Partner organisations

 Every business needs partners and Scientia is no exception.

 Our partnerships extend in a number of directions to give a broader reach and provide end-to-end delivery. we have selected these partners based upon a number key criteria.

1. Can they bring green business value to our clients ?

2. Does that business value also offer a strong ROI?

3. Solutions that integrate simply & effectively into a corporate infrastructure?

 Below is a short summary of the partners we have chosen
and the value they offer.

 
 

Doxense

 

Doxense is print management solution that allows customers to understand how they use their printer estate and drive down costs and the environmental impact.

Benefits of Watchdoc include:

 

Monitor and control the printer usage by user, department, device or even application.

 

Installation as a Windows server service means no server reboot or changes to the server configuration

 

100% Web interface for simple management in a full Microsoft .net 3.5 application

 

Very granular rule and policy management for groups, applications, individuals, even times of day

 

Up to date, accurate statistics about everything from toner level to duplex print use to desktop application print usage and everything in-between

 

Integral Watchdoc Print on Demand services allow you to manage and authorise print jobs in several different ways - at the printer, via , the printer interface or even an iPhone

 

Ability to implement ‘Printing purses'

 

Measurable stats on cost and environmental savings are always up to date and available through the Watchdoc management interface at any time

 

 

1E

 

1E helps its clients reduce IT costs and their environmental footprint by managing the power usage of PC'sand Laptops. T

 

heir expertise in providing leading-edge automation solutions, which reduce complexity, management costs and power consumption, has earned 1E the trust and confidence of over 12 million licensed users across 1,100 businesses in 42 countries worldwide. Customers include AT&T, Allstate Insurance, Blue Cross, British Airways, CSC, Dell Inc., DWP, HSBC, ING Investment Management, Marks & Spencer, Microsoft, Nestlé, Reed Elsevier, SABMiller, Syngenta, the US Air Force on behalf of the Pentagon and Verizon Wireless.

 

 

 

Ncomputing

 

While VMware and Citrix get most of the attention when it comes to desktop virtualization, it turns out that probably the biggest industry leader in terms of actual deployment just might be NComputing.

 

 

With over 2 million clients deployed, NComputing is quietly becoming a force to be reckoned with using a thin client approach that virtualizes desktops with no real perceptual degradation in the user experience. To accomplish this, NCcomputing developed a technology called vSpace that resides on a server and communicates with clients linked to the server using a connector that communicates over a proprietary User eXtension Protocol (UXP) that NComputing developed.

 

 

vSpace is an alternative to traditional virtual server implementations in that it can be used on either a regular server or a desktop PC to create partitions on that machine for each user attached. The UXP technology is an alternative to both VMware and Citrix protocols that NComputing claims is a lot more efficient in terms of sharing the desktop presentation with thin clients at a cost of about $70 per client.

NComputing CEO Stephen Dukker says the company will expand on that vision in 2010 with both a software-only approach that will allow devices such as a PC to connect to vSpace and a separate implementation on a chip that manufacturers can use to embed NComputing support into any number of environments, such as digital televisions.

 

 

 

NComputing recently received a vote of confidence in the form of an alliance with Microsoft, even though Microsoft has also recently moved to roll out a similar low-end approach to vSpace called the Windows Multipoint Server 2010.

 

 

Right now, NComputing is finding most of its success in emerging markets such as India and the education sector where cost-sensitivity is high. But Dukker expects to see Internet service providers (ISPs) giving away thin clients such as NComputing’s devices as part of an inexpensive approach towards driving more Internet traffic on their networks.

 

 

The issue that NComputing is driving hard at is that most other alternatives to desktop virtualization not only compromise the end user PC experience in some way, they also raise the overall costs of enterprise computing when you factor in their network infrastructure and server storage costs compared to a traditional PC. In comparison, NComputing is promising customers that they can maintain existing PC application fidelity, scale more linearly and dramatically cut costs.

 

 

It may take a while for all the in-fighting over desktop virtualization to play out, but right now it looks like NComputing may very well surprise everybody at the finish line.

 

 

 

PecoBOO™       

 

Save energy with the innovative face detecting, display controlling, Eco-Power Management tool.

 

A step forward in PC energy management, PecoBOO™ intelligently decides if you need your display or not and switches off and on accordingly, saving energy and dynamically reducing your Total Cost of Ownership.

 

PecoBOO™ uses a clever combination of face detection technology in conjunction with your webcam to tell whether you are using your computer or not. When PecoBOO™ can see your face, your display is kept active. If you turn away or leave your desk, PecoBOO™ switches off your monitor. As soon as you return, PecoBOO™ sees your face and turns the monitor back on, ready for you to work.

 

PecoBOO™ is the ideal energy saving solution for large organisations with many computers, providing instant savings rather than the usual time-delayed settings often used. In situations where one computer plays host to multiple users during a day (such as a college I.T. suite) PecoBOO™ can be used to reduce wasted energy between logins.

 

With fully customisable sensitivity, timing (including system sleep and hibernate options) and security settings, PecoBOO™ can be adjusted to each user's particular requirements, optimising energy savings whilst maintaining productivity.

 

 
   
   

  

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