1. Sharing Computing Solution
Not Just Cost-saving
16 април 2017 г.

2. We are going through the following subjects.
Agenda
We are going through the following subjects.
Questions 06
Installation 05
Some frequent asked questions on vCloudPoint products.
Comparisons 04
How to configure the hosts and set up the vCloudPoint system.
Products 03
Competitive comparisons between vCloudPoint and other products in the market
Technologies 02
A close look at the vCloudPoint products & its features.
Challenges 01
The new generation solution and technologies from vCloudPoint
Challenges & issues of the traditional sharing computing solutions 2

3. Challenges & issues of the traditional sharing computing solutions

4. Potential issues of traditional sharing computing solutions
Not all these issues, but some of them are bugging you. 01
Video 03
USB Peripherals 05
Display Resolutions
Can’t play videos in full screen.
Few compatible peripherals supported.
Doesn't support high definition resolutions.
Can’t play online videos.
Requires customized client drivers.
Doesn't support REAL 24/32 bits color depth, poor display quality with heavy image distortion or cropping.
Can’t play high definition videos.
Works only in a few windows systems.
Can’t play videos of some file formats.
Memory devices can be viewed by all.
Performance descends in high resolutions.
Few simultaneous video streams per host.
A copy is generated on each device plugin. 02
Audio 04
Supported Systems 06
User Isolation
High latency.
Few operation systems supported, Often only a single Windows Multipoint System.
Personal files are visible and editable to other users.
Indistinct sound quality.
Administrators can't configure individual users according to their actual needs of usage.
Able to play, but unable to record.
Can't migrate to a new Windows System, or some functions may not perform.
Traditional sharing computing solutions typically utilize RDP for delivering remote desktop services to the terminal zero clients. RDP was originally not designed specially for zero clients, leading to compromises and excess endpoint hardware/software to properly retrofit the technology. There are some RDP enhancement technologies represent an attempt to extend the prior RDP technology to support a new architecture delivering full Windows desktop experience. While these RDP enhancements can work in some settings, customers still face a variety of issues and limitations in use.
Here lists some performance risks or potential issues that most customers may face in their sharing computing implementations. Although they will not have all the issues, they may be bugged by some of these.
Works only in some windows systems. 4

5. Sharing Computing with Zero Client
Cost-saving
BUT
Experience
sacrificed
Sharing Computing with zero client is a proven cost-saving solution, but with a single host shared by multiple users, user experience is often compromised in most implementations. Therefore, customers are actually sacrificing user experience in some degree for achieving savings. In other words, they pay less to get less. Sharing Computing will always be the top pick for implementations where costs are the first concern. However, with cost-saving achieved, the focus of customers today on Sharing Computing has shifted to a rich computing experience. 5

6. There is better way to think
Innovative technologies to overcome shortcomings of the traditional sharing computing solution.
Today's landscape has a broad selection of protocols or technologies such as SPICE, PCoIP, RemoteFX, HDX, in use with the existing protocols of RDP, ICA, ALP for enhanced performance. But these protocols are typically designed for thin clients in VDI installations, where complexity and heavy costs are known to all. For the simple and low cost Sharing Computing (RDS) installations with zero clients, there's a limited number of compatible display protocols. Decision makers have no choice but using RDP, as well as enhancements, with various limitations or issues. Simply put, RDP has broad support for thin clients in VDI installations, but for Sharing Computing with zero clients, it may not be the best choice for the user experience. vCloudPoint has technologies designed from the ground up with a rich computing experience as a priority. These technologies include optimization of graphics, audio, USB, etc. They're architected to deliver multimedia at the highest possible levels for Sharing Computing with zero clients.
Redefine Sharing Computing 6

7. The new generation solution and technologies from vCloudPoint

8. Dynamic Desktop Protocol (DDP)
Rich Multimedia Support
Reliable & High Quality Audio
Broad USB Peripherals Support
Great System & Display Support
Secure User Isolation
Powerful Management Tools
Efficient Resources Utilization
Simple to Set Up & Use
The vCloudPoint Sharing solution comes from a combination of insight, innovation, and deep knowledge of computing technologies that no other solution can match.
Dynamic Desktop Protocol (DDP)
vCloudPoint zero clients utilize its innovative Dynamic Desktop Protocol for remote desktop display. This protocol is purpose-built for zero clients and is designed to make efficient use of the network bandwidth and host resources, delivering a user experience that is equivalent to or even better than a business PC.

9. Rich Multimedia Support
Providing the best visual experience.
Local Video
File format
Quality
Up to 50 simultaneous local video streams per host
Supports any video file format now and future, (avi, mov, wmv, flv, mpeg, mp4 ...)
Scales up to 1920*1080 at full frame rate, clear image quality as 95-96% as that on PCs
Online Video
Speed
Audio
Up to 30 simultaneous online video streams per host
Image refreshment at 30 fps for delivering as smooth video watching experience as you are watching on a PC
Synchronized audio that matches the images even in playing large file at high resolution
Powered by the vCloudPoint’s innovative DDP (Dynamic Desktop Protocol), users will experience real PC-quality videos scaled up to 1920×1080 resolution at full frame rates without excessive host-side processing or requiring a thin or zero client with media player and codec support. The video content can be any present and future format and either played through standalone media players or embedded into web pages. 9

10. Reliable & High Quality Audio
Bringing the natural sound in real time.
Synchronized
With only 0.1~ 0.2 second transfer delay, 1/5 to that with RDP.
44.1 KHz
48 KHz
Reliable
High quality
Input or output, play or record in any Windows System.
Uses sample rate at 44.1KHz which is equivalent to CD-quality and 48KHz which is used in professional music production.
0.1 ~ 0.2 sec
1/20 of RDP
XP/ 7
8/ 8.1
input & output
Instead of using Windows built-in audio for remote desktops, vCloudPoint zero clients use its specific virtual audio technology which enables reliable audio playing and recording in any Windows systems, without hidden limitations or additional configurations. To further achieve high quality and synchronized audio, vCloudPoint’s virtual audio technology reduces transfer delay to 0.1~ 0.2 second- 1/20 of that by RDP and uses sample rate at 44.1KHz which is equivalent to CD-quality and 48KHz which is used in professional music production, providing you the best audio experience no matter if you are watching a big movie, providing customer service in a call center, or audio-teaching in a language lab. 10

11. Broad USB Peripherals Support
Connecting more devices to your desktop
Works in any Windows systems. No client driver is to work, only a native Windows driver is required.
Compatible
Supports a wide range of USB peripherals including memory device, headphone, printer (both single and multiple functional), scanner, touch screen, U key, card reader, and USB converters.
Plug and play, works in any time. No side issues like multiple printer copies, or memory device viewed by all.
Broad
Stable
vCloudPoint zero clients use its transparent USB technology that peripherals never require specialized client drivers to work – just a native Windows driver is required. vCloudPoint zero clients supports a variety of bulk mode, mass storage class, print class, HID class and other devices. These USB devices are compatible and reliable with all Windows systems that whenever and however you attach them to the zero clients, they are fully functional. 11

12. Great System & Display Support
Allowing you to choose as you like and see what you expect.
Great Desktop Display
All Windows OSs
Supports not just a single Windows Multipoint Server System, but all Windows systems. Even a future new Windows System is released, customers can upgrade. at the earliest time.
Full HD output
Full HD output without monochromatic color blocks or detail distortions on image display.
32 bits color depth
Supports 32 bits true color depth with no compromise as viewed in physical PCs.
vCloudPoint delivers same good experience in all Windows systems, allowing you to choose freely. While we are striving improve our device capability, we never sacrifice display quality for delivering smooth experience to the remote desktops, where you may see in some other solutions, real maximum resolution or color depth supports do no match what the vendors claimed. 12

13. Secure User Isolation Protecting your privacy & confidential data.
System Storage Configuration
Invisible Space
Public Space
Private Space
The vMatrix Server software overcomes the privacy weakness of traditional sharing solution by putting each user session into a self-container. Each vCloudPoint user has his/her private work-space on a disk partition which cannot be accessed by other users while the rest disk partitions still can be configured visible or invisible to the users. This brings high security to every user with a self-own work-space as well as increased efficiency with a shared center.
Administrator
Users
User 13

14. Powerful Management Tools
Increasing flexibility of your implementation.
Desktop Broadcasting
Monitoring & Controlling
Storage Configuration
Internal Communication
Administrator
User Management
Behavior Tracking
The vMatrix Management Center provides the IT administrators a user-friendly interface with increased manageability. Besides the general user and desktop management, IT administrators can broadcast his desktop to the endpoint users, communicate with them through the internal Chatting Tool, provide support through monitoring and control over the endpoint desktop, and go down in detail to configure each vCloudPoint zero client user, such as USB, audio, resolution, video, password, etc. 14

15. Efficient Resources Utilization
Enabling a low cost host to be shared by more users.
By transferring dynamic pixel changes into a stream video, vCloudPoint’s DDP technology delivers desktops to endpoints at the fastest speed, providing a responsive and smooth desktop experience, while still effectively reducing the utilization of CPU resources and network bandwidth.
CPU
e.g.: a 720P online video stream consumes 5-8% of an i7 CPU, a 1080P one takes 10-12%
DDP
(Dynamic Desktop Protocol)
With lower CPU and bandwidths utilization, the same back-end infrastructure can support more users and you can save more money from purchasing or upgrading to more powerful back-end infrastructure for heavy workload applications.
e.g.: a 720P video file consumes MiB,a 1080P video file takes MiB.
Bandwidths
The vCloudPont DDP is much more effective and efficient at streaming that RDP or other technologies. It uses an optimized video pipeline implementations to achieve high performance and includes an additional optimization that can reduce host CPU and network bandwidths overhead. With each 720p online video takes 5-8% of an i7 CPU and Mbps, a vCloudPoint workstation consumes 1/2, even 1/3 resources when compared to other solutions. 15

16. Simple to Set Up & Use
Getting your desktops up and running in minutes.
vMatrix Installation
Management
Setting up the system is just a few minutes with vMatrix installation and user creation, then users can login to their desktops with vCloudPoint zero clients and the administrator can management the system remotely at the host side. To setup and use the system is simple & intuitive. No additional configuration is needed, no technical training is required.
vMatrix
Management
Center
vCloudPoint Zero Clients
User Creation
We put a lot of effort to make sure that working with the vCloudPoint zero clients will be a great fun for you, as it is for us. You will love the way how easily things can be done, just in few clicks. We tried to do everything as much intuitive as it only can be. Easy software installation, zero configuration and plug-and-play devices – all to make your work easier.
There is only the server suite software to run on the host computer for setting up the system The whole installation process is just a few next-and-finish steps plus user creation. Whether it is a 100 or 1000 seats deployment, it can be completed in just a few minutes. The vCloudPoint zero client provides a hands-on working experience to users. Its login interface allows discovery and inventory of in-LAN hosts, and automatic login. Only a click-on, they are ready to work. 16

17. A close look at the vCloudPoint products & its features.

18. Features that highlight vCloudPoint benefits.
Featured Facts
Features that highlight vCloudPoint benefits.
A wide range of compatible USB devices
Secure user isolation
including memory device, headphone, printer (both single and multiple functional), scanner, touch screen, U key, card reader, and USB converters.
each user has his/her private work-space on a disk partition which cannot be accessed by other users and the administrator can configure disks visibility.
Native driver support in the host OS
Full-motion, full-screen video
USB peripherals never require specialized client drivers to work – just a native Windows driver is required.
supports native video file sizes or full screen video up to 1920 x 1080 (regardless of screen size)
Same good experience in all Windows OSs
Any video file format
Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8 & 8.1 (excluding Starter and Home Basic), Server bits, Server2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, Multipoint Server 2011, 2012.
including RM、RMVB、AVI、WMV、MPG 、MPEG、FLV、3GP、MP4、SWF、ASF、DIVX、XVID、3GP2、FLV1、MPEG1、MPEG2、MPEG3、MPEG4.
vCloudPoint aims to deliver a full native Windows desktop experience to users. Users will experience as they are running on a physical PC. And we are still introducing more features in the future releases. 18

19. Numbers that demonstrate our competitive advantages.
Key Numbers
Numbers that demonstrate our competitive advantages. 30
30/50
1080
95-96%
Desktop refreshment rate at 30fps for smooth user experience
30/50 simultaneous online/local video streams per host
Supports HD videos up to 1080p achieving PC-class performance
Image quality equal to 95-96% as that with physical PCs 32
1920
0.1~0.2
44.1/48
32 bits true color depth for the best desktop view
Resolutions up to 1920x1080 for most monitor display
second audio transfer delay, almost in real time
44.1KHz /48KHz used as sample rate to guarantee the best audio quality
30: desktop refreshment rate, the bigger number is, the smoother experience you will have; 25ftp is the rate for smooth video play.
30/50: vCloudPoint supports up to 30 simultaneous online video streams with host-side rendering and 50 for local with client hardware acceleration.
1080p: vCloudPoint supports up to 1080p video at full screen rate.
95-96%: even when you are watching a large video, the image quality is about 95-96% of that with physical PCs, achieving real HD.
32: vCloudPoint supports 32 bits true color depth. Unlike some other solutions claimed to support 24 or 32 bits color depth, but with actual quality equal to 16 bits, we support compromised 32 bits.
1920: vCloudPoint supports up to 1920*1080 resolution at the terminal.
0.1~0.2: audio transfer delay from host to the terminal. The audio transfer delay of vCloudPoint is 0.1~0.2, almost in real time with the audio source.
44.1/48: sample rate (KHz), audio vibration frequency, the bigger number is, the better audio quality you can get. 44.1Khz is equivalent to CD-quality and 48KHz is used in professional music production. 19

20. Minimal compact size with standard connection ports.
Device Connections
Minimal compact size with standard connection ports.
5V DC power input
100Mbps Ethernet
USB 2.0 ports
VGA video output
Back-mounting
3.5mm micro jack
power/reset switch
USB 2.0 ports
3.5mm speaker jack
0.2~5W power consumption; optional WIFI antenna: b/g/n (factory install); size : 124(W)x75(D)x26(H) mm.
The S100 zero client supports a number of peripherals including:
Two dedicated USB mouse and keyboard ports
Stereo speaker or headphone and microphone ports
A 100 Mbps Ethernet port
A VGA port supporting monitor resolutions as high as 1920x1080
Two USB 2.0 ports for attaching USB peripherals
HDMI (DVI compatible) video output will be available in the coming release
And with a convenient back mounting option. By attaching the mounting plate with the provided screws, users may secure the S100 device to the back of the display making a clean, zero-footprint installation. 20

21. Provides a user-friendly interface with increased manageability.
Management Software
Provides a user-friendly interface with increased manageability.
vMatrix
Management Center
User privacy & system storage management
Tools of chatting, broadcasting and monitoring
The vMatrix Management Center provides central management, monitoring and controlling over endpoint users and desktop sessions. IT administrators can provide support or go down in details to configure user policies and desktop experience remotely at the host side. Though powerful, the front-end management console is built to be extremely simple.
Overview of the host configuration
User policy & experience configuration
The functions performed by vMatrix include:
--Giving the administrator complete visibility into the OS, CPU, memory, storage, networking and other critical elements of the host computer;
--Creating and managing user accounts & password;
--Authorizing users to access specific desktop session;
--Discovering vCloudPoint zero clients and USB peripherals;
--Monitoring and controlling end user desktops;
--Configuring user USB, audio, resolution, video, etc;
--Broadcasting the administrator’s desktop to the end users;
--Controlling privacy and visibility of disk partitions to users;
--Providing a communication path for administrators & users through the integrated Chatting Room;
--Tracking user and administration behavior 21 21

22. Comparisons
Competitive comparisons between vCloudPoint and other products in the market.

23. Important features that set us apart from our competitors.
Featured Advantages
Important features that set us apart from our competitors.
Models
Display protocol
Windows systems
Video file format
USB support
Audio support
RDP (7.1/8.1) and enhancements
Windows Multipoint Only
unreliable, few compatible peripherals
Windows Media Player supported formats only
unreliable, high latency, bad quality
RDP based devices
RDP plus SUNDE-VDI Protocol
Windows 7/Multipoint 2011/Server 2008R2/ and earlier
works in some systems only, few compatible peripherals
works in some systems only, high latency, bad quality
SUNDE H4s
Any video file format
reliable and broad peripherals supported
Existing released Windows Systems
Any video file format
reliable, low latency, but bad quality
NComputing L300
NComputing UXP
Existing released Windows Systems
Any video file format
reliable and broad peripherals supported
reliable, low latency, and high quality
vCloudPoint S100
vCloudPoint DDP
Display protocol: the remote display protocol used for transferring data to the terminal sessions.
Windows systems: supported Windows system for terminal user connections.
Video file format: video file formats that are supported at the terminal.
USB support: the supported range, reliability of USB peripherals in all supported systems.
Audio support: the reliability, response time and quality of audio in all supported systems. 23

24. Performance Advantages
Key numbers that makes us stand out in the market.
Models
Online videos/ i7 host
Local videos/ i7 host
Videos/ session
Video quality
Image CQP
RDP based devices
1-4
1-4 1
720p 27
SUNDE H4s 20 20 20
1080p 25
NComputing L300 20 20 1
1080p 27
vCloudPoint S100 30 50
30/50
1080p 20
Online videos/ i7 host: the maximum number of simutaneous online video streams per host. Video testing was performed using 480p video at 1366*768 resolution in Windows 7.
Streams per host: the maximum number of simutaneous local video streams per host. Video testing was performed using 480p video at 1366*768 resolution in Windows 7.
Streams per session: if subsequent multiple streams (launching a new player) on the same session is supported. If yes, the number is 1, if not, the number goes to the one with videos per host.
Video quality: the best quality of a single video fie that can be played on the terminal zero client.
Image CQP: image Constant Quantizer Parameter. the smaller the number is, the better image quality users can view on the endpoint desktop.
Note: some vendors claimed that their devices support HD videos of 720p or 1080p, which only means they have the ability of transcoding video files of that size. However, in order to achieve smooth performance, lossy compression is often utilized on transferring pixels to the endpoint display, resulting in actual video output quality not matching that of the original video file. Therefore, when speaking of a zero client supporting HD videos, we should also pay attention to the video output quality at the endpoint desktop. 24

25. Functionality Advantages
Additional functions to let our customers achieve more.
Models
Remote control
Desktop broadcasting
Storage visibility
User policy
Resource efficiency
RDP based devices
SUNDE H4s
NComputing L300
vCloudPoint S100
Remote control: if the administrator can monitor and control over terminal sessions from the host.
Desktop broadcasting: if the administrator can send the host desktop to the terminal sessions.
Storage visibility: if the administrator can configure user storage and visibility of disk partitions to isolate users and protect privacy.
User policy: if the administrator can configure user policy such as desktop customization, graphic acceleration, audio, USB support and internal messaging etc.
Resource efficiency: if the terminal zero client is efficient in host resources utilization.
Yes No 25

26. How to configure the hosts and setup the vCloudPoint system.
Installation
How to configure the hosts and setup the vCloudPoint system.

27. Recommended Host Configuration
Performance results are highly dependent upon the individual host hardware, applications being used, OS and network conditions.
Application Scenario
5-10
users
11-20
user
21-30
31-40
41-60
Productivity applications
CPU: i3
CPU: i5
CPU: i7
CPU: i7 K series
CPU: Xeon E5
Memory: 8 GB
Memory: 16 GB
Memory: 24 GB
Memory: 32 GB
Memory: 48 GB
Mixed productivity plus some video
Media intensive productivity plus frequent video
CPU: 2-way E5
*For the vCloudPoint zero clients, the maximum number of users per host is 99. Performance results are highly dependent upon the individual host hardware, memory, video card, applications being used, OS and network conditions within any LAN/WAN. Host requirements will vary, please test your multi-user environment before deployment.
** CPU recommendations are 4th generation Intel Core processors (Haswell) or equivalent (do not use Atom, or other low end processors).
* Video Testing was performed using 480p video at 1366*768 resolution in Windows 7.
* * These recommendations are preliminary and represent a guideline only. Actual sizing requirements depend on particular workload. Always validate sizing using your own applications. 27

28. Installation & Connection
Get a lab of workstations up and running in minutes.
Download and install the vMatrix Server software
Download the vMatrix Server software from vCloudPoint's official website: and Install the vMatrix Server software on the host with a not-home-edition Windows Operating System. The installation is simple and intuitive without any special knowledge required. 1
Create or import users at the vMatrix Management Center
Create new users or import exciting Windows System users to the vCloudPoint system. These users will be automatically added to the Remote Desktop User Group that is permitted to access remote desktop sessions. 2
Connect vCloudPoint zero clients and login
Connect your zero clients to a monitor , keyboard, mouse, LAN cable and other necessary peripherals, then you can login with the created user accounts and passwords. 3
For small deployments of standard PC-sharing with little management, there is no specially configurations. You can set up the system with just the click-to-finish type vMatrix Server software installation and user creation. For larger deployments with domain management, there are a few steps that you need to pay attention to. But we still make the installation process simple and intuitive with informative instructions to help you go through without prior technical training. 28

29. Some frequent asked questions on vCloudPoint products.

30. Some questions that you may like to ask.
FAQs
Some questions that you may like to ask.
About future updates
vCloudPoint software is provided free of charge. Still vCloudPoint company consistently works on the improvement of the products, offering updates for enhanced features at no extra charge or hidden cost.
About Windows Licensing
In order for the vCloudPoint workstations to be fully licensed, they will each need a Remote Desktop Services Client Access License (RDS CAL) along with a Windows Server Client Access License (WS CAL). The total cost of these CALs combined will range anywhere from $10-$120 per seat depending on the type of organization deploying the workstations, and your licensing agreement with Microsoft. These CALs are perpetual licenses.
About using Active Directory Service with vCloudPoint
Install the vMatrix Server software both on the sharing host(s) and the Domain Controller and then create users on the Domain Controller. Hosts will automatically be recognized if they have joined the domain.Select a domain, and then enter your username and password with vCloudPoint zero clients.
For more FAQs and tips on how to configure and optimize your vCloudPoint system, visit 30

31. Thanks For Watching Author: Jason Yeh
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