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Real Estate Agent

Demand Analysis

Information technology, Computer, and Internet or web access are the most popular terms that are continually reforming our lifestyle globally. Computers have leaped into the real estate industry too. Computers and the Internet have become the necessity of the real estate industry and an essential resource allotted for real estate agency stores. In spite of their advantages, they pose many hardships for the real estate agents who manage groups of stores and franchise everywhere. They face queries like how to minimize the high expenses required for configuring computers and maintenance work for computers; how to manage computers favorably; how to increase the security of information; how to enhance the productivity of the workforce and how to become a mediator. Currently, the real estate agency stores have found solutions to minimize these difficulties by configuring the cheap DIY PCs, which also incur certain problems.

Poor Performance: The traditional computers fulfill only vital business requirements and customers tend to have a poor experience. This affects work efficiency. They fail to support online viewing of properties and other new business needs like watching videos.
Frequent Run-down of Hardware: These cheap DIY PCs consist of assembled PC parts, specifically cheap second-hand computers, acting as the host or server. In the long run, they crash and damage often, increasing their failure rate. The repair and replacements cost more, and sometimes, it is affirmative to purchase a batch of new computers.
Difficulty in Maintenance: If the management team hear about issues, they have to go in person to find the solutions. The process is tedious, time-consuming, and requires transport to the spot of trouble. The maintenance pressure is very large for the support team.
Poor Security: It is hard to secure the classified information as the listing remains in the spreadsheet and can be copied to the removable disks directly. Hence, the salespeople itself leak the classified data often.

Solution

FomiCloud cloud terminal, combined with vMatrix Server Manager software, provides an innovative way of desktop computing by powering multiple users with just one host computer. The FomiCloud cloud terminal devices have no moving parts, no hardware for processing or storage. All processing and storage are done on the host computer. Hence, there is no need to install local drivers, managing patches and no software licensing fees and updates for the cloud terminal as they serve only as input and output devices. The vMatrix Server Manager software, running on the host PC, enhances the overall functionality and usability of the sharing system by offering connection brokering, graphics acceleration, audio & USB redirection, centralized management. IT Administrators can configure, monitor and manage the endpoint devices and users centrally and simply at the server side through the front-end console. FomiCloud cloud terminal, combined with vMatrix Server Manager software, provide a computing experience that is practically indistinguishable from running on a PC and offer great advantages over traditional PCs, such as saved costs, enhanced security, reduced maintenance, and simplified deployment and management.

Benefits

By comparison, the cost of the FomiCloud cloud terminal is only half of the entry-level PC and the shared host is not required to be high configured for running a number of users as to other virtual desktop solutions.These remarkably reduce the capital acquisition expenses.

The FomiCloud cloud terminal is an ARM architecture device. It has a compact structure and no damage-prone components. Their lifespan exceeds up to ten years, further lowering hardware expenditures.

Power consumption by the cloud terminal is only 5W by average. As they consume low power, they produce less heat and save electricity expenses every month largely.

The FomiCloud cloud terminal have no local software and storage, but share the host system’s. The end users cannot run or install any unwanted software. Hence, the terminals are free of virus infection. They need no maintenance too, since all the drivers, software, system installations, updates, patches and upgrades performed on the host.

It takes only a few hours to deploy the entire office. To add a new end user, you simply create a new user, connect the cloud terminal and the new workstation is ready in seconds.

Since the user data is centrally stored on the shared host, data loss or leak is negative. Even if the terminal is missing, data remains secure. IT staff can monitor the users and prevent the usage of USB and other storage devices and copying of important data to their removable disks.

IT staff can set up storage visibility policies to different users. Disk partitions can be configured as invisible to all users or Public Disk in which files are visible and can be shared by all users or Private Disk in which personal files are invisible to others.

Administrators by authorization can view terminal desktops in real-time and provide support or solve problems directly from the host through remote control, reducing the time and trouble of travelling to site.

FomiCloud’s proprietary desktop protocol enables excellent desktop performance for the cloud terminal users. It delivers seamless and high fidelity desktop experience. It supports the smooth playing of videos and other multimedia format for viewing house conditions online.

Users can access their deskops and files in the host from any client device with the given account. Even when a cloud terminal turn faulty, they can quickly get back to work by simply replacing with a new zero client.

The size of the cloud terminal is small as a hand and can be mounted at the back of the monitor to save desktop footprint.The zero clients have no fans, so they make no noise when running. They consumes much less power and generate less heat when compared to PCs.

Installation

Components：

Cloud host: the computing and storage machine that delivers virtual desktops to end users.
Cloud terminal devices：the devices for connecting end users to the virtual desktops on the host.
vMatrix Server Manager: runs on a host with Windows system, provides user login entry, cloud desktop video, audio and USB device support, cloud desktop and cloud terminal device remote management and other auxiliary functions.

Implementation steps:

Connect the zero cloud terminal to monitor, USB peripherals and then connect to the LAN switch through the network cable.
Install the vMatrix Server Manager, the multi-user patch, USB drivers and other required applications on the host.
Create user accounts with vMatrix Server Manager.
Login with created user accounts and ready to work on the zero clients.

Optional:

You can do some configurations depending on your specific use case, for example, setting themes, wallpaper, desktop icons, auto-run application and USB policy for users.
You can use third-party recovery software or Windows systems for crash recovery or clear user cache files.

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