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Title: Expanding Computing Access to All Students


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Expanding Computing Access to All Students
  • Education Solutions Overview
  • January 30, 2007

2
Suggested Agenda
  • Company Background
  • IT Challenges in Education
  • Solution Overview
  • NComputing in Action
  • Q A / Next Steps

3
NComputing Background
  • Our Vision
  • Our Solution
  • Enables a single PC to be shared by multiple
    students at once to lower IT costs for schools
  • Our SuccessWe are the fastest growing Shared
    Computing company in the world and have hundreds
    of thousands of units deployed in over 40
    countries

4
Schools Benefit from the NComputing Solution
  • Hundreds of schools in the U.S. have deployed
    tens of thousands of NComputing
  • products because the solution is
  • Compatible
  • Works with standard OSes, software and
    peripherals
  • No in-depth re-training of IT staff, students or
    teachers is required
  • Affordable
  • Dramatically lowers technology acquisition costs
  • Slashes ongoing maintenance costs
  • Simple
  • Easy to setup and secure resulting in a
    student-proof install
  • Reduces the number of PCs, reducing HW
    obsolescence
  • Efficient
  • Enables more students to have one-to-one
    computing access
  • Small, energy efficient terminals improve the
    learning environment

5
Suggested Agenda
  • Company Background
  • IT Challenges in Education
  • Solution Overview
  • NComputing in Action
  • Q A / Next Steps

6
Constrained Budgets Minimize Computing Access
  • Students need access to computing so they can
  • Learn valuable workplace skills with standard PC
    software
  • Leverage educational software for personalized
    learning
  • Access the world of information through the
    internet
  • However, the high cost and complexity of
    providing PC access results in
  • Students with only limited access to computing
    (PC lab or classroom)
  • Outdated PCs that require constant maintenance

PCs are not nearly as commonas pencils in the
classroom
7
Many Challenges Limit PC Deployments in Schools
8
Suggested Agenda
  • Company Background
  • IT Challenges in Education
  • Solution Overview
  • NComputing in Action
  • Q A / Next Steps

9
The NComputing Approach
NComputing resolves the challenges of deploying
dedicated PCs by enabling a single PC.
Host PC (Student 1)
10
NComputing Technology Enables Shared Computing
1
3
2
NComputing Terminal Services Software runs on
standard Windows or Linux Host PC
NComputing Access Terminals are slim, silent,
efficient, and very low cost
NComputing Desktop Extension Protocol delivers a
secure, multi-media interface
11
Product Overview
  • X Series
  • Up to 7 users can share one PC
  • Direct connection via UTP cable (10 m / 33 ft)
  • X300 kit includes
  • PCI card with 3 ports
  • 3 Multi Box access terminals
  • Terminal services software

PCI-based X300
  • L Series
  • Up to 30 users can share one PC
  • Ethernet connection over any distance
  • Each L Series access terminal includes
  • Access terminal
  • Terminal services software

Ethernet-Based L200
  • Management Software
  • NControl monitor/remote control 128 sessions
  • NShield backup and auto-reset images

12
NComputing X Series
  • Most popular solution for schools
  • Just 70 per seat to add users to PC
  • Hardwired connection up to 33 ft. from host PC
    to terminals
  • Up to 3 users per PCI card
  • Up to 2 cards per PC
  • Max of 7 users per PC (1 on host, 6 on
    Multiboxes)
  • Terminal services software on host PC enables
    simultaneous sharing and management of student
    sessions
  • Access terminal (Multi Box) connections
  • VGA (up to 1024x768 resolution)
  • PS/2 keyboard
  • PS/2 mouse
  • Speaker output
  • No separate power input required (supplied by PC
    through UTP cable)
  • USB ports on host PC can be assigned to
    individual users

PCI card
Multi Box 1
Multi Box 3
Multi Box 2
13
X Series Configuration
Note Four users can share a PC running with one
X300 kit. Seven users can share with
two X300 kits.
14
X Series Installs in Just 4 Easy Steps
  • Step 1 Install PCI card into the Host PC

Step 2 Connect Multi Box to the students
monitor and peripherals
Step 4 Install NComputing software on Host PC
directly or via imaging software (like Ghost)
Step 3 Connect Multi Box to the PCI card via
standard UTP cable
15
X Series Minimizes Physical Plant/Infrastructure
Needs
  • Multibox at student
  • Powered by the Ethernet cable, so
  • no additional electrical needed
  • Generates no heat, hence no
  • HVAC retrofits required

Only 1 network cable drop feeds 7 students --
dramatically reducing wiring costs/time
16
NComputing L Series
  • Flexible Ethernet connection enables any distance
    between host PC and users
  • 200 per seat
  • Terminal services software on host PC enables
    simultaneous sharing and management of student
    sessions
  • Up to 10 users on desktop OS (Windows XP)
  • Up to 30 users on server OS (Windows 2003 Server
    or Linux)
  • Access terminal connections
  • VGA (up to 1280x1024 resolution)
  • PS/2 keyboard
  • PS/2 mouse
  • Speaker output
  • USB Flash Drive Port (L200 only)
  • DC Power input

Ethernet Switch
L200
L200 Rear View
17
L Series Deployment Architecture
Note Up to 10 users can share a PC running a
desktop OS (Windows XP) and up to 30
users can share if the host hardware is a server
running a server OS.
18
L Series Installs in Just 3 Easy Steps
Step 3 Install NComputing software on Host PC
directly or via imaging software (like Ghost)
Step 1 Connect L Series access terminal to the
student monitor/mouse/keyboard
Step 2 Connect terminal to the network
19
NControl Enables Remote Control and Administration
  • Control Mode
  • Remotely monitor and control the keyboard, mouse
    and screen of any student to collaborate
  • Block a student from access to ensure attention
    (screen is blanked and keyboard/mouse are
    disabled)
  • Remote logoff, restart, or shutdown
  • Remote updates and installation of software
  • Students can be in multiple locations/tele-learnin
    g
  • Presentation Mode
  • Broadcast the teachers screen activities to one
    or more students
  • Broadcast one students screen to a group of
    students   
  • FTP Mode
  • Distribute to and collect files from student
    computers

20
NShield Protects Your Installation and Data
  • Enables recovery of your host PCs hard disk
  • Manual or automatic recovery is enabled by a
    reboot of the protected PC
  • Very simple to install and use
  • Recover applications, Windows system settings and
    data easily within just a few minutes
  • Protects against viruses, malware/spyware, failed
    software installations, un-installations or even
    damage to the Windows OS files
  • Great for computer labs where you want to reset
    the PC to a known-good state

21
Sample PC Lab Architecture
In this example, just four host PCs are needed
for a lab with 24 students!
Student is playing a game in class
During Class Time, Playing a game
NControl can monitor student sessions, send
warnings, and even close the game window
NShield can protect data on the Host PC
Send a warning message to a student and close an
game window by using NControl
Virus or Loss of Data
22
NComputing Eliminates PC Deployment Challenges
23
NComputing Benefits
24
Significant Acquisition and TCO Savings
  • NComputing deployment is 1/3 the cost!
  • Additional operational savings from
  • 83 lower electrical usage
  • 85 reduction in PCs supported

Assuming 200W per PC, an all-PC deployment uses
5,600 Watts/hr NComputing uses 812 watts/hr (4
PCs x 200W) (24 Xtendas x .5W)
25
Suggested Agenda
  • Company Background
  • IT Challenges in Education
  • Solution Overview
  • NComputing in Action
  • Q A / Next Steps

26
What Schools Are Saying About NComputing
  • We were able to deploy more than 200 computers
    at a fraction of the cost and that allowed us to
    go into every elementary school in our district
    and upgrade every classroom
  • -- Tracy Smith, Fremont County School
    District
  • The Xtenda X300 can be seen as a more cost
    effective way of providing schools with computer
    laboratories, while the performance can
    becompared to that of a normal client network
  • -- Western Cape School System IT Report on
    NComputing
  • It is really like having four separate
    computers. I highly recommend the Xtenda kit to
    expand computer resources at a much lower cost
    than purchasing complete computer systems.
  • -- Greg Wise, Baltimore City School District

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North Carolina Schools
  • 19 school districts in North Carolina have
    deployed NComputing systems
  • Northampton
  • Craven
  • Nash-Rocky Mount
  • Pender
  • Brunswick
  • Robeson
  • McDowell
  • Caswell
  • Rockingham
  • Dare
  • Washington
  • Currituck
  • Lee
  • Orange
  • Pitt
  • Madison
  • Bladen
  • Franklin
  • Montgomery
  • 2,500 NComputing systems have been deployed to
    support 10,000 students
  • By using NComputing, the state of North Carolina
    saved over 4 million (compared to the costof
    purchasing individual PCs for each seat)

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Orangeburg School District, South Carolina
  • Challenge
  • Orangeburg School District (SC) only had a budget
    for 250 PCs but wanted to have 1,000 seats
  • Solution
  • District deployed 50 new PCs, upgraded 100 old
    PCs and installed NComputing X series
  • Results
  • 750 more students gained computing access
  • District used extra budget for LCD monitors and
    wireless networking

29
Fremont Joint School District, Idaho
  • Challenge
  • Rural Idaho school district had limited funding
    to replace the 240 aging computers in place
  • Support staff could not keep up with calls placed
    from widely spread-out schools
  • Solution
  • District deployed 225 new seats of computing
    access from just 57 PCs with the NComputing X
    Series
  • Results
  • I would definitely recommend NComputing products
    to other school districts. Its a great way to
    get quality workstations to more students at a
    low price.
  • --- Tracy Smith, Director of Technology

30
Suggested Agenda
  • Company Background
  • IT Challenges in Education
  • Solution Overview
  • NComputing in Action
  • Q A / Next Steps

31
QA / Next Steps
  • Evaluate NComputing Today!
  • No risk/No obligation
  • 30 day free trial
  • Easy to set up (3 easy steps)
  • No infrastructure changes
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