The Solution: Evolution of the Enterprise
Increasingly, corporations are looking to the burgeoning 'software as a service' technology architecture to help solve these challenges. Called the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), this approach is a paradigm shift from the local applications based architecture that so many companies have relied on previously to bring connectivity and functionality to their employees. Operating by using a group of central servers that handle different business components, employees use a central interface to access, exchange and store information. Client PCs connect to the central interface for all of the employee's application and information needs.
Connected Clients
 This approach to enterprise computing solves many of the security and total cost of ownership challenges facing networks today. Corporate desktop PCs can be replaced with a device, called a Connected Client that lowers the cost of acquisition, cost of manageability and, through the use of innovative silicon technologies, the cost of operation and cooling. Connected Client devices include thin clients, as well as a number of innovative server based products in the market.
Using Connected Clients, administrators can control access to all applications and data protecting the company against threats such as viruses, worms, hackers and data theft. Support staff can also react centrally on a global level to any emerging crisis without end user input minimizing downtime and supports costs. Connected Clients that fail in the field can be replaced off the shelf, again minimizing downtime, and once in place the infrastructure is scalable with little or no extra overhead.
Commercial benefits of this approach to computing are measurable, with estimates reported by IDC of
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Hardware and software costs reduced by 30% |
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Security support per month reduced by 48% |
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Worker downtime reduced by 87% |
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Reduced IT operation cost by 16% |
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Increased IT support staff productivity of 78% |
 Connected Clients use a number of technologies to deliver the necessary performance to run the central interface and its security protocols without lag. VIA, through its complete platform solution approach to computing offers the VIA Connected Client platforms – a complete suite of technologies - for desktop and mobile Connected Clients, that deliver industry leading performance per watt, boast ultra low power consumption and silent operation, ultra compact form factor designs, and the world’s most comprehensive x86 based military-grade security to protect communication with the central interface without affecting the performance of the system.
VIA Connected Clients platforms are used by over 50% of the world’s thin client device manufacturers, and through innovative initiatives VIA is helping enterprise understand and experience the benefits of a Connected Client infrastructure that strengthens security, improves communication and manageability, and to lowers the overall total cost of ownership.
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