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• Q&A: Barwon Health CIO, Ann Larkins

  A tertiary nursing education and years of clinical experience combined with a Masters in Business Technology helped prepare Ann Larkins for the CIO role at Barwon Health.
  

• TransGrid switches on desktop virtualisation

  NSW electricity grid operator, TransGrid, will move as many as 500 of its desktop PCs to virtualised thin clients in an effort to reduce costs and extend the hardware refresh cycle to seven years.
  

• Charter Hall to migrate to virtual Windows 7 desktops

  Property funds management and development company Charter Hall Group will join the growing number of Australian enterprises taking the plunge to deploy desktop virtualisation across the organisation.

• Defence delays thin client tender

  The Department of Defence has delayed releasing a request for tender for its “Next Generation Desktops” project until January, pushing its thin client deployment back by two months.
  

• Defence to tender thin clients in November

  The Department of Defence will go to tender in November for thin client desktops and infrastructure, to be deployed over two years across the organisation in order to simplify processes and consolidate the agency’s computer fleet.
  

• Wyse Technology's new device isn't your father's dumb terminal

  There may be a lot to like about thin-client hardware like Wyse Technology Inc.'s Xenith for Citrix, which is due next month. But, so far, this thin technology isn't shoving desktops off corporate desks.

• Victorian DHS moves to desktop virtualisation

  The Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) has announced a major desktop virtualisation project that will see its aging fleet of 640 group home PCs replaced with thin clients connected to a Citrix backend.
  

• Defence to roll out virtual next generation desktops

  The Department of Defence will start deploying virtualised thin clients across its user base by the end of 2011.

• Ncomputing's chip brings Windows applications to TVs

  Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet.

• Wyse puts Atom in new thin client netbook

  Wyse Technology has started shipping the X90cw, a new thin client that is an Intel Atom-based netbook, it said on Wednesday.

• HP pushes thin clients with new hardware, tools

  Hewlett-Packard is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday.

• HP upgrades mobile and desktop thin clients

  HP Wednesday announced a new mobile thin client, and software enhancements to improve the security and manageability of its desktop-based thin clients.

• Desktop sharing lets schools save on PC costs

  Australian schools have taken to a new form of virtual desktops that allows multiple students to work off a single computer without the limitations and server software associated with traditional thin clients.

• Thin clients now as flexible as PCs, claims Igel

  Igel Technology has introduced a family of thin clients, called Universal Desktop, which it claims is the first to have single standard system images across the range.

• New NComputing device slashes computing costs

  NComputing on Wednesday announced a new version of its virtualization device and software that reduces the cost of computing to around US$100 per user by turning a single desktop PC into 11 workstations.