Save up to 90% on your desktop deployment costs

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Save up to 90 on your desktop deployment costs
Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier

• Trevor Poapst
• Global Strategist
• Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier
• Omni Technology Solutions
• trevor_at_omni-ts.com

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Omni Technology Solutions Inc.

• We focus on helping you
• Mobilise your enterprise
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• Manage your enterprise
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  account management
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• Enhance your enterprise
• GroupWise enhancement utilities
• Multiply your enterprise
• Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier
• Providing Innovative Novell Solutions since 1999

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Session Overview
Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier Overview (5
minutes)
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How Does the Multiplier Work? (10 minutes)
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Features Benefits (10 minutes)
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Total Cost of Ownership Savings (10 minutes)
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Demonstration (10 minutes)
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Ideal For (10 minutes)
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Questions Answers (10 minutes)
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Web Site www.omni-ts.com/linux-desktop/
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Turn one computer into 10!

• The Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier allows 10
  monitors, keyboards, mice and users to work at
  the same time on a shared Novell Linux Desktop
  computer no special hardware required! Simply
  add standard graphics cards, monitors, USB
  keyboards and mice to an existing system and
  install the Multiplier.

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Highlights

1. Fastest, easiest and least expensive way to
   deploy large numbers of full-featured desktops
2. Dramatically lowers Total Cost of Ownership by
   eliminating up to 9 out of every 10 PCs
3. Leverages existing investments in Novell
   GroupWise, Messenger, iFolder and your network
   file servers
4. Delivers a much richer user experience than
   thin-client solutions at a fraction of the cost
5. Powered by Userful, an industry leader in
   affordable, multi-user desktop computing
6. Enhances the Novell Linux Desktop eco-system.

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Multipliers 10-to-1 Advantage

• Modern PCs spend virtually the entire day idle.
  By leveraging this under-utilized capacity, our
  innovative software delivers a compelling
  10-to-1 advantage on deploying your desktops.
• NLD Multiplier allows for multiple instances of
  the same applications and programs to run
  simultaneously for multiple users on their
  individual monitors and keyboards at the same
  time, all plugged into the same desktop PC.
• Designed as a simple software add-on to the
  Novell Linux Desktop, this powerful solution is
  ideal wherever two or more PCs are in close
  physical proximity

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Section 2 How Does the Multiplier Work? (10
minutes)
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How Does the Multiplier Work?
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How Does the Multiplier Work?

• Key Points
• Thin layer of software that wraps around Linux
  kernel
• Listens for (1) keyboard input (2)
  mouse input and (3) monitor output
• Assigns these to a unique user session
• Tracks up to 10 independent user sessions at the
  same time

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How Does the Multiplier Work?
The Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier virtualises
Linux's user interface layer so that a single
computer box can drive the user interface
hardware for multiple simultaneous users. The
Multiplier is transparent to the Linux Kernel and
is compatible with the Novell Client for Linux
and ZENworks.
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Linking Keyboard and Mouse to a Monitor
Link keyboards and mice to monitors with a
single keypress of the appropriate Function key
(F1 to F10) To reassign a keyboard or mouse,
unplug the device(s) and plug them in again. You
will be prompted with a screen to reassign the
devices.
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Multiplier vs Thin Client

• Fat client with dedicated video, keyboard and
  mouse access
• Significantly lower deployment and licensing
  costs
• Richer user experience
• Easier to set up and deploy
• No special hardware required!

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Section 3 Features Benefits (10 minutes)
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Benefit Significant TCO Savings

• Imagine being able to save 80-90 on deploying
  and managing your desktops
• Leverages existing investments in Novell
  ZENworks, GroupWise, Messenger
• 10-to-1 advantage on hardware, software,
  management and infrastructure costs

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Benefit Excellent Performance

• Performance does not significantly vary from a
  single-user computer
• Rich user experience
• Automatic file and memory caching
• Only momentary delay may occur when loading large
  programs into memory

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Benefit Easy to Use and Install

• Single command installs software
• Intuitive graphical user interface
• Concise documentation and on-line FAQ available
• No special hardware required

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Benefit Leverage Benefits of Linux

• Less vulnerable to viruses and security threats
• Unsurpassed computing power, portability,
  security and flexibility
• User-friendly GUI and excellent software bundle
• Easily networked to network file servers

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Benefit Pricing
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• Cost-effectively priced at 80 per monitor
• Optional annual software upgrade protection plan
  (30)
• Volume and market discounts available

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Think About It

• Instead of 10 computers, you only buy one
• Instead of 10 Windows XP and Office licences, you
  only buy one Novell Linux Desktop licence
• Novell Linux Desktop comes bundled with Open
  Office (compatible with Microsoft Office)
• Instead of paying for electricity, back-ups, HVAC
  and maintenance for 10 computers, you only need
  to worry about one

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Highlighted during BrainShare South Africa 2005
Keynote
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Think About It

• Instead of 10 computers, you only buy one
• Instead of 10 Windows XP and Office licences, you
  only buy one Novell Linux Desktop licence
• Novell Linux Desktop comes bundled with Open
  Office (compatible with Microsoft Office)
• Instead of paying for electricity, back-ups, HVAC
  and maintenance for 10 computers, you only need
  to worry about one

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Think About It
The Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier's ability
to leverage the Novell Linux Desktop for up to 10
users on one standard computer presents a huge
value proposition for our corporate, government,
and educational clients. Not only does the Novell
Linux Desktop Multiplier significantly reduce
hardware and software costs, but it also results
in a 10-to-1 savings on computer management,
electricity, and infrastructure costs. This is
very important to our customers." - Allison
Singh, senior Novell Systems Engineer, Novell
South Africa.
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Section 4 Total Cost of Ownership Savings(10
minutes)
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Significant TCO Savings

• The Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier enables you
  to save as much as 80 on deploying your desktops
  and 90 on long-term maintenance
• TCO Calculator available at www.omni-ts.com/linux-
  desktop/

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Section 5 Demonstration(10 minutes)
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Demonstration
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Section 6 Perfect For(10 minutes)
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Perfect For
Considering Novell Linux Desktop? We can help
you get there 10 times faster. The Novell Linux
Desktop Multiplier is perfect for

• Schools

Call centres
Businesses
Health care
Government
Airports hotels
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Other Opportunities

• Tradeshows, meetings and conferences
• Government and NGO connectivity projects
• Building lobbies and lunch rooms
• Internet cafés
• Cruise ships
• Retirement homes
• Job banks
• Remote communities
• Oil field well sites
• Anywhere there are people in close proximity

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Section 7 Questions Answers(10 minutes)
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One Amazing Solution!

• Connect 10 users to a single desktop computer
  no special hardware required
• Easy to install
• Leverages Novell Linux Desktop and existing
  Novell investments
• Rich user experience
• Dramatically reduces TCO and provides licensing
  freedom
• Compelling 10-to-1 advantage

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Thank You!

• For more details, contact
• Trevor Poapst
• Global Strategist
• Novell Linux Desktop Multiplier
• Omni Technology Solutions
• Tel. [phone]
• trevor_at_omni-ts.com
• www.omni-ts.com/linux-desktop