New Tadpole Thin Clients Hatched By General Dynamics Itronix
June 28, 2010 5:45 PM ET
General Dynamics has added four new Itronix ultra-thin client PCs to its line of Tadpole products, the company said Monday. The Tadpole M1000 and Tadpole M1500 are both notebooks, while the Tadpole Pulsar and Tadpole Pulsar Premium are wireless desktop units.
“The Tadpole line of ultra-thin clients, with enterprise class features and capabilities, allow IT teams to work on server-based capabilities and business process efficiencies, while saving costs on IT security, administration, help-desk and other expenses,” said Mark Johnston, general manager for General Dynamics Itronix operations, in a statement.
Itronix is a part of Falls Church, Va.-based General Dynamics’ C4 Systems business unit.
The Tadpole M1000 has a 10.1-inch display and weighs three pounds. Like the rest of the Tadpole lineup, the M1000 is designed to run a Linux-based operating system in conjunction with Oracle Solaris and units are provisioned via Solaris SPARC Unix servers or standard x86 servers. Wi-Fi and VPN are built in, with 3G networking an optional configuration.
The Tadpole M1500 offers a bit more performance than the M1000 with 15-inch LCD screen and additional HD multimedia support. Like the other new products in the Tadpole lineup, the M1500 has no local hard drive, memory, operating system or application software, driving down the total-cost-of-ownership associated with thicker PC clients, according to General Dynamics, as well as securing the laptop against malware and data loss in the case of a lost or stolen unit.
The first of General Dynamics’ new ultra-thin client desktops is the Tadpole Pulsar Premium. Featuring an Intel Atom 330 central processor, the Pulsar Premium is a nifty little workstation that supports dual-display configurations and delivers HD multimedia, as well as 3D video and imaging. The Tadpole Pulsar is somewhat larger than the Pulsar Premium -- both can run Microsoft Windows in addition to Linux OSes -- and has some more video capabilities.
All four new products were listed on the General Dynamics Itronix Web site on Monday, but pricing was not yet available.
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