Weekly Roundup: Nvidia VGX, Lenovo E31 Workstation, CAD Managers

Nvidia’s VGX Platform Delivers ‘Virtualized Desktop’
Originally Posted by Computer Graphics World
With the Nvidia VGX platform in the data center, employees can now access a true cloud PC from any device — thin client, laptop, tablet or smartphone — regardless of its operating system, and enjoy a responsive experience for the full spectrum of applications previously only available on an office PC. VGX enables knowledge workers to access…
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Lenovo Shows Off ThinkStation E31 Workstation In Two Different Sizes
Originally Post by Dana Wollman, Endgadget
Don’t let that headline fool you: although Lenovo technically just unveiled one product, the ThinkStation E31 workstation, it actually shoehorned two distinct machines into one press release. Behold: a budget workstation available as a conventionally sized tower, as well as compact one. Whichever you choose, both support up to…
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Trials of a New CAD Manager
Originally Posted by CADDManager, CADD Manager Blog
Becoming a new CAD Manager can be a joyous time in your career path. You have finally achieved something that you have sought after for years. You have been recognized by the firm for all of the contributions you have made. You have gotten a title that you were seeking and know that you can serve the firm with success. But once the title is bestowed, the troubles may begin…
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Why Are You Wasting So Much Workstation Potential?

Tired of waiting days for an analysis or simulation job to run on a server farm? Run it on your desktop in minutes! It’s possible using a hardware-based virtual cluster that takes advantage of the wasted capacity on your existing workstations.

Step 1: Configure Your Hardware

All you need are workstations that have multi-core processors with hardware-based virtualization technology, multiple NIC cards, extra memory and available hard disk space. Solid-state drives can have a big impact on performance, especiallly when you’re working with hundreds of cores or are using applications that are very I/O intensive. Read full article »