April 12, 2005
Greetings Valued Customer,
Welcome to the first issue of Century Software's PIXIL Newsletter, your source of information about the thin client market and the PIXIL Thin Client product line.
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Welcome to the first issue of PIXIL Newsletter
This newsletter's intent is to present you with news relating to the PIXIL product line and thin client advantages. I'd like to hear from you with any comments you may have, or information you'd like to see included in the newsletter. Please click here to send me any comments you may have.
PIXIL Product Line in a Nutshell
The PIXIL product line includes two main components: PIXIL Thin Client, which provides the operating environment on the desktop, and PIXIL Configuration Server, which is used to manage the thin clients and provide network boot image support.
PIXIL Thin Client is a low-cost software solution available on Dell Optiplex PC hardware, allowing thin client access to applications running on Windows servers, UNIX/Linux, and IBM mainframe and midrange systems.
PIXIL Configuration Server provides a pre-configured SUSE Linux or Microsoft Windows-based PXE network boot server for PIXIL Thin Client PCs.
As shown on the diagrams in the PIXIL
Configuration Server data sheet, the PIXIL Thin Client environment
consists of low-cost, small-resource PCs attached to a company intranet, and
managed and booted from a Windows or Linux-based boot server. This
unique thin client environment allows the speed, flexibility and low-cost of
PC hardware to be used on the desktop, rather than dedicated, proprietary
hardware. Here's
a one-page overview of PIXIL's benefits.
Online Documentation and Collateral
We've recently revamped our web site and now have much more information available for the PIXIL product line. All data sheets, version release notes, Quick Start Guides, Users Manuals and Administrators Guides are now available online. Here's a quick listing of newly available collateral:
PIXIL Thin Client
PIXIL Thin Client
Homepage
Data
sheet
Release
Notes
Quick
Start Guide
User's
Guide
Additional
Documentation
Evaluation
Download
PIXIL Configuration Server
Homepage
Data
sheet
Administrators Guide
Century's DELL Portal for PIXIL
Click here to request access to Dell
Portal
Dell
Thin Client Portal
For more information on PIXIL, please call Century Sales at
(801)268-3088.
Ingram SKUs
PIXIL is available for new Dell OptiPlex PCs directly from Dell. For already-deployed Dell systems, PIXIL may be ordered from Ingram Micro. We have created several options including a basic thin client with one year maintenance & support (SKU F054321) and a three year bundle (F06934). Terminal emulation is also available (F05435) and the three year bundle (F06038). Also, PIXIL Thin Client can be evaluated easily by ordering a USB flash-key based boot, so there's no need to setup a network boot server (E68250). A complete list of Ingram SKUs is available in spreadsheet format.
Call or email Century Software at (801)268-3088 to receive the complete Ingram SKU list, order a flash boot key, or help with the Dell ordering process.
PIXIL Thin Client Version 1.18 Released
Century's new product, PIXIL Thin Client, is a great way to lower costs
and improve performance using Thin Client Terminals. The latest
release, version 1.18, is now available. More information about
PIXIL's new features as well as a download link follow.
New Features in 1.18
- Support for Dell D400 and D600 series laptops
- 24-bit color default for all platforms that support it
- Client hostname specifiable per desktop
- Updated Linux kernel to 2.6.10rc3 for USB boot support
- Manual BIOS reconfiguration no longer necessary on i810 systems
Click here to download PIXIL Thin Client version 1.18
Why Buy PIXIL?
- Lowest-cost complete Dell hardware+software solution on the market
- Network boot reduces overall hardware costs, simplifies management
- No local storage requirement means high security, centralized configurations
- Low-cost N-series OptiPlex hardware can be dual-deployed as desktop PCs
- Fast CPU allows delivery of very high quality audio and video to the desktop
PIXIL's Competitive Advantages
- Supports multiple boot options - Network PXE boot, local boot from USB flash, CD, HD or FD, only 128MB RAM required
- Easily administered from single management console
- Works with your organization's existing software management systems
PIXIL is Ideal For
- New and current thin client users using Citrix or Microsoft Terminal Server
- Large organizations wanting to reduce IT management costs and centralize deployment of all applications to servers
- Replacement of existing Wyse or HP thin client hardware at lower cost
Dell chooses PIXIL Thin Client
Dell has chosen Century’s PIXIL Thin Client software as their Thin Client solution of choice, while previously providing only Wyse Thin Clients. PIXIL Thin Client is a total solution, requiring no local client storage, running on Dell PC hardware that replaces standalone thin client terminals with faster hardware, lower cost, and more capabilities. This allows thin client access to shared applications running on Windows servers, UNIX/Linux, IBM mainframe and midrange systems.
Dell has chosen to emphasize PIXIL because of its robust features and Century’s long standing quality reputation in the terminal emulation and host access market. Century’s PIXIL Thin Client delivers a powerful and flexible Linux based architecture that leverages the benefits of server-based computing, increased security, and lowered costs.
For more information on PIXIL, please call Century Sales at (801)268-3088.
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