General Dynamics Refreshes Thin Client Lineup

The new additions to the General Dynamics lineup include two mobile offerings and two systems. According to Dave Miles, director of marketing for the Itronix unit of General Dynamics responsible for thin clients, General Dynamics is supporting a full-range of thin client devices ranging from mobile to desktop units, along with units that have no software to versions that have a basic operating system installed.

Miles said General Dynamics sees a big opportunity for thin clients as IT organizations rethink not only their strategy as the they ponder the implications of Windows 7 and desktop virtualization, but also data governance issues that are better addressed by thin clients. Unlike a traditional PC, if the data is never installed locally, then the client device is never a risk factor.

The total cost of thin clients, especially systems that have no local software installed, is also substantially less than traditional distributed PC systems, Miles added.

The two new mobile systems are a Tadpole 10-in. M1000 and a 15-in. Tadpole M1500 mobile computing offering capable of support high-definition applications; and the desktop units are a Tadpole Pulsar and Tadpole Pulsar Premium systems that support wired or wireless connectivity.

The members of the General Dynamics thin client lineup also leverage network protocols technology that Sun developed for its Sun Ray line of thin clients before Sun became part of Oracle.

The Itronix group is part of the C4 Systems Group of General Dynamics.