Oracle Sun Ray Technology Overview

Zero-administration Sun Ray thin clients enable access to server hosted applications and desktops for virtually any platform—Oracle Solaris, Linux, UNIX, or Microsoft Windows—to meet the needs of a diverse enterprise. The Sun Ray desktop virtualization architecture consists of two major components: the Sun Ray thin client device and the Sun Ray Software.

Sun Ray clients are simple, low-cost, low-power consumption devices that require no desktop administration. Sun Ray thin clients differ from complex PCs and other thin clients with embedded operating systems because they have no local operating system (such as Windows XP Embedded or Windows CE) to manage, administer, or create vulnerabilities. This also eliminates the need to upgrade the client when new applications are introduced or more computing power is required.

For maximum convenience and security, every Sun Ray thin client contains an integrated smart card reader, enabling a user to simply insert their smart card into any available Sun Ray device and instantaneously accesses their existing session over a local- or wide-area network (LAN or WAN). This allows mobile workers in healthcare, manufacturing, or other industries to move from place to place efficiently without having to constantly re-login to access their information.

The Sun Ray Software provides user authentication and encryption between the server and the client, as well as user session management across the environment. User sessions are load balanced across the servers in the group to optimize performance for users. Sun Ray Software and clients utilize Oracle’s unique Appliance Link Protocol (ALP) that is specifically designed to enable Sun Ray thin clients to work seamlessly over both LAN and WAN distances without requiring WAN repeater hardware, reducing cost and complexity.

Pano Logic Overview

Pano Logic was created to address the growing costs and complexity of the PC-based desktop computing paradigm.

• Centralize everything - move all of the software and processing - and the resulting complexity and management workload - into the data center to maximize the benefits of centralization.
• Be complete - deliver everything, from client hardware to management tools to integration with corporate networking standards, needed to minimize the training and deployment overhead for IT staff.
• Work like Windows - provide as close to a native Windows desktop experience as possible, including native driver support, to minimize user retraining, hardware replacement costs and deployment disruptions.