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Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) - Best Practices to Build an FDCC Standard Image 2008-03-02 Microsoft

This webcast provides an overview of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), which is the next version of the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007) Solution Accelerator. It covers how to use MDT to build a Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 image, best practices for installing applications, and techniques that can be used to install updates and apply FDCC settings to an image.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Best Practices

Momentum Webcast: Address Your Biggest Change Management Challenges With HP Business Computers and Windows Vista (Level 100) 2008-02-21 Microsoft

Life cycle management is more than buying a new computer with a new operating system. HP business computers address the complexity and cost of change. Business deserves tools and features that address those challenges. Some of those are built into the client while others make an IT administrator's life easier. This webcast highlights HP and Microsoft business solutions that address these challenges. Some of those solutions that take advantage of Windows Vista features are included standard with the commercial clients. These solutions demonstrate how the computer is not a commodity. HP and Microsoft business solutions deliver the life cycle and hardware solutions that provide the business with advantages that fit the business.

Tags: Windows Vista

The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) 2008-01-01 Microsoft

This white paper reviews the ongoing OMB and NIST Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) program at an executive level. It provides information on how the program originated, its current status and source data for additional information. The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost of ownership first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the US Air Force. During the 2004-2006 timeframe, the Air Force, partnering with Microsoft, developed the Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC) and successfully deployed the SDC image on over 435,000 desktops and laptops.

Characterizing and Evaluating Desktop Grids: An Empirical Study 2007-12-01 University of California

Desktop resources are attractive for running compute-intensive distributed applications. Several systems that aggregate these resources in desktop grids have been developed. While these systems have been successfully used for many high throughput applications there has been little in-sight into the detailed temporal structure of CPU availability of desktop grid resources. Yet, this structure is critical to characterize the utility of desktop grid platforms for both task parallel and even data parallel applications. This paper addresses the following questions: What are the temporal characteristics of desktop CPU availability in an enterprise setting? How do these characteristics affect the utility of desktop grids? Based on these characteristics, can one construct a model of server "Equivalents" for the desk-top grids, which can be used to predict application performance?

Tags: High Performance Computing

Metro Health and HP: Replacing PCs to Boost Efficiency 2007-12-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)

When it came time to equip their new hospital with PCs, Metro Health chose an innovative alternative - HP BladeSystem Blade PCs - to improve patient care.

Tags: Blades

HP Desktop Education Solutions: Craig Hardman 2007-12-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)

The presenter of this webcast explains the features and benefits of HP desktops in schools and education environments.

Designing Innovation for the Healthcare Industry 2007-12-01 Pathfinder Development

Haemonetics Software Solutions, a leader in medical software and support. The company wanted to provide phlebotomists with the ability to record the entire blood donation or apheresis processes, without continually breaking out of the process to walk to a cart mounted tablet PC. They deployed design of a software application for an ergonomic handheld device that provides phlebotomists the freedom to move around the donor room and enhance the continuity of care and donor comfort.

Tags: Tablets

Set Up a New Desktop Computer 2007-12-01 Microsoft Tips

When one sets up a new desktop computer, some assembly is required. And computer setup isn't limited to hardware - when one first turns on a new computer that has Microsoft Windows preinstalled, one needs to perform some simple setup tasks. If the new computer is a standard desktop model, it consists of at least four pieces: a Central Processing Unit (CPU), which is the box that contains the computer's processor, memory, disk drives, and ports for connecting external devices; a monitor; a keyboard; and a mouse. There might also be a pair of external speakers. Turn the CPU around. The back of the CPU has a collection of ports and jacks that looks something like this illustration, although they might be arranged differently.

Tags: Word Processing

Dell Flexible Computing Solutions: Deploying On-Demand Desktop Streaming 2007-11-01 Dell

The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming is based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops (formerly Ardence Software-Streaming Platform). This solution enables streaming the operating system and applications seamlessly to diskless client machines. This paper presents the steps required to deploy a Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming using a client image stored on either a standalone server or a highly available configuration of servers and shared by all clients. The steps presented apply to deployment on clients with Dell EasyConnect Technology and configured by Dell. EasyConnect Technology simplifies deployment and eliminates manual license management requirements.

Tags: Streaming Media

Performance Characterization of the Dell Flexible Computing On-Demand Desktop Streaming Solution 2007-11-01 Dell

Businesses face increasing challenges in deploying, managing and securing their end user computing machines. Today's information workers rely heavily on their corporate desktops or notebooks to accomplish day-to-day tasks and functions. Managing end user systems is a crucial part of business IT operations. The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming, based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops, enables diskless client computers to boot from a network server via well known mechanisms. The network server, referred to as the "Streaming server," delivers disk images containing operating system and applications on demand to clients over the network. The solution removes the traditional requirements of deploying and maintaining software on a client machine's local hard drive.

Tags: High Performance Computing

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Title	Date Added	Company
Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) - Best Practices to Build an FDCC Standard Image	2008-03-02	Microsoft
This webcast provides an overview of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), which is the next version of the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007) Solution Accelerator. It covers how to use MDT to build a Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 image, best practices for installing applications, and techniques that can be used to install updates and apply FDCC settings to an image. Tags: Infrastructure Management, Best Practices
Momentum Webcast: Address Your Biggest Change Management Challenges With HP Business Computers and Windows Vista (Level 100)	2008-02-21	Microsoft
Life cycle management is more than buying a new computer with a new operating system. HP business computers address the complexity and cost of change. Business deserves tools and features that address those challenges. Some of those are built into the client while others make an IT administrator's life easier. This webcast highlights HP and Microsoft business solutions that address these challenges. Some of those solutions that take advantage of Windows Vista features are included standard with the commercial clients. These solutions demonstrate how the computer is not a commodity. HP and Microsoft business solutions deliver the life cycle and hardware solutions that provide the business with advantages that fit the business. Tags: Windows Vista
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)	2008-01-01	Microsoft
This white paper reviews the ongoing OMB and NIST Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) program at an executive level. It provides information on how the program originated, its current status and source data for additional information. The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost of ownership first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the US Air Force. During the 2004-2006 timeframe, the Air Force, partnering with Microsoft, developed the Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC) and successfully deployed the SDC image on over 435,000 desktops and laptops.
Characterizing and Evaluating Desktop Grids: An Empirical Study	2007-12-01	University of California
Desktop resources are attractive for running compute-intensive distributed applications. Several systems that aggregate these resources in desktop grids have been developed. While these systems have been successfully used for many high throughput applications there has been little in-sight into the detailed temporal structure of CPU availability of desktop grid resources. Yet, this structure is critical to characterize the utility of desktop grid platforms for both task parallel and even data parallel applications. This paper addresses the following questions: What are the temporal characteristics of desktop CPU availability in an enterprise setting? How do these characteristics affect the utility of desktop grids? Based on these characteristics, can one construct a model of server "Equivalents" for the desk-top grids, which can be used to predict application performance? Tags: High Performance Computing
Metro Health and HP: Replacing PCs to Boost Efficiency	2007-12-01	Hewlett-Packard (HP)
When it came time to equip their new hospital with PCs, Metro Health chose an innovative alternative - HP BladeSystem Blade PCs - to improve patient care. Tags: Blades
HP Desktop Education Solutions: Craig Hardman	2007-12-01	Hewlett-Packard (HP)
The presenter of this webcast explains the features and benefits of HP desktops in schools and education environments.
Designing Innovation for the Healthcare Industry	2007-12-01	Pathfinder Development
Haemonetics Software Solutions, a leader in medical software and support. The company wanted to provide phlebotomists with the ability to record the entire blood donation or apheresis processes, without continually breaking out of the process to walk to a cart mounted tablet PC. They deployed design of a software application for an ergonomic handheld device that provides phlebotomists the freedom to move around the donor room and enhance the continuity of care and donor comfort. Tags: Tablets
Set Up a New Desktop Computer	2007-12-01	Microsoft Tips
When one sets up a new desktop computer, some assembly is required. And computer setup isn't limited to hardware - when one first turns on a new computer that has Microsoft Windows preinstalled, one needs to perform some simple setup tasks. If the new computer is a standard desktop model, it consists of at least four pieces: a Central Processing Unit (CPU), which is the box that contains the computer's processor, memory, disk drives, and ports for connecting external devices; a monitor; a keyboard; and a mouse. There might also be a pair of external speakers. Turn the CPU around. The back of the CPU has a collection of ports and jacks that looks something like this illustration, although they might be arranged differently. Tags: Word Processing
Dell Flexible Computing Solutions: Deploying On-Demand Desktop Streaming	2007-11-01	Dell
The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming is based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops (formerly Ardence Software-Streaming Platform). This solution enables streaming the operating system and applications seamlessly to diskless client machines. This paper presents the steps required to deploy a Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming using a client image stored on either a standalone server or a highly available configuration of servers and shared by all clients. The steps presented apply to deployment on clients with Dell EasyConnect Technology and configured by Dell. EasyConnect Technology simplifies deployment and eliminates manual license management requirements. Tags: Streaming Media
Performance Characterization of the Dell Flexible Computing On-Demand Desktop Streaming Solution	2007-11-01	Dell
Businesses face increasing challenges in deploying, managing and securing their end user computing machines. Today's information workers rely heavily on their corporate desktops or notebooks to accomplish day-to-day tasks and functions. Managing end user systems is a crucial part of business IT operations. The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming, based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops, enables diskless client computers to boot from a network server via well known mechanisms. The network server, referred to as the "Streaming server," delivers disk images containing operating system and applications on demand to clients over the network. The solution removes the traditional requirements of deploying and maintaining software on a client machine's local hard drive. Tags: High Performance Computing