Schools, Libraries and Training
Applica provides the least expensive and most flexible technology for configuring environments with multiple Windows PC desktops. Legacy and donated components (monitors, mice, keyboards) can be easily connected to efficiently extend a small number of updated system units. Applica technology minimizes environmental demands while optimizing the costs of licensing, maintenance and support. Each station can access the local network while requiring fewer network switch ports and site cabling.

Multi-Station Kiosks
Whether you are planning for or already have single head kiosks, Applica enables you to easily connect up to three additional, independent touchscreens at minimal cost. Since Applica allows a single Windows PC to support multiple touchscreens within the same kiosk enclosure, you save on implementation cost while reducing required floor space. The minor incremental expense of Applica technology corresponds well with the incremental benefits of additional touchscreen heads.

Factory Floor
Factory floor environments are rugged and very tough on computers. Heat, dust, dirt and vibration contribute significantly to the rapid degradation of CPUs, memory, hard disks, power supplies and fans. In many environments, PC system units may have to be replaced in as little as three months or specially constructed PCs must be expensively acquired. With Applica technology, the monitor, keyboard and mouse of each station remotely connects to the sheltered system unit's resources, thus reducing the potential for damage with its consequential disruption and maintenance costs.

Point of Sale
Point of Sale (POS) applications and other transactional-based systems benefit from the higher performance offered by Applica's zero client over any thin-client system. Furthermore, solution sales can be priced more competitively and profitably since acquisition, implementation and support costs are lower with Applica deployments. Since Applica can be used in a standalone cluster as well as connecting to a larger Windows or Novell network, Applica solutions are scalable for use in smaller sites up through the largest institutional operations. The lower, per-seat costs due to shared software licensing permit the wider selection of Windows applications for POS, inventory, customer tracking, seating, etc. and facilitate their deployment as a multi-function solution.

Shared Databases
Many turnkey systems and vertical market applications share a single database. A multi-station Applica configuration provides better performance than individual PCs in a local area network. Standalone, the Applica cluster is only limited by bus capacity or processor cycles, both of which are unlikely to be significantly stressed in a local, shared database environment. As part of a larger network, all local database requests are immediately processed on the shared Host PC, decreasing network traffic and preserving bandwidth.

Small Office, Home Office (SOHO)
Small and home offices can inexpensively add multiple users for simultaneous access to business applications, printers and the Internet with minimal or no network implementation cost for hardware, software, cabling and consulting. An Applica station is the ideal technique for supporting an additional occasional user or family member.

SMB, Enterprises and Government
Applica can provide many benefits for larger deployments of PC workstations. With Applica configured PC system units, the Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) are reduced by at least 30 percent when compared with single-user Windows PCs. Long-delayed hardware and software PC upgrades can now be considered by replacing two or more legacy system units with a single new system unit containing Applica technology for multiple stations. For disaster recovery initiatives, additional seats can be inexpensively pre-provisioned to optimally support business continuity for offices at multiple sites.