Bridging the Digital Divide

Bridging the Digital Divide -- PCSTATION has been deployed by thousands of schools and organizations to expand computing access. To learn more.

For developing countries, providing wide-spread computing access to its students and citizens is still a significant challenge. Different "affordable computing" initiatives have been offered, but almost all of them have various of drawbacks.

PCSTATION bridges the digital divide with a simple idea - share a single PC with multiple users simultaneously. Thousands of schools, government organizations, financial industries and businesses in the developing nations have already deployed PCSTATION to bring affordable computing to their students, citizens and employees. I t is one of the best function-price ratio products
Key Benefits:
Reduce PC acquisition costs by at least 50%
Simplify support and maintenance
Cut electrical usage by 80%
Secure company data and assets

Libraries, internet cafes, convention centers, exhibition halls, hotel lobbies, and business centers are all public areas where PCs are installed to enable users to obtain information or access the Internet. However, installing a PC in each station or kiosk is expensive to acquire and maintain. Since the PCs are merely used for information retrieval or Internet access, only 1-2% of the processing power of the PC is ever used.

PCSTATION has a better solution. Instead of a dedicated PC for each station or kiosk, a single PC is used by up to 10 stations at the same time. Officening patented technology ensures that all of the applications work normally and that the performance is comparable to a regular PC. Each user accesses the host PC via a small access terminal that is the size of a small book. For even greater efficiency, a standard server can be used to support up to 30 simultaneous users!
Key Benefits:
Reduce PC acquisition costs by at least 50%
Simplify support and maintenance
Cut electrical usage by 80%
Secure company data and assets

Most employees only use 1-5% of the processing power of the PC at any given time (if they are using it all). Even if an employee is using 10% of the processing power, this means that the business is wasting 90% of PC efficiency every day! Officent has a better way. Instead of a dedicated PC for each employee, a single PC is used by up to 10 users at the same time. Officent’s patented technology ensures that all of the applications work normally and that the performance is comparable to a regular PC.
Key Benefits:
Reduce PC acquisition costs by at least 50%
Simplify support and maintenance
Cut electrical usage by 80%
Secure company data and assets

Whether you are part of a large school system with tens of thousands of students or a small private school with just a few hundred students, you face some daunting challenges with managing PCs in computer labs or classrooms for students and teachers:
Tight budgets result in outdated PCs or fewer PCs. Either way, the students and teachers suffer.
PC management is a nightmare. Managing dozens of PCs per school is a daunting challenge for schools with limited IT personnel.
Limited PC lab space and electrical wiring limit computing access to more students.

PCSTATION can address all of these challenges using a lesson we all learned in the first day of school -- sharing. By sharing the untapped processing power of a PC, up to seven students can simultaneously use that PC. So a 35 seat PC lab only requires 5 PCs.
Key Benefits of PCSTATION:
Cut PC acquisition costs by 60%
Reduce PC equipment and complexity
Lower electrical consumption by 90%
Monitor student activity
Accommodate 30% more students in the same PC lab