Fiddlehead™ helps you offer higher levels of educational technology - for less money.

Boost your institution's technology profile. Increase your workstations up to five times at minimal cost using your existing desktop computers. Slash hardware and software installation and maintenance times. Implement technology more securely while helping professors use it more effectively in their classrooms. And cut costs while reducing your carbon footprint and output of hazardous waste.

Fiddlehead™: Leading edge technology - for less.

Unlike other, less-advanced computer-sharing technologies, Fiddlehead can turn a single desktop computer into as many as five student workstations - without any loss of performance. Each workstation performs and operates just as a dedicated standard desktop computer would.

Fiddlehead offers:

• A Higher Ratio of Full-Performance Computer Workstations relative to your student body - at a fraction of the cost.
• Up to 50% Lower Hardware Costs - for both initial installation and subsequent upgrades. See for yourself…use our online hardware costs and energy savings calculator.
• Reduced Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA) and Total Cost of Operation (TCO) - cut TCA by up to 60% and computer energy consumption compared to running full PCs by up to 70%, with additional savings on maintenance. For customized estimates, use our online hardware costs and energy savings calculator.
• Reusable and Renewable - when your current desktop computers reach the end of their operational life, Fiddlehead can be removed and reinstalled, reducing the cost of upgrades and extending your ROI.

Achieve more powerful, flexible computing - more easily.

Fiddlehead™ doesn’t just reduce costs. It does more:

Run Windows®, Mac OS X® and Linux® simultaneously — using our patent-pending containerized operating system for multiple operators simultaneously (COSMOS™). Each user’s OS operates as if it were the only one on the system, with no delays, buffering, booting, or tiling needed. Operating systems and programs work just as they would on dedicated computers.

• Better Security — with the COSMOSTM Virtual Desktop, a fresh version of Windows is loaded onto a workstation with every log-in — free from corruption and conflicts.
• Easy Virtualization — COSMOS™ Virtual Desktop is easy to load and use. Switching between operating systems such as Windows Vista or Linux on a single workstation is seamless. For even more flexibility, separate operating systems can be loaded on multiple workstations with Fiddlehead.
• Open Source World — Because COSMOS™ technology is based on an open-source kernel, a wide array of applications are available free! Just download one of these many open source applications and run it with ease.
• Documented Advantages — independently tested for quality and performance.
• Special Leasing Options — Manage costs more effectively with our special leasing options.

Streamline and enhance your operational performance.

Now there’s a technology that actually increases the efficiency of university IT departments:

• Easy Hardware Installation — just plug the multi-head video card into a PCI slot, plug the Fiddlehead cube(s) into a USB port, connect up to five monitors, keyboards, mice, and sound, and you’re done.
• Easy-to-Configure, High-Performance Computer Sharing Software — IT enjoys all the speed, power, and flexibility of our COSMOS control kernel, yet professors and students interact only with their familiar Windows operating systems and programs, reducing administrative and support time.
• Significantly Faster Pushdown — upload classrooms, labs, and libraries full of workstations in minutes, whether you’re installing identical configurations or mixing operating systems.
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