cult (kŭlt) n.
In religion and sociology, a cult is a term designating a cohesive group of people (generally, but not exclusively a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be outside the mainstream or reaching the point of a taboo. Its status may come about either due to its novel belief system, its idiosyncratic practices, its perceived harmful effects on members, or because it perceived opposition to the interests of the mainstream culture. Non-religious groups may also display cult-like characteristics.
CULT (kŭlt) n.
CODTECH Universal Linux Thinclient (cult-thinclient.sourceforge.net )
The desktop challenge
 Organizations are facing a significant and growing challenge during the complete life cycle of a Microsoft Windows desktop OS, provisioning, managing, securing and upgrading it. Threats like virus, spyware and malware must be controlled installing patches, security fixes and anti-virus. IT departments spend up to 80% of their time on these tasks and providing help desk support, leaving only 20% available for strategic planning and other projects (Source: Forrester). 
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Huge increments in desktop TCO are driving companies to look for an alternative to this traditional model. Also, imposed desktop OS migration and its correspondent hardware upgrade are helping customers to open their minds trying to find a better solution. 
Desktop virtualization
CULT, an Open Source software-only virtual thinclient, provides a better approach where desktops can be virtualized keeping the user experience intact thus avoiding migration, testing of applications and user retraining.
Desktops can be now virtualized and delivered to the user device using a set of techniques to keep the base installation as secure as possible. Maintained in a read-only state only changed by administrators with enough privileges to do routine maintenance tasks. Virtual desktops are then cloned from this state, eliminating the tremendous effort of keeping desktops secure and up to date.
Other solutions attempt to virtualize the user desktop on the server side, but this impose a huge load on the servers and keep the use of one of the standard protocols (i.e: RDP) to access it, with the well know limitations this approach has on Multimedia and 3D acceleration, for example.
TCO reduction
It has been proven that organizations using this approach reduce desktop TCO by 40 to 57% (Source: Gartner) also reducing the time needed to implement new solutions and improving the user experience. Applications are subject to be centralized too and delivered to the CULT virtual desktop reducing the TCO even more.
Costly software licenses cut
Additionally, in corporate environments where certain users may not need a Windows license, CULT can run virtually any operating environment. Consequently, companies can achieve unparalleled savings in their desktop yet maintaining complete flexibility. It is a concrete solution for the Windows vs Linux desktop dilemma.
Investment reduction
The overall desktop investment is reduced and in some cases desktop hardware life expectancy can be extended to 8 years or more.
Product line
CULT is offered as multiple products to satisfy customer needs. Visit CULT product line page for details. Contact us
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