http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper_isg-1 i_will_go_on.shtml
It should be noted, as in the above article, that this is not the first time that Stargate SG-1 has had the network cancel. While it may be just blind fanboyism, I trust that there's a good chance that these fairly talented and motivated people may be able to sell Stargate SG-1, in some form, to another media outlet, be it another network or as a movie.
I used Linux-based software in the deployment too, a lot of the benefits actually came from that, rather than the Windows central server (which you can replace with Citrix or whatever, because ThinStation supports a bundle of remote access protocols).
I've done some work for an education instituion who wanted a multi-site, low-cost upgrade to their network.
The decision was made to go ahead with a Windows Terminal Services-based operation. The decision was helped by the fact that they were an educational institution with volume licence key access, so there was no cost in relation to that.
A Dell twin-processor server was ordered and setup with the standard host of software, integrated into their domain and ran like a charm. The clients were setup with ThinStation, which is a phenomenal piece of software. This alone has enabled them to save tens of thousands of dollars simply due to hardware considerations. A new site which they took over had a number of machines which would be considered out of date, or subpar. This included first and second generation Pentium PCs, etc that would not have been considered for 'active duty' if they were required to run Windows XP with the latest and greatest productivity suites.
At this point I should mention the initial deployment was planned for only the administration PCs, but due to the performance, savings and general ease of transition, management has indicated they would like to move forward with classroom deployment soon.
All up, this single server is operating up to 50 clients at any one time, and due to the fact that it's running Terminal Services, their remote site bandwidth requirements have decreased fairly significantly.
The time it takes to setup the ThinStation software is far outweighed by the time it would take to create and deploy a full image, and there is an additional benefit that everything is exactly the same no matter which staff member accesses which terminal.
I'm unsure how educational licences operate in the organisation mentioned in the OP, but if it's anything like my experience, then the labour costs, hardware costs and sheer frustration cut out from dealing with an equivalent non-TS environment are definitely worth it from the point of both myself and the client.
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Say that out loud. In the office. I dare you.
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper_isg-1 i_will_go_on.shtml
It should be noted, as in the above article, that this is not the first time that Stargate SG-1 has had the network cancel. While it may be just blind fanboyism, I trust that there's a good chance that these fairly talented and motivated people may be able to sell Stargate SG-1, in some form, to another media outlet, be it another network or as a movie.
I used Linux-based software in the deployment too, a lot of the benefits actually came from that, rather than the Windows central server (which you can replace with Citrix or whatever, because ThinStation supports a bundle of remote access protocols).
I've done some work for an education instituion who wanted a multi-site, low-cost upgrade to their network.
The decision was made to go ahead with a Windows Terminal Services-based operation. The decision was helped by the fact that they were an educational institution with volume licence key access, so there was no cost in relation to that.
A Dell twin-processor server was ordered and setup with the standard host of software, integrated into their domain and ran like a charm. The clients were setup with ThinStation, which is a phenomenal piece of software. This alone has enabled them to save tens of thousands of dollars simply due to hardware considerations. A new site which they took over had a number of machines which would be considered out of date, or subpar. This included first and second generation Pentium PCs, etc that would not have been considered for 'active duty' if they were required to run Windows XP with the latest and greatest productivity suites.
At this point I should mention the initial deployment was planned for only the administration PCs, but due to the performance, savings and general ease of transition, management has indicated they would like to move forward with classroom deployment soon.
All up, this single server is operating up to 50 clients at any one time, and due to the fact that it's running Terminal Services, their remote site bandwidth requirements have decreased fairly significantly.
The time it takes to setup the ThinStation software is far outweighed by the time it would take to create and deploy a full image, and there is an additional benefit that everything is exactly the same no matter which staff member accesses which terminal.
I'm unsure how educational licences operate in the organisation mentioned in the OP, but if it's anything like my experience, then the labour costs, hardware costs and sheer frustration cut out from dealing with an equivalent non-TS environment are definitely worth it from the point of both myself and the client.