCI card with three ports
• Three access devices 

All you need to supply is the PC, software, and keyboards, mice and monitors.

Installation is simple, and takes just minutes: Install the software. Put the card into an open slot. Plug one end of each cable into the PCI card and the other end into an NComputing access device. Connect the keyboards, monitors and mice to the access devices and you have four users sharing one computer (three connected to access devices and one on the shared PC). With another X300 kit, you can install a second PCI card and connect three more users. Now the shared PC supports seven students, running standard PC applications with rich performance at an incredible price.