Expedian is marketed by Wyse Technology, a name synonymous with thin clients. Along with Expedian -- which is designed to increase performance and capacity on the servers -- Wyse also has several other software applications aimed at device and PC management called Rapport and Alcatraz.Wyse says Expedian's main features are its ability to increase both the capacity and the performance of the servers it is deployed on. It performs these functions by optimising the virtual memory and the registry of the server, as well as managing the CPU resources both autonomically and to specific administrator-defined settings. Expedian also controls the execution of applications on the server and in particular manages the execution of multithreaded applications.
Both the configuration and administration are handled easily through the Expedian Optimizations console, which has a familiar MMC (Microsoft Management Console) interface. The menu system is very straightforward, logical, and detailed leading even the novice of users through the tasks with ease. There are plenty of detailed graphical displays that are very easy to understand and that show the results of both the intended and applied configuration changes.
As you can see from Figure 3 when compared to Figure 5. the Wyse and RTO Software applications are virtually identical. This is because Expedian is actually an OEM version of TScale.
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| Product | Expedian |
| Price | AU$780 single processor; AU$1,560 dual processor |
| Vendor | Wyse |
| Phone | 1300 889 973 |
| Web | www.wyse.com.au |
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| Only single and dual-processor versions available. | |
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| Included features are very well designed. | |
| ROI |  |
| Per-CPU, licencing model; similar in pricing to Tscale. | |
| Service |  |
| Support contract costs based on number of processors, but work out considerably cheaper than Jetro and AppSense. | |
| Rating |  ½ |
