Amazon Launches Thin Client for Enterprise Market

Amazon’s New Product: A $195 thin client built into Fire TV Cube hardware, aimed at the enterprise market.

Thin Client Concept:

A simple device that runs cloud software, reducing costs by offloading processing to the cloud1. The client runs AWS Cloud and supports dual monitors, mouse, keyboard, headset, and camera.

Customer Feedback: Amazon developed the thin client based on customer feedback about high IT spending on computers. Amazon already provides the virtualisation backend with services like WorkSpaces, AppStream, and WorkSpaces Web2.

New Firmware and OS: Amazon built new firmware and a new operating system for the thin client, which allows group-level control over policies, permissions, and access rules3. All data and processing power are securely hosted in the cloud4.

B2B Marketplace: The thin client will be sold through Amazon’s B2B marketplace and can be ordered preconfigured for easy setup5. Amazon claims this is much faster than the configuration times for laptops and computers6.

Crafting a Symphony of Connectivity

The orchestration begins with a meticulous choreography:

• An elaborate choreography elucidating the sequential steps for establishing the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client.
• The marriage of peripherals and a secondary monitor, entwined in a digital dance with the Thin Client.
• The act of imbuing vitality, as the device awakens, yielding to the siren call of onscreen directives, guiding the user through the inaugural rites.

Navigating the Labyrinth of Connectivity: Wi-Fi and AWS

A labyrinthine journey awaits those embarking on the connectivity odyssey:

• Esoteric instructions unfurl for tethering the Thin Client to the ethereal waves of Wi-Fi.
• The multilingual overtones resonate as users select their linguistic canvas, type the keyboard’s cryptic code, and entangle themselves with a wireless network.
• The portal to the AWS domain swings open, beckoning users to traverse its digital landscapes and delve into the Computing desktop’s sanctum post-connection.

Unveiling the Arcane Arts of Remote Desktop Application Access

The saga unfolds further as the curtain rises on the arcane theater of Remote Desktop application access:

• A clandestine login, reminiscent of a secret handshake, grants passage to the hallowed halls of the Computing desktop.
• The cosmic ballet of accessing applications on the Remote Desktop Service, a choreography of digital constellations aligning in seamless order.
• The denouement arrives with the final crescendo, signaling the triumphant initiation into the realm of Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client utilization.