Innovative solution delivers dramatic cost savings, provides easy manageability, hassle-free rapid deployment

Fujitsu today announced the first true Zero Client, a simple-to-manage, intelligent front-end display device that delivers dramatic cost savings for organisations with large numbers of workplaces. The Fujitsu Zero Client does not require an operating system, processor, applications or local data backup, setting a new standard in cost-efficient connections to Desktop Virtual Machines (DVMs).

Fujitsu's innovative solution goes a step beyond previous market approaches towards fully virtualised clients, and represents the ultimate in cost-effectiveness and simplicity.

As companies turn increasingly to cloud computing, the Fujitsu Zero Client is the ideal access terminal for cloud or own-network hosted IT infrastructures. Customers such as financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies and call centres can benefit most from the new product.

These organisations can leverage significant cost savings and reduce downtime thanks to the configuration-free Fujitsu Zero Client, providing immediate plug-and-use end-user access to DVMs, and requiring only one combined cable for power and network.

The solution is intended to increase customer satisfaction, as it provides built-in additional flexibility. Data can be accessed from any individual device within an infrastructure - which also simplifies administration. This central management of DVMs reduces complexity, administrative costs and downtime in the field. A defective terminal in the field is simply replaced; downtime is minimised as the corrupted virtual machine is re-provisioned or restored from backup within minutes.

Combining the rich user experience benefits of a desktop PC (“fat client”) with the cost and efficiency advantages of a terminal-based solution, the Fujitsu Zero Client offers the best of both worlds.

The Fujitsu Zero Client is well suited for organisations that need fast scale up or scale down, or those that handle and manage sensitive data. The Fujitsu Zero Client gains its name since it has no operating system, applications, data, processors, memory, fan or any other moving parts. This also means lower maintenance costs and a longer lifespan.

Ross Olver, Portfolio Manager, Clients at Fujitsu Technology Solutions, says: “For many organisations, the traditional client model is no longer viable or cost-efficient. Particularly for government organisations, banks and standard office infrastructures, the Fujitsu Zero Client will provide dramatic cost-savings in rollout, deployment, management and administration. The Fujitsu Zero Client makes virtualised clients an affordable reality. Fujitsu's continued focus on reducing the TCO is manifested by our innovations such as Zero Client. By minimising moving parts and reducing software interfaces, we have managed to increase uptime, reduce the need for technical support and centralise all clients into the data centre. In addition, substantially less power is utilised to deliver the same service, thus further reducing TCO.”