Project Ophelia will be available in the first half of 2013 from Dell Cloud Client Computing.
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Cloud Ready Client makes use of instrumentation that Intel has embedded in its new Sandy Bridge-generation processors (which explains why Lenovo introduced the capability at IDF).
For example, if the cloud detects that the client has high-end graphics, it can let the client do some rendering, transmitting abbreviated math that describes the function to be rendered, rather than forcing the server end to do the work centrally and ship lots of pixel values down the line.
Just to name a few: enhanced security, phone finder, Chinese voice assistant (apparently with 85 percent comprehension accuracy), more interactive themes and 5GB of cloud storage service with online client.
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Ubuntu is a free, open-source platform for client, server and cloud computing.
But a growing number of my clients are either moving towards cloud based applications or having their client-server applications hosted externally and connecting remotely.
In bringing Ubuntu to the phone, Canonical is uniquely placed with a single operating system for client, server and cloud, and a unified family of interfaces for the phone, the PC and the TV.
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In addition, the data delivery systems (in the internet cloud) that serve the thin client model would also benefit with a tier of fast flash memory for rapid playout of content to the thin clients.
Clients should also inquire as to how their data is being stored so as to be able to identify which servers hold their data and whether it can reside on a public or private (i.e. single client-dedicated) cloud.
Salesforce.com is a cloud computing player that specializes in providing client relationship management as well as other applications.
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This is hardly surprising when one considers the client-focused benefits of cloud computing and the extraordinary market opportunities for vendors.
Jobs said, There is still a lot you can do in a rich client environment, that a browser cannot do, adding, The marriage of great client apps with really great cloud services is very powerful.
Once this data is integrated with your cloud-based application, the value to a client skyrockets.
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After satisfying the cloud that the user has access rights, the client is detected as an alien PC.
Although my boy does some gaming that works better with a local client, my girl could do everything in the cloud.
As a young startup launching a cloud-based platform called Clio, we needed to select which mobile client(s) to support and decided to skip the Research In Motion BlackBerry.
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Even with iCloud and all the other cloud services that are available, we still need something to keep our client devices running as they should, while supporting resident browsers or apps.
The news that Microsoft have released a smartphone client application, to allow Windows Phones to browse and work with their cloud storage solution, Skydrive, should come as no surprise to anybody.
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Office 365 brings together cloud versions of the most trusted productivity and collaboration products with the latest version of Microsoft's client software and companion Web applications.
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