NComputing’s green computers qualify for energy rebates
NComputing, maker of greener computing devices that consume only 1 watt of electricity per user, has qualified for purchase rebates and rate discounts from several major utilities in the U.S. and Canada. Based in Redwood City, Calif., the company has already qualified for reduction-energy incentives via institutions like the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
The new wave of rebates cover amounts up to the… Continue Reading
NComputing launches a lower cost thin client for developing world
With more than 1.2 million thin-client computers sold in developing countries, NComputing has a big hit on its hands as it delivers low-cost computing to those who can’t afford or don’t need full-fledged computers.
Today, it’s launching a new model — consisting of a computer that connects to three thin clients (i.e., minimalist computers that allow the heavy-duty computing to occur on another device) — that is smaller and cheaper.
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company makes desktop… Continue Reading
CES: NComputing CEO Stephen Dukker on low-cost computers
NComputing has taken the computing markets in developing countries by storm, selling more than 1.5 million of its low-cost computers. Its systems allow many people to use a single computer simultaneously.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Stephen Dukker, the company’s chief executive showed off the systems, which can get anywhere from 10 to 30 users on a single computer shared by a bunch of distributed boxes. We’ve written about the Redwood City,… Continue Reading
Former Intel Classmate PC executive takes his cause to NComputing
Mark Beckford tried to get Intel to believe in making computers for developing countries. The world’s biggest chip maker succeeded in launching the Classmate PC, but Beckford — once the general manager for Intel’s emerging markets business — felt Intel’s heart was in selling more expensive chips for mainstream computers.
He left Intel in January. Now he has joined NComputing to take up the same cause, but with different technology based on thin-client computers instead. His… Continue Reading
NComputing launches new version of its thin-client computer for the masses
NComputing is launching a new, cheaper version of its low-cost thin-client computers today, computers that it’s targeting at developing nations.
The company’s sold a million units of its X300 desktop virtualization kit in the past two years, but it’s new X550 model promises to make computing even cheaper. The kits consist of a PC connected via Ethernet cables to boxes known as “access devices,” which can connect to a monitor and keyboard and function essentially as… Continue Reading
Ncomputing scores big Indian deal for thin-client computers
Cheap computers for the developing world are a cause celebre. And the cause is taking a big step forward today as Ncomputing announces that the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will adopt Ncomputing’s $70 thin-client machines for its government-run schools.
The state has 1.8 million school children and has agreed to buy Ncomputing machines for more than 5,000 schools.
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company is making good headway with its machines, which are connected via Ethernet cables to… Continue Reading
NComputing raises $28M to spread cheap computers to poor
Silicon Valley company NComputing has quietly emerged as a significant force in distributing cheap computers, and has just raised $28 million in a second round of funding to help it expand.
The company has a valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars, Stephen Dukker, Chairman & CEO of NComputing, told VentureBeat.
The company, which uses “virtualization” technology to hook up multiple devices to a centralized computer (see image below), sells the PC devices for $70 each…. Continue Reading
NComputing gets $8M for low-cost computer workstations
NComputing, a start-up that offers an inexpensive way to run multiple workstations from what is effectively a single PC, has raised $8 million from BA Venture Partners.
About billion users worldwide cannot afford computers, and so aren’t using them, the company says. So it is providing multiple users a way to share a single low-end PC, with each seat costing between $70 and $200, depending on the features. The low price, the company points out, undercuts… Continue Reading