Announcing the Sun Ray Unified IP Client
Mitel Inc. and Sun will be releasing a joint solution that combines a Sun Ray thin client with a Mitel IP desk phone to be accessed via a Java-based smart card. The Sun Ray Unified IP Client is expected to ship in May at a cost of less than $500, reported Matt Hamblen with ComputerWorld.
Stephen Beamish, Mitel’s vice president of business development, explained to Hamblen that data and computer programs can be kept on a centralized server with thin-client technology making the new phone and thin-client product ideal for call centers where workers rotate on various shifts and share workstations.
The combined solution can lower power usage to about 9 total watts, which allows both the phone and thin client to operate over a single Power over Ethernet cable, which provides 13 watts of power, Beamish said. A PC typically will use 80 watts of power, while a laptop uses 60.
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