The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has chosen NComputing for providing Virtual Desktop technology in it’s 5000 secondary schools. This Virtual Desktop implementation provide computing access to 1.8 million children throughout the state. This single implementation of Virtual Desktops in India is the largest deployment of NComputing’s solution in India.
By implementing NComputing Virtual Desktop solution government will save $20 million in up-front and ongoing costs. The NComputing solution is based on a simple fact: today’s PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only use a small fraction of the computer’s capacity. NComputing technology creates multiple virtual desktops on a single PC so that many users can tap the unused capacity and share it as if each person had their own computer. Andhra Pradesh chose the NComputing X300 solution, which enables up to seven users to simultaneously share one PC.
The purpose of computing labs is to educate students and teachers about some computer skills, office productivity (spreadsheets, word processing) as well as subjects like reading and math. The entire system will run on the Microsoft Windows Server operating system and use Microsoft Office Suite.
Andhra Pradesh chose the NComputing X300 package, which connects the virtual PCs to the main PCs using PCI cards and cables.
Stephen Dukker, chairman and CEO of NComputing Said
NComputing is proud to have been chosen by Andhra Pradesh to fulfill its vision to improve learning and computer literacy throughout the state,At about $70 per seat, our solution is the ideal platform to enable schools, businesses, and governments to maximize their PC investment. We are the world leader in desktop virtualization and the scale of this deployment further extends our leadership position.
Javier Arrupea Gitlin, director, Microsoft Unlimited Potential Group, Said
India holds a strong position in the knowledge economy today due to the country’s consistent investment in education over the years.In India and around the globe, Microsoft is committed to enabling affordable access to computing for education. Through Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential commitment, we are continually looking for innovative and affordable technology solutions that can sustain social and economic progress. Initiatives such as this announced today that leverage the value to educational computing provided by the Windows Server platform represent yet another solution that can help move us towards this goal.
Mr. Raj Shah, chief marketing officer of NComputing, Said
With the modernization of India’s economy, students are eager to learn the computer skills that will prepare them for the digital workplace – but most government school students have never even had the chance to type on a keyboard or click a mouse. This computerization project shows how forward thinking governments can use proven and practical technologies like NComputing to bridge the digital divide.
Source: NComputing Wins Bid to Provide Computing Access to 1.8 Million Students in India
Hey great post. Helped me a lot in my thinking of whether I should get a virtual office. I think it’s a much cheaper alternative for this moment of time.
This NComputing thing is a fraud. Total waste of money and time.
It was kicked out from African system long ago. And, now these loosers are here to sell this in India to corrupt Indian politicians who love Andersons who can pay them bribe in dollars.
If you calculate the total cost per seat its much higher than today’s falling Core2 Duo brand new computers for each seat.
Backward Indian leaders will never learn. As usual, wasting tax money on importing even smiple stuff like computers.
Can’t they simply ask Indian companies like Wipro to sell them a few for Government schools at, scalable and cheap rate?
Duh! typical backward Indians. anybody sells them snake oil wid cover of French perfume.