Pinnacle Business Systems and ClearCube deliver centralized computing solutions that integrate blades, access devices and client management software to give organizations full control over end user computing. Organizations deploying ClearCube gain:

• 99.9% uptime
• Hardened security (data and hardware)
• Simplified management
• Improved user ergonomics (more space, no heat/noise)
• 40% lower operating costs due to improved productivity (per IDC)

The ClearCube Solution

The ClearCube solution is simple: condense the PC into an Intel-based "blade" form-factor, house it in a chassis and centralize it in a secure location. A small user port connects the monitor, keyboard, mouse and USB peripherals to the blade across a wired or wireless network. Users can also access their blades through a variety of industry standard access devices (e.g., tablets, PDAs) via a web browser. IT administrators remotely control the entire system from anywhere in the world using simple but powerful ClearCube management software (Sentral).
The ClearCube solution consists of the following components:

Blades are end user business computers that are centralized in a secure location. Access devices are small user ports that connect the user to a blade across a wired or wireless network. The client management software (Sentral) is a powerful console that allocates, switches and manages global deployments of access devices and blades.

• PC blade: an end user business computer that is rack-mounted in a secure location. ClearCube blades contain the latest Intel Pentium Dual-Core or Xeon processors, high-performance disk drives, DDR2 memory and PCI Express graphics cards.
• Chassis: enclosure that provides all of the Ethernet connections, user port connections, airflow management and power input to the blades.
• User port: a small access device that connects the end user's computing peripherals (monitor, keyboard, speakers, USB devices, mouse) to a ClearCube blade across a wired or wireless network. About the size of a paperback book, the user port has no fans, emits no noise and produces very little heat.
• ClearCube Sentral: enables IT administrators to manage global blade deployments from a single console. Sentral includes unique features such as virtual machine integration, remote BIOS upgrades, active health monitoring, multi-level security configuration and customized views and reporting. The software can also be leveraged to support virtualized desktops or other vendors' blade systems.