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Newly-Launched UAE-Based Company To Turn Computing Industry On Its Head
Published Oct 9, 2011
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Launched, UAE-based Zero Technologies is set to take the global computing industry by storm thanks to a radically new, inexpensive, internet-based, ‘zero client’ computing system and a veritable dream-team of partners.
The company will also become the Middle East’s first company to manufacture and export consumer electronics that are wholly-owned by a regional company.
“As desktop virtualization revolutionizes the world’s workplaces, UAE-based Zero Technologies is proud to represent the country’s pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit in its leadership in this critical new area of technological advancement,” said Dr. Mohamed Almur, Co-Founder of UAE-based Zero Technologies.
Consumers of ‘zero client’ technology only require a traditional keyboard and mouse, display unit, and then a small, stylish ‘client device’ which enables them to access and store data on a central server located anywhere in the world.
With zero client technology, computing infrastructure and maintenance costs for individuals and corporations are dramatically reduced, endpoint management and security breaches are completely eliminated, and energy consumption is slashed by 95 percent when compared to a PC.
“The desktop PC, as we know it today, is now dead. It’s a relic from an era when desktop virtualization technology simply did not exist,” said UAE-based Sherif Hamed, Co-Founder and CEO, Zero Technologies.
“Zero Technologies will put the Middle East on the computing map with a game-changing and aesthetically stunning application of technology that is more open, more green, more secure, lower cost, and more efficient than any desktop PC available today anywhere in the world,” added Hamed.
Zero Technologies incorporates technology developed by US desktop virtualization pioneer Pano Logic to offer a system which has no software, no operating systems, no CPU, no memory, and no moving parts at the endpoint.
John Kish, CEO of Pano Logic Inc., added:
“Zero Technologies is a very forward-thinking company. By using Pano Logic’s innovative technology and building it into a convenient, ready-to-go design, they will change the way people perceive and use computers. By being simple, complete and open, Zero Technologies addresses desktop users’ needs while rescuing IT from the ever escalating overhead and inefficiency of managing and securing distributed PCs.”
Crafted by award winning Silicon Valley industrial design firm, Whipsaw, Zero Technologies’ system centers around a small box (zero client device) that attaches to specially designed monitors of varying sizes (client systems) to run on 99 percent of all hypervisor infrastructures, including VMware, Microsoft HyperV, and Citrix XenServer.
The zero client device can also be disconnected and used as a stand–alone device, connecting to any monitor, keyboard, mouse, and ethernet port.
All desktop computer power is virtualized on a centralized cloud and thus IT administrators do not have to deal with inconvenient virus protections, firewalls, software installation, or OS upgrades at the endpoint.
“Our design for Zero Technologies is all about creating product that advances the state-of-the-art while helping people do business in a more intuitive, efficient, and secure manner. Nothing is wasted, everything has a purpose and, crucially, it looks great,” said Dan Harden, President, CEO and Principal Designer, Whipsaw.
Zero Technologies’ legal work and IP strategy are being handled by one of the United States’ top law firms, Fenwick & West, with a team lead by start-up guru Mark Stevens.
Zero Technologies will be showing its prototype design at GITEX at its exhibition stand in the main concourse hall.
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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