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| NComputing, Inc. | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | , USA |
| Key people | Young Song (CEO) |
Number of employees | Approximately 120 |
| Website | www.ncomputing.com |
NComputing is a desktop virtualization company that manufactures hardware and software to create virtual desktops (sometimes called zero clients or thin clients) which enable multiple users to simultaneously share a single operating system instance.
NComputing, based in San Mateo, California, is a privately held for-profit company with offices in the United States, Singapore, UK, Germany, India, Korea, and Poland; and resellers around the world.[1]
In 2003, Young Song, a former VP at eMachines, met German entrepreneur Klaus Maier (formerly CEO of hydrapark), who had spent more than ten years developing the core software on which NComputing is based. They formed a team to develop the complementary hardware in Korea, while the software was written in Poland and Russia. After they successfully launched the product and reached $10 million revenue in two years, the two founders decided to move its headquarters to Silicon Valley. Stephen Dukker, former chairman of eMachines, joined NComputing in August 2006, to lead the company together.[2]
Dukker introduced NComputing to venture capitalists and technology journalists in September 2006 at DEMOfall 06. By October 2006, NComputing had raised $8 million from Scale Venture Partners (formerly known as BA Venture Partners).[3] In January 2008, the company raised a $28 million series B round of financing,[4] led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures with participation from Scale Venture Partners and South Korea's Daehong Technew Corp. In April 2012, the company raised a $21.8 million series C round of financing led by Questmark Partners with participation from existing investors. In 2017, original NComputing Co., Ltd, a Korean corporation, became the ultimate holding company for all other subsidiaries and had raised $6 million from MDI VC (Telkom Indonesia VC in Jakarta), Pinnacle Ventures (Menlo Park, United States), and Bokwang Ventrues (Seoul, Korea) for accelerating South Asia region's growth and boost enterprise VDI software products.
The company was founded in 2003. Current global usage is 20 million daily users in 140 countries. Typical customer profile includes 70,000 education and business organizations including 5,000 school districts in the United States. NComputing has shipped more than three million units overall,[5] including 180,000 seats to provide one computing seat for every K–12 student in the country of North Macedonia.[6] As of 2017, the company has 100 employees worldwide.[7]
According to several survey metrics, Ncomputing is positioned as one of the top five major players in the enterprise thin client market - next to Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, and IGEL.
Linux is supported through a version of vSpace Server for Linux software. Currently, NComputing offers support for Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 18.04. This software is proprietary and requires a server-based license. There is a 10-day free trial period. The vSpace Server for Linux provides features like client session monitoring, virtual IP, optimized video playback and messaging service between the clients.
Windows is supported through a version of vSpace Server for Windows software. The supported versions of Windows include: Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit); Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista SP21(32-bit); Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, Windows 7 SP1 (both 32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 SP1 (64-bit), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019.[8]،vSpace Server software utilizes Microsoft Remote Desktop Services features to host user sessions.
NComputing's VERDE VDI Enterprise Edition 8.x product provides a virtualization solution based on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.[9] NComputing acquired VERDE VDI intellectual property rights from Virtual Bridges in Q1 2017 and officially launched the product in June 2017.[10] It runs on KVM enabled Linux OS baremetal or nested KVM enabled Azure or Google Cloud. Current version 8.3.4 supports 10 languages.
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NComputing is a desktop virtualization company that manufactures hardware and software to create virtual desktops (sometimes called zero clients or thin clients) which enable multiple users to simultaneously share a single operating system instance. NComputing, based in San Mateo, California, is a privately held for-profit company with offices in the United States, Singapore, UK, Germany, India, Korea, and Poland; and resellers around the world.
ZeroPC was a commercial webtop developed by ZeroDesktop, Inc. located in San Mateo, California. ZeroPC has been called a personal cloud OS. It mimicked the look, feel and functionality of the desktop environment of a real operating system. The software was launched in September 2011 through Disrupt SF 2011 event and recently selected to the finalist of SXSW 2012 in Innovative Web Technology category. ZeroPC is web-based and required a Java applet to operate bundled productivity tool Thinkfree. The web applications found on ZeroPC are built on Java in the back end. Features included drag-and-drop functionality, cloud dashboard and personal cloud storage meta services. ZeroPC belonged to a category of services that intended to turn the Web into a full-fledged platform by using Web services as a foundation along with presentation technologies that replicated the experience of desktop applications for users. ZeroPC aggregates content so users can easily access, transfer and share whatever content they want, using a web browser from any device. Its meta-cloud layer supports Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, OneDrive, 4Shared, Google Drive, Evernote, Picasa, Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Photobucket. ZeroPC Cloud OS platform also provides extensive APIs for iOS and Android App developers. Some of the features found on ZeroPC are: File sharing, Webmail, Cloud Content Navigator, Instant messenger, Sticky Note, Audio/Video Player and Office productivity applications. ZeroPC 2.0 platform ran on AWS for free and paid users. Its platform is licensable to Telco and ISV for commercial purpose. Their clients are SFR, SK Telecom, Hancom and others. As of June 1, 2017, ZeroPC's servers were switched off completely, and ZeroPC is no longer in service since its parent company, NComputing, had launched Virtual Desktop Service in the cloud (AWS) to public.
In computer networking, a thin client (sometimes called a slim client or lean client) is a simple, low-performance computer that has been optimized for remote desktop connections to a server-based computing environment. In some cases, they are also referred to as network computers or, in their simplest form, zero clients. The server performs most of the workload, including launching software applications, processing computations, and handling data storage. This contrasts with a rich client or a traditional personal computer—the former is designed for a client–server model but retains significant local processing power, while the latter performs most of its functions locally. Thin clients typically operate as part of a larger computing infrastructure—often involving a server farm or cloud-based system—where many clients share centralized resources. The server-side infrastructure may use application virtualization, hosted shared desktop (HSD), or desktop virtualization (VDI). This model forms a centralized cloud computing environment hosted in one or more data centers. Key advantages of centralization include: Hardware resource optimization – shared infrastructure pools computing resources for maximum utilization. Reduced software maintenance – operating system updates and software patching can be deployed from a centralized location. Improved security – centralized data is easier to protect, monitor, and firewall; physical device loss does not compromise stored data. Thin client hardware typically supports common peripherals, such as keyboards, mice, computer monitors, audio jacks, and open USB ports (e.g., for printers, flash drives, webcams). Some models include legacy serial ports or parallel ports to support specialized equipment such as receipt printers or time-clocks. Thin client software commonly includes: a minimal graphical user interface (GUI), cloud access agents (e.g., RDP, ICA, PCoIP), a lightweight web browser, terminal emulators (in some cases), and essential local utilities.
A multiseat, multi-station or multiterminal system is a single computer which supports multiple independent local users at the same time. A "seat" consists of all hardware devices assigned to a specific workplace at which one user sits at and interacts with the computer. It consists of at least one graphics device (graphics card or just an output (e.g. HDMI/VGA/DisplayPort port) and the attached monitor/video projector) for the output and a keyboard and a mouse for the input. It can also include video cameras, sound cards and more.
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