Pivcon, Inc

Electronic Computer Classrooms

Smart Classrooms w/ Smart Boards and Significant External USB/AUdio/Visual Hardware

Electronic Computer Learning Centers

Computer Labs and Science/Technology Labs with Computers

Web Browsing Stations (often requires no image)

Thin Client Workstation (RDP) via RDesktop or VMWare View Open Client

Thin Client Workstation (PCoIP) via VMWare View Client (Planned)

Campus Kiosks (often requires no image)

Digital Signage Networks (often requires no image)

Faculty/Staff/Administrator Offices w/ Virtual Disk User Profiles

Boot from Removable Media (CD/DVD/Thumb drive)

Boot from Network

Automatic Hard Drive Install

Installs on Long Term Support Build of Ubuntu

Centralized Supervisor Upgrades (utilizing peer-to-peer distribution)

Supervisor Works Disconnected from the Network

Self-healing Using Copy-on-Write Partition (high consistency)

Super-fast Installation on Bare Metal Computers with Empty Hard Drives (less than 2 minutes)

Supports 64 Bit Kernel (supports 32 and 64 bit client operating system deployments)

Supports 32 Bit Kernel (for computers with old processors that are not 64 bit capable) [Planned]

Very Small Installation Size (< 800 MB)

Hardware Inventory Collection and Reporting

Remote Image Deployment Status Web Reporting

Local Image Deployment and Provisioning Status on Screen

Local CPU, Disk, Network Utilization on Screen

Advanced Graphical User Interface Based Status and Reporting

Textual Log Files with Detailed Information about Configuration and Provisioning

Hierarchal Configuration Schema Allowing Inheritance of Settings from Parents

Bulk Reassignment of Nodes from One Configuration to Another

Automated Quick Registration (allow junior and part time staff to quickly register computers)

Can be Pre-loaded by Computer Vendors Before Shipping in Less than 2 Minutes

Node Sub-group Membership, with Ability to Assign Configuration and Actions to a Sub-group

Purpose Built Secure Desktop Focused on Launching Images

Password Controlled Images and Applications

Web Based Graphical User Interface: Image Management on Primary Seeder

Web Based Graphical User Interface: System Configuration

Network Based Command Sender and Listener (can target any level of hierarchy or specific nodes)

Debugging/Test Modes that Allow Support Professionals to See More Verbose Messaging

Peer-to-Peer Distribution (fast, minimal server requirements)

Unicast Distribution (simple, more significant server requirements)

Designate Clients as Dedicated Peer-to-Peer Seeders per Image

Peer-to-Peer Clients can Start Downloading Image before Image is Completely Uploaded to Server

Shared by Windows Native VHD Boot and Virtual Machine Boot

Uncompressed Image Distribution

Optional Compressed Image Distribution (approx 2:1 compression)

Automated Sysprep Provisioning

Automated Post-provisioning Patching

Differencing Disk Used Before Provisioning to Keep Master Image Stable

Differencing Disk Used Before End-user Boot (resets state for each boot)

Offline File System Patching (NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, FAT)

Offline Windows Registry Changes

Reprovision Without Re-downloading

For Images Booted in Native VHD Boot Mode Only

Microsoft Windows 7 Native VHD Boot Support

Automatic Boot Loader/BCD Configuration

Support for Nested VHD Differencing Disks

Automatically Hide NTFS Partition Holding VHDs From Windows

Separate Native NTFS Pagefile Partition

Continued Seeding of All Images After Booting into Windows Natively

For Images Booted in Virtual Machine Mode Only

Background Provisioning (e.g. Windows sysprep)

Background Peer-to-Peer Transfers

Boot Multiple VM's Simultaneously

Continued Seeding of All Images After Booting Virtual Machines

USB Pass-Through

Full screen VM or Windowed VM

Integrates with Oracle VirtualBox Now!

Planned Integration with VMWare