How can we do this without any degradation in performance?

·        SoftXpand's unique resource sharing & intelligent balancing system allows the full utilization of a PC’s power and cleverly allocates resources.

·     Video cards are nowadays equipped with a powerful Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Video memory (VRAM). SoftXpand uses this power and automatically balances it between the workstations according to the applications’ needs.

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Give access to graphic/multimedia applications to ALL of your students
SoftXpand Education enables up to 8 students to work with multimedia and graphic applications with only 1 computer!

Increase the processing power of your PCs
By installing SoftXpand on 1 PC, you will significantly increase its processing power and allow users to run heavy multimedia applications on it.

Turn any computer into a multimedia network
Easily create shared and collaborative working environments.

The workstations are connected in what we call a SoftXpand cluster: a group of workstations connected to a PC with SoftXpand installed.

For example, by connecting SoftXpand clusters together, you can create a classroom network of 24 workstations with only 4 PCs. Within 1 SoftXpand network, teachers and students can share documents and control each others' screens, without the need of implementing a server.

• Reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by at least 60%:

Instead of purchasing multiple computers, you need only connect sets of monitor, keyboard and mouse to your existing computer.

• Save money on additional hardware:

Any hardware installed on the PC, for example, modem or tape drive, is shared by all the workstations.

• Network Savings:

Workstations are connected in what we call a cluster, which is a group of workstations connected to the SoftXpand host PC. By connecting SoftXpand clusters together, you can create a network of 40 workstations with only 5 PCs. Fewer switches andports would need to be implemented as well.

• Save Money on Software Licenses:

Subject to manufacturer licensing terms, you may only need to buy one set of software for the host computer, which is used on all workstations in a cluster. 

Maintenance & Practicality

• Maintenance Time:

You only need to maintain the host computer. This is especially important in schools where IT staff is few in numbers.

Centralized control: Only 1 PC instead of 8 to administer, upgrade, configure and repair

• Define folder access rights so that users' content is private on each workstation
• Workstation security: You may set password or time-expiration per workstation
• Easily deploy applications: Only on 1 PC instead of 8
• Reduce downtime: When one workstation crashes, you so not need to reboot the computer
• Initialization of the computer system and any upgrading of hardware will take much less time

• Flexible:

Temporary workstations can easily be added at any time according to your needs.

Peripheral devices, such as printers, cameras and USB memory sticks, can be added or removed with ease.

• Remote Desktop Management (RDM):

The following tasks may be carried out remotely:

• Standardization of desktop environment
• Management of desktop installations and changes
• Hardware and software support

• Space:

Far less space taken up in classrooms.

• Logistics

Considerably less hardware to be transported.

• Risk of Theft Reduced:

Only 1 PC, which may be secured to the floor, instead of up to 8.

• IT Services Outsourcing:

Multiple workstations may be integrated in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost than it would take to integrate standard PCs. Hence, a great improvement in time-saving and cost-effective productivity.

Eco Friendly

SoftXpand workstations share their power.

Your carbon footprint, as well as your waste disposal, is heavily reduced, since all workstations share 1 PC's power supply and use and dispose of 1 PC's electronic components. This also results in extensive reductions in energy costs, and much less heat in the classroom.

The student-teacher interactive system, ClassXpand, is fully integrated into SoftXpand.

This allows the teacher to:

• Instruct students better by broadcasting his/her screen onto every workstation, or to groups of workstations, in the classroom
• Control students' screens to help solve problems
• Follow and monitor students as they work
• Open documents or applications on student workstations
• Project an application onto a screen using a projector, while working on another application on his/her monitor
• Restart and shut-down students' workstations remotely

Since ClassXpand transfers video frames through RAM and not TCP-IP, teachers can display heavy images and videos without clogging up the school network.

Graphic applications, such as AutoCAD®, SolidWorks, 3D MAX Studio, are difficult to run on regular Interactive Learning Software; students experience significant delays. However, with ClassXpand, students hardly notice any delay.

SoftXpand Monitoring Console allows teachers to monitor all users' activity, without disturbing them.

The Monitoring Console also allows teachers to assist students remotely.