Dell commits to cloud client computing with Project Ophelia
January 8, 2013
Grazed from CloudPro. Author: Jane McCallion.
Android-powered device will bring cloud desktop computing to mass market, claims hardware giant. Dell has unveiled the newest product in its cloud client computing range – code-named Project Ophelia – during the second day of CES 2013.
The device is roughly the size of a wireless dongle and plugs directly into a user’s monitor or television and requires only two amps of power, which it gets directly from the screen. Running the Android Jellybean operating system, Ophelia will deliver a desktop experience to users without the need for hardware and will bring cloud client computing to the mass consumer and enterprise market, the company claims…
Tarkan Maner, vice president and general manager of cloud client computing at Dell, told Cloud Pro the company chose Android over other more established desktop operating systems to take advantage of the half a million apps available through Google Play…
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