[Marketing] Competitive Landscape: NComputing Partners with New United Nations Program to Provide Computing Access to Schools in Developing Nations

[Walter Bender]

I know them--I debated their founder/president on the pages of the WSJ
about 18 months ago. They are a Windows shop--having hired Will Plouff
from Microsoft a year ago. I'd be shocked if they were to ever
consider Sugar.

-walter

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know anyone at NComputing.  Do we know if Sugar is on their
> radar?
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.ncomputing.com/tabid/180/default.aspx?ContentID=289
>>
>> from the press release:
>> ***************
>> NComputing, the leading provider of ultra low-cost computing
>> solutions, today announced that it will partner with the United
>> Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) to bring
>> computer access to primary and secondary schools in developing
>> countries around the world. The initiative has strong support from UN
>> Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and aims to provide 500,000 workstations
>> to schools in developing nations by 2012. The program is being
>> developed by the UNDESA Global Alliance for ICT Development (GAID).
>> ...
>> Dr. Paul Jhin, who is leading the initiative, will present the details
>> of the program to education ministers and other attendees at the
>> eLearning Africa conference in Dakar, Senegal on May 29. Planning
>> sessions with ministers from African countries will also be held to
>> discuss additional pilot projects and large-scale deployments. “The
>> NComputing virtual desktops give us an important opportunity to
>> significantly expand computing access and simplify deployment,” said
>> Dr. Jhin. “This maximizes the use of donated and refurbished computers
>> and simplifies deployment and power requirements, which are key issues
>> in many parts of the developing world.”
>> ***************
>>
>> NComputing was the only Platinum Sponsor of the Dakar conference;
>> Intel and Microsoft were Gold sponsors.
>>
>> Sean
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