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To: Paul Chiu who wrote (55)	8/27/2007 12:47:51 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 358

Little Box Shifts PC's Job To Far-Off Network Server online.wsj.com "A technology called virtualization is helping save money in computer rooms. Now a Silicon Valley start-up hopes to exploit that technology to replace personal computers. Pano Logic Inc., a closely held company in Menlo Park, Calif., has developed a small device that connects to a display and keyboard, and to a computer network. The hardware, which has no microprocessor chip or hard drive, transfers commands to a server that runs users' PC programs. So Pano Logic decided to exploit virtualization. The technology, which began with International Business Machines Corp. mainframe systems, was pioneered on low-end servers by VMware Inc. Its software is now mainly used to address low utilization rates on such servers; virtualization software helps run multiple operating systems and their associated applications on one system. Besides the desktop device, Pano Logic developed software for managing those gadgets that works with VMware software and versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Mr. Gault -- a former chief executive of virtualization specialist XenSource Inc., which recently agreed to be purchased by Citrix -- estimates that Pano Logic's technology allows each microprocessor on chips inside servers to manage four to 20 users."