Looking at alternate computing solutions to ease your IT headaches?
Think Smart with Dell. Reducing IT costs while optimizing security in complex, rapidly evolving computing environments can be challenging, to say the least. Add to that the business imperative of integrating new technologies that enhance productivity - and ensure you maintain your competitive edge - and you have a scenario that keeps IT managers awake at night. Before you start looking for the right solution, ask yourself the following:
How do you need to manage your data?
- Do you need to ensure that ALL user data is on (fully redundant? backed up?) enterprise or network storage?
- Do you need to move ALL software and operating systems to network storage?
- Do you need better-optimized manageability solutions for enhanced security and data integrity?
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What's the best way to optimize application execution?
- Do your users need to run most applications on the local CPU for enhanced desktop functionality and maximum performance?
- Do you need to migrate selected software applications to servers for seamless streaming from the network?
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What display options and at-desk functionality do your end users need?
- Full-featured 3D or OpenGL graphics capabilities or support for multiple monitors?
- Remote screen display over Ethernet using Remote Display Protocol (RDP) or Citrix?
- Remote KVM? (keyboard, video, and mouse with only minimal I/O options)
- Will your migration to next-generation, 3D-enabled operating systems have an impact on your remote display options and network bandwidth requirements?
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Dell's Approach
As powerful new technologies for desktop or workstation class users increasingly provide unprecedented opportunities for enhanced productivity, organizations that deploy certain alternative architectures risk creating an infrastructure that will not support critical features of future desktop computers, software and operating systems. With this in mind, Dell has teamed up with Ardence to deliver the Ardence Dell SmartClient solution. The Dell SmartClient is a diskless Dell PrecisionTM workstation or an OptiPlexTM desktop with Ardence software that delivers both the operating systems and applications on-demand from networked Dell servers to the desktop. There is no software pre-installed or permanently loaded at the desktop and the clients do not rely on a hard disk drive for their OS/application image. The Dell SmartClient centralizes desktop deployment and management, increases data security and helps IT managers create standards-based architectures that address many of your current IT headaches, help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and still support the diverse hardware and software configurations you need to grow your business. The Future of Remote Computing
Dell is driving the industry to deliver flexible, scalable standards-based solutions that allow you to meet your IT objectives without compromising productivity. Dell and key partners are working to develop the enabling technologies which solve the longer-term needs associated with remote computing. With a diversified solution strategy and global partnerships with leading technology vendors, Dell can work with you directly to tailor a solution designed to meet your specific goals. | 
