Some of the very best features of Echo™ have come from our specific interactions with our customers and with our partner Dell. With this latest release of Echo™ we have combined the feature, function, and scalability requirements for VDI implementations ranging from 100 desktops to global implementations in the hundreds of thousands.

All VDI and thin client devices that run DeTOS or Devon IT’s WES operating systems can be managed by Devon IT’s Echo™ thin client management software. This includes our TC2 and TC5, the Dell FX130 and FX170 OptiPlex thin clients as well as PCs repurposed with VDI Blaster™.

For more information about Devon IT Echo 4™ please visit our software page at http://www.devonit.com/software/echo/overview and you can view a preview of Echo 4™ on the Devon IT Thin Client TV YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/ThinClientTV#p/u/0/Z0ziFKR43HU

Leading Thin Client Solutions make Virtual Desktops an Attractive Approach for Companies and Organizations of All Sizes

King of Prussia, PA, October 25, 2011 – Devon IT, a leading provider of thin client and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) hardware and software solutions, announced today it is showcasing its thin client  and VDI solutions at the upcoming Citrix Synergy 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, October 26 – 28.  Devon IT will be in Booth # 509.

Devon IT will offer user demos of its Citrix HDX Ready™ thin clients, and its VDI Blaster™ software that repurposes PCs as thin clients.  Devon IT will also showcase the Dell OptiPlex FX130 and FX170 thin clients.

The new OptiPlex thin client solutions offer mobile, contract, remote and task workers connectivity within a desktop virtualization infrastructure. The FX170 is designed for knowledge-based workers focused on multimedia and content creation, while the FX130 is ideal for application and task-based environments.  The solutions provide the following features:

• Productivity and Connectivity designed for quick and easy deployment and management with optional support for dual monitors;
• Business Class Control by allowing IT to centrally manage data and images in the data center;
• Reliable and flexible fan-less systems and with no moving parts are designed for a long life of service and as the smallest OptiPlex systems at less than 1.5 inches wide and weighing less than 1.5 pounds, are designed to fit in a variety of environments; and,
• Dell ProSupport comes standard for simple, quick hardware replacement.

Dell offers a comprehensive set of software solutions to improve the manageability and control of the new OptiPlex thin clients. These solutions, including Devon IT Echo™ Management Console Dell Edition and Devon IT DeTOS Dell Edition, provide support for Microsoft Windows Embedded and DeTOS thin clients and allow access to Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware View™ and web-based applications. Additionally, Devon IT VDI Blaster Dell Edition supports a wide array PCs while maximizing life and extending capital investments by allowing quick conversion to a thin client system.

“Citrix continues to evolve its leading remote desktop solutions to meet the growing needs of virtualization and cloud computing users,” says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “For years we have worked with Citrix and aligned our products with their application delivery solutions to provide the best desktop experiences to users. We are proud to let users test our newest Citrix Ready desktop technologies at Synergy.”

HDX technology in Citrix XenDesktop™ delivers a high-definition user experience of virtual desktops and applications. The Citrix HDX Ready designation is reserved for thin client devices like the TC5X, built with the powerful Intel® Atom™ n270 1.6GHz dual threaded processor, that have been verified to work with HDX technology in both XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp™.

For more information about virtual desktop hardware and software solutions orderable through Dell, or to schedule a private demonstration, email info@devonit.com or call 610-757-4220 or 888-524-9382.

Devon IT has worked closely with Dell to launch their FX130 and FX170 thin clients and Dell edition Devon IT software. Join us to understand how you can take advantage of Dell’s new desktop virtualization solutions.   Act now – webinar space is limited.

What You Will Learn

• Why You Should Consider Thin Clients & VDI
• How to Re-Purpose PCs into Thin Clients
  
• How Different Users Utilize VDI
• The Costs & Benefits of VDI
• Energy Efficiencies from Thin Clients

Webinar Series Dates

Register for a time below:

• Wednesday, August 24, 10:00AM – 11:00AM (EST)
• Wednesday, August 24, 12:00PM – 1:00PM (EST)
• Wednesday, August 24, 3:00PM – 4:00PM (EST)
• Thursday, August 25, 10:00AM – 11:00AM (EST)
• Thursday, August 25, 12:00PM – 1:00PM (EST)
• Thursday, August 25, 3:00PM – 4:00PM (EST)
• Tuesday, August 30, 10:00AM – 11:00AM (EST)
• Tuesday, August 30, 12:00PM – 1:00PM (EST)
• Tuesday, August 30, 2:00PM – 3:00PM (EST)
• Thursday, September 1, 10:00AM – 11:00AM (EST)
• Thursday, September 1, 12:00PM – 1:00PM (EST)
• Thursday, September 1, 3:00PM-4:00PM (EST)

Private Webinars Available: Devon IT offers private webinars to end users. Email us at webinars@devonit.com to schedule yours.

Check out Dell for industry leading VDI desktops and management    http://content.dell.com/us/en/business/d/sb360/fx170-thin-client.aspx

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King of Prussia, PA – June 29, 2011 – Devon IT, Inc., a leading provider of thin client hardware, software, and virtual desktop solutions, today announced full support for Microsoft® Office 365, the latest addition to the software giant’s growing cloud application suite.

According to Microsoft’s website, Office 365 is a service that offers customers the chance to pay a monthly fee to use its familiar Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications online, as well as server software including its Exchange Online email program, SharePoint collaboration software, and Lync Online communications technology. The service will be hosted by Microsoft and telecom partners. Thin client portals accessing Office 365 application can be configured within an organization or home office for easy access to these leading applications hosted in the cloud.

“Microsoft Office 365 is a clear endorsement of an alternative desktop approach, and we’re witnessing very strong interest,” says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “Many of our VDI customers are taking advantage of cloud computing where applications are no longer directly tied to a user’s desktop. Growing adoption will prompt more customers to migrate content from multiple locations to the cloud. Microsoft Office 365 gives organization a way to continue to use the standard applications while taking full advantage of VDI and cloud computing.”

Devon IT’s thin client solutions provide a fully-tested Office 365 plug-and-play solution and Devon IT thin clients running Windows® Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) are fully compliant with all Office 365 applications. Devon IT thin clients running its proprietary Linux-based Devon Terminal Operating System (DeTOS), as well as PCs repurposed with Devon IT’s VDI Blaster™ software, can immediately take advantage of the Office 365 service. Future releases of DeTOS and VDI Blaster will include enhancements that will enable Office 365 support out of the box.

“Our thin clients with WES 7 work perfectly with Office 365,” explained Ian Geiser, CTO for Devon IT. “WES 7 is an ideal Office 365 cloud endpoint for small businesses who do not wish to purchase a desktop PC, server, and support hardware needed for a small office.”

“We supported Office 365 beta customers for months and are excited to offer full support for the commercial release,” noted Makoid. “Devon IT is proud to be a part of the Office 365 community, and is committed to providing robust thin client solutions that will help users realize the cost and process benefits of Office 365.”

We just finished passing around a book written by Michael Fox in 2010 called DeMystifying the Virtual Desktop: Starting with Desktop virtualization. It was fantastic. Fox raises a number of interesting points, and one in particular really hit home with us.

Right off the bat Fox discusses how important the end user at an organization is when it comes to deciding to switch to virtual desktops – and how sometimes they are forgotten in the grand scheme of strategic IT infrastructure planning. While CEOs and CIOs think about the bottom line, the users – who are both people and employees – ultimately determine how successful the organization will be based on their productivity.

In thinking about “end users,” many current solutions involve desktop PCs or laptops with generic applications, perhaps some cloud/SaaS applications such as Salesforce, and some common settings. These solutions are developed with the idea that many users are the same. Virtual desktops can mimic these basic setups, often at a fraction of the total cost.

In thinking about end users as “people,” Fox stresses that we should take the time to think about how individual users – no matter their job role – have differences: Different screen resolutions, different hours sometimes, different color variations on monitors. Maybe some people would want to work from home, but cannot due to financial constraints of setup and deployment. Virtual desktops could make working from home very easy and inexpensive, but also allow the flexibility to change 1,000 users’ settings or just one person’s settings very quickly and from the same one place.

In thinking about end users as “employees,” Fox notes that employees have standards – and that they need to be taken into consideration. Organizations should ask their employees what applications are fast or slow. What software would they like to use? What IT brands would they use at home? The wrong virtual desktop deployment could erase years of training and familiarity that could produce unhappy, inefficient works producing less on a day-to-day basis.

We like Fox’s ideas around thinking about the user first when it comes to considering virtual desktop deployments. With all the tremendous cost, security, and manageability benefits of desktop virtualization, it’s no wonder why some many companies are making the switch from desktop PCs. At the end of the day keeping the user in mind – and their preferences – is key.

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Devon is offering a Webinar series detailing the many features of dells new vdi solutions

This Webinar will clearly defines the key benefits of using the new VDI solutions from, and simplifies how virtual desktop infrastructure can help them improve IT standards.

By leveraging our partnerships with leading companies such as Dell and Mainline, we look forward to helping companies take advantage of the tremendous potential of VDI. Coupled with thin client technology, it is clear that VDI is the future of corporate IT.

Some of the topics we will cover include: The new new Dell thin clients, The new Echo Dell edition management software, DeTOS Dell edition, WES 2009 and WES 7,
VDI Blaster dell edition

Subject matter experts will help simplify and explain these offerings including the fit, the scalability, and the ROI

Tune in for a fast paced and informative webinars. Sessions will be help on Thursday June 18 and Thursday June 23.

King of Prussia, PA- June 14, 2011 – Devon IT, Inc., a leading provider of thin client hardware, software, and virtual desktop solutions, today released the latest version of its Devon IT Echo™ Thin Client Management software platform that centrally manages thin client virtual desktops.
Devon IT Echo™ Thin Client Management Software Version 3.2 combines thin client management capabilities with connection management features. Whether overseeing complex, large scale hosted-desktop deployments or managing a small group of thin client terminals, IT personnel use Devon IT Echo™ to manage multiple desktops from one central location.

“Devon IT Echo is the premier tool for managing heterogeneous desktop environments,” says Joe Makoid, president, Devon IT. “We continually collaborate with the most progressive users of virtual desktops, along with leading industry VDI companies, to enhance a management platform that is easy to use, powerful, and flexible. During a time in which the major desktop and server manufacturers are expanding their virtual desktop offerings, improving upon our intuitive management platform is of the utmost importance, and we are committed to supporting the advancement of our industry and responding to our customers’ needs.”

Devon IT Echo™ Thin Client Management Software Version 3.2 can now be utilized to manage:
• Next-generation thin clients running Windows Embedded Standard (WES) or Devon Terminal Operating System (DeTOS 7), including the Devon IT TC5D and TC5Dc thin client models and Dell’s recently released OptiPlex FX130 and OptiPlex170 thin clients.
• PCs running Devon IT’s VDI Blaster™ software that converts old computers into virtual clients via USB, dual-boot, or full hard drive installation.
• Microsoft® Windows® Embedded thin clients, including connections, settings, and images for Devon IT thin clients running WES.
• Hosted desktop environments using the PC-over-IP™ architecture that combines remote workstations with high-performance desktop access devices including the Dell FX100.

“Devon IT Echo software is designed to provide IT administrators with a simplified, consistent way to cost-effectively manage hosted or virtualized desktops. We look forward to continuing the development of our products as more and more companies begin to look away from PC hardware and towards virtual infrastructures.”

Echo Availability
Echo is supplied with all versions of Devon IT VDI solutions and is also available from www.dell.com. For more information about Devon IT’s products that orderable from Dell, or to arrange for a proof-of-concept, email info@devonit.com, or call 610-757-4220 or toll-free 888-524-9382. Information is also available at www.devonit.com.

Read Devon IT’s technical blog “Thin Tank” at http://www.devonit.com/blog.
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This, and other industry news from Microsoft, VMware and others means that VDI is fast becoming the preferred approach to corporate desktops. We have be touting the benefits of hosted and virtual desktops for years, (security, lower TCO, manageability, flexibility etc.,) but there have been perceived drawbacks from certain end users and customers. Today, however, the drawbacks are gone and the benefits clearly outweigh and lingering prejudgements. Thin client endpoint devics are more powerful that ever (see the Dell FX170) have a robust selection of operating systems (such as DeTOS or Windows Embedded) are easily and effectively managed (such as Devon IT Echo) and come with full support from the leading desktop companies (Dell and others).

In addition, Citrix, Microsoft and VMware have made VDI a clear priority and customers can expect continued advancements in remoting protocols and useability across the network. Finally, the transition to VDI now includes the ability to repurpose PCs with products such as our VDI Blaster.

For anyone looking at VDI solutions for any size company or organization, the time has never been better.

Read more news about the Dell announcement on the Devon IT News Page.

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New Windows 7-based thin client redefines virtual desktop computing through RDP 7.1 with RemoteFX

King of Prussia, PA — May 16 , 2011 — Devon IT, Inc., a leading provider of thin client hardware and software solutions, today announced it will demonstrate its new Window Embedded Standard (WES) 7-based thin client, the TC5Xc, at the Microsoft® Tech-Ed North America 2011 conference in Atlanta, Georgia, from May 16-19. Devon IT will exhibit in the RemoteFX Pavilion booth 12.

TC5Xc thin clients running WES7 with RemoteFX will deliver significant user experience and security benefits. WES7 leverages GPU virtualization and advanced codecs to deliver the full modern Windows 7 desktop experience, including multimedia and multiple displays, to the TC5x. RemoteFX allows users to take advantage of rich media features, such as 3D user interface, full-motion video, animations, and portable graphics stacks like Microsoft Silverlight and Flash.
WES 7 also features an enhanced, highly secure environment with seamless connectivity between the thin client and the network to protect critical data.

“The simple fact is that today’s thin clients paired with high-powered graphics software like WES7 with RemoteFX can deliver a true Windows experience and all the rich media PC users access today,” says Joe Makoid, president of Devon IT. “Microsoft is a desktop giant, and we expect RemoteFX to set the tone for Windows OS delivery on thin clients. Devon IT has been on the forefront of thin client and virtual desktop solution development for years, and we are committed to continually changing the face of desktop computing.”

RemoteFX will be part of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. More information about DevonIT’s RemoteRX solutions are available at http://www.devonit.com/software/microsoft-remotefx/overview.

For more information about Devon IT’s products and virtual desktop solutions, or to arrange for a proof-of-concept, contact info@devonit.com, 610-757-4220, or toll-free 888-524-9382. Information is also available at www.devonit.com. Read Devon IT’s “Thin Tank” Blog at http://www.devonit.com/category/blog.

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