Journalhttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/en-US2008-07-24T08:25:02ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)ADDS 6700MV - one thin client, 6 monitorshttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/23/adds-6700mv-one-thin-client-6-monitors.htmlJack Ryan2008-04-23T18:31:58ZOne terminal running 6 separate monitors at the FOSE show.

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]]>Boundless Technologies releases the ADDS 6300 NetTerminalhttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/18/boundless-technologies-releases-the-adds-6300-netterminal.htmlJack Ryan2008-04-18T12:20:11ZFarmingdale, New York, April 17, 2008 – Boundless Technologies today announced the release of the new ADDS 6300 NetTerminal. The ADDS 6300 NetTerminal provides users with a powerful, cost effective and secure replacement for the Boundless Technologies Models 100, 200 and 500 NetTerminals.
The 6300 NetTerminal provides unmatched performance and user productivity with its simultaneous support for up to twelve sessions over a 10/100 Ethernet connections. Users can run applications from multiple hosts concurrently while each session can be configured independently for the most common UNIX emulations.
The multi-tasking Linux kernel supports a broad range of configuration options. Each NetTerminal can be configured as a local or network print server through the two RS-232 serial ports and PC compatible printer port. The NetTerminal's serial and parallel ports are network transparent and can be accessed as local UNIX TTY devices from the host, a requirement for many POS applications.
The ADDS 6300 provides two external USB 2.0 ports and two programmable serial port connections along with a bi-directional, PC compatible and locally printable parallel port. The ADDS 6300 supports internal wireless modules and is compatible with IEEE802.11 b/g wireless connections. The 6300 NetTerminal includes the Mozilla Firefox browser for access to the internet, MS Terminal Services connectivity (RDP) and Citrix ICA connectivity.
Please visit our web site at www.boundless.com for additional information.
About Boundless Technologies, Inc.
Boundless Technologies is a market leader in the design and manufacture of custom desktop terminals for the rapid collection and display of information from networked computers, the internet/intranet, legacy and UNIX applications markets. Our design goal is to provide secure, reliable and fast access and display of information to all users.
We owe much of our success to a customer focus unique within the industry. Products are built to order in our factory in Farmingdale, NY enabling us to meet the specialized needs of our customers, while providing quick delivery of standard and customized products.
Boundless Technologies Contact
Ken Cadigan
kcadigan@boundless.com
631-962-1485

]]>Custom Thin Clientshttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/17/custom-thin-clients.htmlJack Ryan2008-04-17T15:40:53ZThe following is an excerpt from an article by Martin Pladgeman I found on the web today. It looks like Mr. Pladgeman and I see the same future for custom thin clients.
Jack

Over the last few years, the average CPU speed has increased to over 500 Mhz. With a faster CPU, running Linux or embedded Windows XP (XPe) has become much more feasible. These operating systems are better-suited to running local applications; in addition, many provide full-function browsers with Java Virtual Machine (JVM) capability, email, enhanced terminal emulation, and much more of the functionality that users are used to seeing on the PC. Windows 2003 for thin clients now has high-color support, sound delivered to the desktop, data compression, and better printing support. Citrix has also updated its product to provide better security, better compression, bidirectional sound, published applications, and security enhancements such as smart card and biometric device support. Consultants have been saying for a long time that thin clients are the future. Thin client technology has finally caught up with the vision. Most intelligent thin clients can work nearly like a PC, giving the user all of the desired flexibility and performance while providing the data processing department with its control and security benefits. Today there are many thin client models to choose from with varying CPU speeds, memory capacities, storage capacities, and operating systems.

Customized Thin Clients
Customization of thin clients is gaining importance with both Linux and Xpe models because customers have their own ideas of what is needed on a machine. Thin-client manufacturers that can respond quickly to customization requests are gathering momentum in what is becoming a huge market.

Sophisticated Printer Support
As a company requires printing of more complex types of data, such as barcodes, it is critical that the chosen thin-client technology can handle necessary printers and data streams. Barcodes require a more sophisticated printer session on the thin client.

For the complete text go to http://inertz.org/2008/04/13/the-progress-of-thin-clients/ Martin Pladgeman is President of BOSaNOVA, Inc.

]]>Matrox Graphics and Boundless Technologies announce partnership that delivers superior multi-monitor thin client experiencehttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/3/matrox-graphics-and-boundless-technologies-announce-partners.htmlJack Ryan2008-04-03T11:23:55ZWith Matrox Epic A , the Boundless ADDS 6700 thin client drives up to six monitors.

Montreal , Canada , April 1^st, 2008 – Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professionals, and Boundless Technologies, a leading provider of thin clients, today announced the availability of Matrox Epic A graphics cards and EpicA software with Boundless Technologies’ ADDS 6700 thin client. With this combined offering , users benefit from significant productivity gains associated with the effective use of more screen real estate.

“The challenge of bringing flexible multi-display support to a thin client is twofold: first, the add-in device must be low power and passively cooled. Second, the behavior of windows management on a remote multi-monitor desktop needs to mirror the experience of using a traditional, local multi-monitor desktop,” says Mohamed Jivraj, Product Manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. "With Matrox EpicA embedded in the ADDS 6700 users are provided with rich multi-monitor and windows management capabilities from a thin client.”

“We are very pleased to be partnering with Matrox Graphics, a partner who understands display technologies and the requirements of the financial and commodity markets,” says John D. Ryan, COO of Boundless Technologies. “This partnership will allow Boundless to provide customers a multi-video desktop that consumes less than one-tenth the power of an equivalent PC desktop and boasts the industry’s best desktop management software.”

Matrox Epic A features dedicated hardware that includes DualHead (Epic A TC2 and Epic A TC2-Lite) and QuadHead(Epic A TC4) graphics cards. Key attributes include low power consumption, support for high resolutions with digital or analog displays, widescreen resolutions, and pivot* or rotation capabilities.

Matrox Epic A also constitutes software that enriches large remote desktops. Matrox Epic A restores multi-display awareness to help manage application window behavior, while Matrox PowerSpace Epic A provides virtual desktop workspaces to better organize application access and deployment. Both applications are essential to capitalizing on the benefits of using multiple monitors.

Boundless Technologies ADDS 6700 thin client provides customers with a powerful, cost effective and secure alternative to desktop personal computers. The ADDS 6700 thin client supports a wide range of display configurations, comprised of two to six displays.

Additional Information
For more information on purchasing Boundless Technologies products with integrated Matrox Epic A graphics cards, email sales@boundless.com, or call 1-800-231-5445 (option 3).

For more information on Matrox Epic A hardware and software, visit the Matrox Epic A Series page.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/dispatch/products/epica/series.php

About Boundless Technologies

Boundless Technologies is a market leader in the design and manufacture of custom desktop terminals for the rapid collection and display of information from networked computers, the internet/intranet, legacy and UNIX applications markets. Our design goal is to provide secure, reliable and fast access and display of information to all users.

We owe much of our success to a customer focus unique within the industry. Products are built to order enabling us to meet the specialized needs of customers around the world, while providing quick delivery of standard and customized products.

For more information about the Boundless’ bundled offering, visit us at http://www.boundless.com

Boundless Technologies Contact
Ken Cadigan
kcadigan@boundless.com

631-962-1485

About Matrox Graphics Inc.

Matrox Graphics is a leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions for professional markets such as finance, digital media, medical imaging, industrial, and enterprise computing.

In-house design expertise, top-to-bottom manufacturing, and dedicated customer support make our solutions the premier choice in industries that require stable, high-reliability products. Fortune 1000 companies rely on our multi-display solutions— dual, quad, and beyond—to increase productivity and improve decision-making by enabling them to see more and do more.

Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with representation and offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Learn more about the complete Matrox Graphics product line: www.matrox.com/graphics.

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*Pivot mode support is available on EpicA TC2 and EpicA TC4 models only.

Matrox Graphics Inc. and Matrox are registered trademarks of Matrox Graphics Inc. and/or Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Matrox reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

]]>Boundless Technologies , Ericom and Matrox Graphics to discuss multi-video thin clients and Virtualization Solutions at FOSE 2008, April 1-3, Booth 2822.http://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/3/27/boundless-technologies-ericom-and-matrox-graphics-to-discuss.htmlJack Ryan2008-03-27T18:01:01ZRepresentatives from Ericom and Matrox Graphics will be in the Boundless Technologies booth during FOSE 2008.

· Government technology professionals looking to implement server centric computing or implement a cost effective alternative to Citrix should stop by the Boundless Technologies’ booth April 1,2 and meet with the Ericom team. Ericom Software is a leading provider of Application Access and Virtualization Solutions.

· Boundless will be displaying the ADDS 6700 Thin Client with the Matrox Graphics EPICA series quad video graphics card and Matrox PowerSpace software. The ADDS 6700 runs up to six sessions on six individual video display monitors at one tenth the power consumption of a PC. Matrox PowerSpace virtual desktop management software further increases the productivity and efficiency of multi-display setups by adding a whole new level of functionality and performance. This powerful and innovative software tool enables users to customize their Windows desktop workspace and alleviates the need to minimize and maximize windows when working with multiple applications simultaneously. A representative from Matrox Graphics will in the Boundless Technologies booth on April 1^st to meet with show attendees.

]]>Boundless Technologies announces key alliance with Ericomhttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/3/24/boundless-technologies-announces-key-alliance-with-ericom.htmlJack Ryan2008-03-24T15:18:55ZGeneral BusinessNew Ericom and Boundless Alliance Enhances Thin Client Offerings with Access to Virtual Desktops (VDI) and Windows Terminal Servers
Ericom’s Virtualization solutions are now bundled with Boundless thin clients
Closter, NJ and Farmingdale, NY (March 25, 2008) – Ericom Software, a leading global provider of application access and virtualization solutions and Boundless Technologies, a leading provider of thin clients today announced a new alliance in which all Boundless Linux, CE and XPe thin clients will be pre-packaged with Ericom’s PowerTerm^® WebConnect client for Desktop Virtualization and Server Based Computing. For management of these environments, Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect Server will be available as a Boundless bundled offering.
With Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect - the simpler, faster and cost-effective alternative to Citrix - Boundless now provides thin client users with secure, local and remote access to applications and desktops running on Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops (VDI), Blade PCs and legacy host systems from all Boundless thin clients.
The technology-based alliance between Boundless and Ericom enables organizations to address many of today’s IT challenges including desktop management, privacy of information, IT optimization, business continuity, green computing and telecommuting – further extending the value of thin client computing.
Highlights of the Boundless and Ericom solution include:
·         Enterprise-wide Access to Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops, Blade PCs and over 35 legacy host environments from Boundless thin clients
·         Easy Setup and Configuration: Eliminates the need for IT administrators to service or upgrade individual devices, reducing technical support overhead
·         Intuitive and Easy to Use: Published applications seamlessly integrate with user thin client interfaces and are easily launched via the Application Zone, desktop icons or Application Portal (Web Interface)
·         Centralized Virtual Desktop Management: Centrally manage virtual desktops for individual users and pools of virtual desktops which are dynamically allocated to users within groups
·         Centralized Application Management: Centrally manage Terminal Server application deployments, updates and maintenance
·         Built-in Productivity Tools: Load Balancing, Remote Desktop Support, Remote Desktop Access, LDAP and Active Directory Integration
·         Enhanced Security: Two-factor authentication, RSA SecurID, SSL VPN support
·         Comprehensive Hypervisor Support: VMware, Microsoft, Oracle VM, XenServer, Sun xVM, Xen Community-based hypervisors, Virtual Iron and more.
Brian Berns, Ericom COO commented, “Ericom is pleased to partner with Boundless Technologies, as it expands the market availability of Server Based Computing and Desktop Virtualization solutions for thin client environments. The bundled Boundless and Ericom offering provides organizations of all sizes with a highly-robust and cost-effective solution that meets the dynamic access needs of today’s organizations.”
“We selected the Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect suite of products because of its clearly superior price/performance to alternative solutions. The combination of Ericom’s Presentation Virtualization technology and Boundless Technologies custom thin clients will allow us to provide a wide range of options to our customers,” said Jack Ryan COO Boundless Technologies. “Together we are providing our customers with the solutions they need to help develop a complete and secure virtual environment.”
For more information about Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView (alternative to Citrix), visit www.ericom.com/SBC
For more information about Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect DeskView (desktop virtualization), visit www.ericom.com/VDI
For more information about the Boundless’ bundled offering, visit http://www.boundless.com
About Boundless Technologies, Inc.
Boundless Technologies is a market leader in the design and manufacture of custom desktop terminals for the rapid collection and display of information from networked computers, the internet/intranet, legacy and UNIX applications markets. Our design goal is to provide secure, reliable and fast access and display of information to all users.
We owe much of our success to a customer focus unique within the industry. Products are built to order enabling us to meet the specialized needs of customers around the world, while providing quick delivery of standard and customized products.
About Ericom

Ericom Software is a leading global provider of Application Access and Virtualization Solutions. Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users access enterprise business-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft^® Windows^® Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops, legacy hosts and other systems. With offices in the US, UK, EMEA, India and China, Ericom also has an extensive worldwide network of distributors and partners. Our expanding customer base is more than 30 thousand strong, with over 7 million installations. For more information about Ericom and its products, please visit: http://www.ericom.com

Ericom Contact
Felicia Mutdhastira
felicia@ericom.com
201-767-2210 x 4313
Boundless Technologies Contact
Ken Cadigan
kcadigan@boundless.com
631-962-1485
]]>Joseph Juran - Quality Pioneerhttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/3/4/joseph-juran-quality-pioneer.htmlJack Ryan2008-03-04T13:44:15ZThe three most influential business books throughout in my career were written by Napoleon Hill, Peter Drucker and Joseph Juran. The early years of my career I worked predominantly in QA/Reliability engineering and management. During that time my “management gura” was Joseph Juran and my “bible” was Juran’s Quality Control handbook (http://www.amazon.com/Jurans-Quality-Control-Handbook-Juran/dp/0070331766) . I still own the copy I purchased back in the early ‘70s.

Joseph Juran died on February 28, 2008 at the age of 103 at his home in Rye, NY.

Every new grad should take the time to read about Joseph Juran and understand his approach to quality. If you do not know Joseph Juran, his books or his contributions to quality engineering these links will provide you with an understanding of this great man’s accomplishments.

http://www.juran.com/

http://www.skymark.com/resources/leaders/juran.asp

From Business – NY Times
Joseph Juran, 103, Pioneer in Quality Control, Dies
By NICK BUNKLEY
Published: March 3, 2008
Joseph M. Juran, who helped establish the field of quality management and wrote the “Quality Control Handbook,” which taught manufacturers worldwide how to be more efficient and productive, died Thursday in Rye, N.Y., where he lived with his wife of 81 years, Sadie. He was 103.
The cause was an apparent stroke, said his grandson, David Juran, a professor at the Columbia University Business School.
Mr. Juran’s work in quality management led to the development of the widely practiced business methodologies referred to as Six Sigma and lean manufacturing. He founded the Juran Institute, a training and consulting firm in Southbury, Conn.
He created the Pareto principle, also known as the 80-20 rule, which states that 80 percent of consequences stem from 20 percent of causes. Today managers use the Pareto principle, named for an Italian economist, to help them separate what Mr. Juran called the “vital few” resources from the “useful many.”
“Everybody who’s in business now adopts the philosophy of quality management,” David Juran said. “He came along at just the right time. Most of the reference books that have been written about this field are either books that he wrote or imitations.”
Among his best-known works were the “Quality Control Handbook” in 1951, the first mathematically rooted textbook on product quality, now entering its sixth edition, and “Managerial Breakthrough” in 1964, which described a step-by-step improvement process that inspired the Six Sigma and lean manufacturing philosophies.
Recently, Mr. Juran was working on an updated edition to another of his books. David Juran and Joseph De Feo, the Juran Institute’s chief executive, said they planned to finish the book.
“His belief was that you always have a project to keep your mind going,” Mr. De Feo said. “He always had something to do.”
Joseph Moses Juran was born in Braila, Romania, and immigrated to Minnesota with his family when he was 8 years old. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, where he was a chess champion, and later a law degree from Loyola University in Chicago. The University of Minnesota now houses the Joseph M. Juran Center for Leadership in Quality.
His first job after college, in 1924, was inspecting products for defects at the Western Electric Company, the former manufacturing division of AT&T. It was there that he wrote his first quality control text, a training pamphlet on which the “AT&T Statistical Quality Control Handbook” was based.
During World War II, Mr. Juran led a team in Washington that hastened shipments of supplies to allies overseas.
In 1954, at the invitation of the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, he traveled to Japan and introduced the country’s fledgling manufacturing industry to the concept of quality control. The principles that he taught helped many companies there, like the automaker Toyota Motor, ultimately become global leaders in their industries.
In 1979, at the age of 75, Mr. Juran founded the Juran Institute. “He wrote that the purpose of the institute is to improve the quality of society,” an attitude that he thought all businesses should adopt, said Mr. De Feo. “He said, ‘Whatever you do make sure it improves society. Don’t just do it for the sake of profit.’ ”
Mr. Juran remained actively involved with the institute even after his official retirement in 1994. A celebration of the institute’s 25th anniversary also served as his 100th birthday party, with a cake decorated to resemble a stack of books he had written.
“He never really made a distinction between work and leisure. He enjoyed his work so much that any time he had he spent working,” David Juran said. “To him there was no such concept as retirement or a day off.”
David Juran said his grandfather envisioned quality management becoming a field with the same type of recognition as accounting and economics, with academic degrees and professional certifications.
In a Public Broadcasting System documentary about Mr. Juran called “An Immigrant’s Gift,” Peter Drucker, the late author and management consultant, said Mr. Juran’s influence on the nation’s industrial economy could not be overstated.
“Whatever advances American manufacturing has made in the last 30 to 40 years,” Mr. Drucker said, “we owe to Joe Juran and to his untiring, steady, patient, self-effacing work.”
Mr. Juran is survived by his wife, Sadie; his children, Donald, Charles, Robert and Sylvia; 9 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

]]>Meet us at FOSE 2008http://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/2/22/meet-us-at-fose-2008.htmlJack Ryan2008-02-22T14:51:20ZThis will be our first year at the FOSE show in Washington, DC. FOSE 2008 is the most comprehensive and important event for government technology professionals and for the suppliers to federal, state and local governments.
Boundless Technologies will be the only thin client manufacturer at the show this year. We will be showing custom thin client designs in multiple display and high resolution applications. Technology professionals interested in learning about thin client technology and the cost benefits of deploying thin clients should stop by booth 2822 for a demonstration.
FOSE 2008 will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC on April 1-3.
Boundless Technologies is a veteran owned qualified small business.

]]>Stone Mountain Repair Depot Closeshttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2008/1/16/stone-mountain-repair-depot-closes.htmlJack Ryan2008-01-16T18:45:14ZIn December we reluctantly informed our customers that we would be shutting down our service depot in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The current level of product returned to the depots for repair does not support two facilities. Starting January 1, 2008, all repairs will be sent to the Farmingdale, NY facility.

As reliability of electronics has improved and parts counts have been reduced in even the most complex designs, the percentage of units returned each year for service has decreased. As a result of ongoing improvements Boundless Technologies now provides a five year warranty with all our new thin client products.

The real downside to this decision is that we lose a long term, loyal and dedicated employee in Richard Beck. Rich has been working for ADDS/SunRiver/Boundless Technologies for 23 years and has been manager of the Stone Mountain repair facility for the last 15 years. Rich was renown within Boundless for his energy, long hours, and dedication to customer satisfaction.

Rich has indicated to me that he will be moving into an opportunity as an entrepreneur. Everyone at Boundless Technologies wish him the best of luck with his new venture. Knowing Rich, I’m sure he will be successful.

]]>Merry Christmashttp://boundlesstechnologies.squarespace.com/journal/2007/12/21/merry-christmas.htmlJack Ryan2007-12-21T15:17:41ZWe are getting ready to have our annual Christmas party at Boundless. It’s a pretty simple affair, but a reminder to all of us that we are still here, still manufacturing products in the US. It has been another successful year, one that could not have happened without our customers, suppliers and our employees.

I would like to wish all of our friends and joyous holiday and a safe, healthy and prosperous 2008.

One final thought for 2007.

As a nation we face many difficulties today that we will continue to face in 2008. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the crisis in the mortgage industry, a market in turmoil, and a presidential election will be around to add stress to our lives. With all this going on in our lives we still lead the world in giving both in terms of money and time (90% of all American households give and close to 50% of all adults volunteer).

This is our special time of giving and I wanted to bring focus to the OLPC program. One Laptop per Child is a positive step toward eliminating ignorance in the world. For a $200 donation you can send a laptop to a child in a developing nation. Since November the OLPC has been offering a limited-time Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. For $399 you can send one laptop to a needed child and get one for your child.

I’m reminded of a famous Dickens passage:

"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."

Please help erase the writing.

Jack

Happy birthday mom.

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