Telecomputing Thin-client Market Analysis 2004 April 20, 2004.

TelecomputingTelecomputing Thin-client Thin-client

Market Analysis 2004Market Analysis 2004

April 20, 2004

Chapter 1 – About the evaluationChapter 1 – About the evaluation

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Who made the tests?Who made the tests?

• One of the world leaders in Thin-client technologies – Telecomputing from Sweden.

• Doing the most in-depth thin-client market review and testing for the second time. Primary customer is the Swedish Government.

• 8 Leading thin-client vendors participated this year

• Over 25 different products that were tested.

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Who Participated?Who Participated?

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• HP

• Igel

• Chip PC

• Wyse

• Neoware

• Network

• Thintune

• VXL

Tested Categories:

• CE .NET Thin-clients

• Linux Thin-Clients

• XP embedded Thin-clients

• Thin-client management suites

• PC client management solutions

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What was tested?What was tested?

• Local Settings functionality

• Local Desktop functionality

• Local browser functionality

• Extended RDP and ICA local functionality

• Performance in RDP and ICA

• Reliability stability and recovery

• Image modularity – upgrading, growth potential

• Remote management functionality

• Pricing, support, warranty, training & documentation

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Evaluation Fundamental Assumptions:Evaluation Fundamental Assumptions:

• Remote management functionality is by far the most important consideration

• Hardware performance and functionality is not significant. Only under-performed devices were strongly affected.

• Price is not critical (all similar anyway)

• Equal heavy weight for ICA and RDP

• Significant weight for in-service upgrade and recovery

• Local desktop becomes an important aspect

• Local browser and media player received medium weight (though portal usage has higher value)

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How it was tested?How it was tested?

Test results

# Function Weight Scores Total

1 ICA 18% 4.58 0.82

2 RDP 18% 3.33 0.60

3 Terminal emulations / Unix 4% 9.23 0.37

4 Browser & Multimedia 6% 4.25 0.26

5 Desktop 10% 3.01 0.30

6 S/W Deployment & Recovery 15% 4.00 0.60

7 Price, warranty, support, doc 8% 4.00 0.32

8 Extended functionality 5% 4.21 0.21

9 Performance, physical 12% 7.08 0.85

10 Hardware Expansion 4% 7.74 0.31

100% 51.43 4.64

Evaluation Functional Category

Evaluation Functional Category

Relative weightRelative weightResults (Points)Results (Points)

Weighted ResultsWeighted Results

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Evaluation Relative WeightsEvaluation Relative Weights

Evaluation Relative Weights

RDP, 18%

ICA, 18%

Hardware Expansion, 4%

Performance, physical,

Extended functionality, 5%

Price, warranty, support, doc, 8%

S/W Deployment & Recovery, 15%

Desktop, 10%Browser &

Multimedia, 6%

Terminal emulations / Unix, 4%

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How it was tested?How it was tested?

# Function Weight Exist Manage with Points Total

1.1 Session sharing with published applications 7% 0 0 0 0.00

1.2 ICA client installable as a Plug-In remotely 5% 0 0 0 0.00

1.3 ICA client installable as a Plug-In via SMB (shared folder)

2%0 0 0 0.00

1.4 ICA client installable as a Plug-In via external storage

2%0 0 0 0.00

1.5 Dictation supported 0% 0 0 0 0.00

1.6 Local logon to device 4% 0 0 0 0.00

1.7 ICA Program Neighborhood Agent (PNA) 2% 5 0 5 0.10

1.8 Enable Pass-through authentication inside PNA

2%5 0 5 0.10

1.9 Enable PNA application icon recognition (as defined in server)

1%0 0 0 0.00

1.10 Enable PNA application shortcut placement - desktop (as defined in server)

1%0 0 0 0.00

1.11 Enable PNA application shortcut placement - start menu (as defined in server)

1%0 0 0 0.00

1.12 Control PNAgent process duration (for WAN)

1%0 0 0 0.00

1.13 Enable Pass-through authentication - all ICA connections

3%0 0 0 0.00

1.14 Change local ICA connection icons 1% 0 0 0 0.00

1.15 Create shortcut on desktop 2% 5 8 13 0.26

1.16 ICA controlled window size (seamless window)

4%0 0 0 0.00

Specific Feature Description

Specific Feature Description

Relative Weight of specific Feature

Relative Weight of specific Feature

Points (0=N/A, 5=Exists)Points (0=N/A, 5=Exists)

Management Points (Local only = 0, Image = 4, Script = 6, GUI =

8)

Management Points (Local only = 0, Image = 4, Script = 6, GUI =

8)

Total PointsTotal Points

Weighted PointsWeighted Points

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Chapter 2 – Evaluation ResultsChapter 2 – Evaluation Results

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ICA and RDP ResultsICA and RDP Results

ICA & RDP

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NeoWareCapio 610

VXL ItonaCE

ChipPCEX5450

Wyse3125SE

HP t5500

Sc

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s

ICA

RDP

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Local Browser & Multimedia ResultsLocal Browser & Multimedia Results

Browser & Multimedia

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NeoWare Capio 610 VXL Itona CE ChipPC EX5450 Wyse 3125SE HP t5500

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Terminal Emulations and Unix ResultsTerminal Emulations and Unix Results

Terminal Emulations / UNIX

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NeoWareCapio 610

VXL Itona CE ChipPCEX5450

Wyse 3125SE HP t5500

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Local Desktop ResultsLocal Desktop Results

Desktop

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90


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S/W Deployment & Recovery ResultsS/W Deployment & Recovery Results

S/W Deployment & Recovery

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80

NeoWare Capio610

VXL Itona CE ChipPC EX5450 Wyse 3125SE HP t5500

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Price, Warranty, Support and Price, Warranty, Support and Documentation ResultsDocumentation Results

Price, warranty, support, doc

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70

80

90


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Street Price ComparisonStreet Price Comparison

Street Price

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NeoWare Capio610


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uro

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Extended Functionality ResultsExtended Functionality Results

Extended functionality

0

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120

140

NeoWare Capio610


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Performance & Physical ResultsPerformance & Physical Results

Performance, physical

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TC Performance GroupingTC Performance Grouping

P4 M

Hz P

erform

ance S

cale

500

1G

1.5G

National Geode 300 MHz

Xtreme PC EL RISC

Xtreme PC EX5000

Xtreme PC EX5400

Xtreme PC EX5600

Transmeta 533MHz

Transmeta 1 GHz

Average Benchmark for TC local performance compared to P4 MHz

VIA 800 MHz – 1 GHz

The “Historic” The “Historic” 486 Group486 Group

The Hot PC The Hot PC GroupGroup The x86 RISC The x86 RISC

GroupGroup

The pure RISC The pure RISC GroupGroup

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First Generation – Geode BasedFirst Generation – Geode Based

Low CostLow Cost

Widely used, field proven, first TC processorWidely used, field proven, first TC processor

Very low performance (486 - 200 MHz level) Very low performance (486 - 200 MHz level) Winbench, FP and IntegerWinbench, FP and Integer

Overheat – short lifeOverheat – short life

End-of-life CPU – No roadmap. National out of this End-of-life CPU – No roadmap. National out of this business.business.

““Not recommended for new designs” Not recommended for new designs”

Low CostLow Cost

Widely used, field proven, first TC processorWidely used, field proven, first TC processor

Very low performance (486 - 200 MHz level) Very low performance (486 - 200 MHz level) Winbench, FP and IntegerWinbench, FP and Integer

Overheat – short lifeOverheat – short life

End-of-life CPU – No roadmap. National out of this End-of-life CPU – No roadmap. National out of this business.business.

““Not recommended for new designs” Not recommended for new designs”

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Hardware Expansion ResultsHardware Expansion Results

Hardware Expansion

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

100.00

NeoWare Capio610


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Final Report Total Points Final Report Total Points

Total Points

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120

NeoWare Capio610


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Management Suite ResultsManagement Suite Results

Management suite composite

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Neoware-EzRemote

VXL-inControl Chip PC-Xcalibur Wyse-Rapport HP-Altiris

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Industry Roadmap PerspectiveIndustry Roadmap Perspective

Chip PCChip PC

NeowareNeoware

WyseWyse

VXLVXL

Xcalibur 2.x

ezRemote Manag.

Rapport 2.x

HPHP

1st GenerationScript basedFull image deploymentSingle serverVendor specific TC

1st GenerationScript basedFull image deploymentSingle serverVendor specific TC

Xcalibur 3.x

2nd Generation50-100% GUI basedSoftware add-on managementDual serversDevice groupingMultiple Discovery methods[Users & Groups management]

2nd Generation50-100% GUI basedSoftware add-on managementDual serversDevice groupingMultiple Discovery methods[Users & Groups management]

Rapport 3.x

Rapport 4.x

Altiris 6x

Xcalibur 4.x

3rd GenerationFull AD supportPolicy based Permissions, delegationReal-time /help-deskHistory loggingTree - forestExtended Software deployment (abstract, on-demand, network based, local cache based)Multiple servers (farm- redundancy, load-balancing, scalability)Users managementGroups managementExtended managing conceptAdvanced asset manag. (SMS 2.0)

3rd GenerationFull AD supportPolicy based Permissions, delegationReal-time /help-deskHistory loggingTree - forestExtended Software deployment (abstract, on-demand, network based, local cache based)Multiple servers (farm- redundancy, load-balancing, scalability)Users managementGroups managementExtended managing conceptAdvanced asset manag. (SMS 2.0)

inControl.

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Chapter 3 – SummaryChapter 3 – Summary

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Final Analysis ResultsFinal Analysis Results

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ConclusionsConclusions

• Chip PC thin-clients got the highest score in every category among all other vendors

• Chip PC presented the largest set of client and remote functionality among all products and vendors.

• Chip PC thin-clients also scored best results among the more expensive groups of Linux and XP embedded products.

• Chip PC’s management suite – the Xcalibur 3.65 is by far the best thin-clients management suite.

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