Teradici

Teradici Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer software, Computer hardware
FoundedBritish Columbia, Canada, 2004
FounderDan Cordingley
Dave Hobbs
Ken Unger
Maher Fahmi
HeadquartersBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Products
  • PCoIP Protocol
  • PCoIP Zero Client SOC
  • PCoIP Workstation 1:1 Host SOC
  • APEX 2800 Server Offload
  • PCoIP Management Console
Number of employees
200+
ParentHP Inc.
Websitewww.teradici.com

Teradici Corporation was a privately held software company founded in 2004,[1] which was acquired by HP Inc. in October 2021.[2] Teradici initially developed a protocol (PCoIP) for compressing and decompressing images and sound when remotely accessing blade servers, and implemented it in hardware.[3][4] This technology was later expanded to thin clients/zero clients[5] for general Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.[6][7] Teradici's protocol or hardware is used by HP,[8] Dell-Wyse,[9] Amulet Hotkey, Samsung, Amazon Web Services,[10] Fujitsu,[11] and VMware.

On 27 July 2021, HP Inc announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Teradici on undisclosed terms, with the deal set to close in calendar Q4, 2021.[12]

Front shot Teradici PCoIP zero clients. From left to right Tera1, Tera2 (four ports) and Tera2 (two ports)
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  2. ^ Dignan, Larry (July 27, 2021). "HP buys Teradici, guns for remote high performance computing". ZDNet. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ Thibodeau, Patrick (25 June 2007). "Blade Vendors Look to Make Thin Clients More PC-Like". Computerworld. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ^ Miller, Michael (23 July 2007). "A New Twist on Blade Computing". ForwardThinking. PCMag. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  5. ^ Doyle, Paul; Mark Deegan; David Markey; Rose Tinabo; Bossi Masamila; David Tracey (July 2009). "Case Studies In Thin Client Acceptance". Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal. Special Issue on ICIT 2009 Conference - Applied Computing. 4 (3): 587. ISSN 1992-8424. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  6. ^ Haff, Gordon (November 9, 2009). "VMware elevates its desktop virtualization view". CNET. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  7. ^ Lohr, Steve (24 September 2007). "New Ideas in Thin Computing – I". Bits: The Business of Technology. The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. ^ Teradici. "Teradici Blog | HP". connect.teradici.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  9. ^ Myslewski, Rik. "Dell uncloaks novel workstation trio, plops one into cloud". The Register. Situation Publishing. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  10. ^ Berger, Gunnar (November 2013). "The DaaS floodgates are open thanks to Amazon WorkSpaces". Gartner Blog Network. Gartner. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  11. ^ Shukla, Anuradha. "Fujitsu Provides Teradici's PCoIP in its CELSIUS Workstations". TMCnet. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  12. ^ Press release, HP, Inc, 27 July 2021