White Papers

Sun Microsystems commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact (TEI) of deploying Sun's Sun Ray technology in combination with Sun Secure Global Desktop Software. This report highlights the benefits of deploying a Sun Ray environment with Sun Secure Global Desktop Software as demonstrated by the interviews and analysis of an organization implementing both solutions. The report examines the estimated return on investment (ROI) for the organization and represents the findings derived from the interviews and analysis process by Forrester Consulting.

Sun Microsystems commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact (TEI)of deploying Sun's Sun Ray technology in combination with Sun Secure Global Desktop Software. This report highlights the benefits of deploying a Sun Ray environment with Sun Secure Global Desktop Software as demonstrated by the interviews and analysis of an organization implementing both solutions. The report examines the estimated return on investment (ROI) for the organization and represents the findings derived from the interviews and analysis process by Forrester Consulting.

The emergence of server virtualization technologies has created an environment where migrating applications and data from private desktop computers to shared virtual clients is a readily attainable goal. This paper discusses how Sun's Virtual Desktop Solution enables customers to realize the value of thin clients while minimizing the initial investment and high cost that is sometimes associated with migrating from a distributed fat client based solution.

Sun Ray thin clients enable users to access all of their mission-critical or productivity applications, regardless of what hardware or operating system (OS) the applications run on. Sun Ray systems represent the only thin client solution available today that offers a viable alternative to a Microsoft Environment.

Sun's desktop infrastructure software delivers applications and full desktop environments using a server-based computing model. With this powerful software portfolio, organizations in every industry-from banking, to health care, to human resources, government, and beyond-can streamline business operations and protect confidential information. Sun's desktop infrastructure software portfolio gives organizations the ability to create and deploy systems that meet a wide variety of business requirements.

This paper addresses various ways in which Sun Ray ultra-thin clients can be implemented into new or existing networks; how they can be used to provide Microsoft Windows functionality; and what deployment options exist in environments such as home offices, secure multinetworks, and branch offices. These are presented in helpful scenarios later in the paper.

This document is designed to help users configure the Sun Ray environment so that the smart card channel is available from the Citrix Server to the Sun Ray desktop. It covers the software required to establish this channel as well as how to install, configure, and test the feature.

With the growing popularity of the Sun Ray thin client computing model and its increasing acceptance in business and research settings, there has been considerable demand for a more detailed description of best practices for deployment on varied existing network topologies. This article describes several common topologies and provides deployment hints and instructions not yet covered in the product documentation.

This article describes best practices for managing system resources for Sun Ray users. Based on an actual customer scenario, this article provides recommendations for integrating and using the Solaris Resource Manager software to fairly distribute system resources when users insert and remove their smart cards from Sun Ray desktop units.

The Sun Ray architecture consists of Sun Ray thin clients, servers, and the Sun Ray Server Software that supports them. The Sun Ray system--a simple, unmanaged, low-cost device that is always on and requires no desktop administration is a true thin client that completely virtualizes the desktop.