NComputing Wins 50,000-Seat Deal in India

NComputing, a comer in low-cost computing run by the guy who started eMachines, has picked up a deal to supply 1.8 million kids NComputing, a comer in low-cost computing run by the guy who started eMachines, has picked up a deal to supply 1.8 million kids in 5,000 schools in Andhra Pradesh with computer access. Andhra Pradesh is the largest and most populous state in South India and the deal, another thumb in the eye for One Laptop Per Child, represents 50,000 seats. In the next few months local authorities will be tapping education IT firms such as Educomp, Everonn, NIIT and Social Computers to build computer labs that teach computer skills and office productivity as well as reading and math. Actually the Andhra Pradesh government will outsource the entire project to these companies for five years. This outsourcing model is... [read full story]