Phone: (800) 874 5505

Paul Morse

E-mail: pmorse@usmicro.com

13600 NE 20th Street

Bellevue, WA 98005

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CriKit is a complete desktop cloud infra-

structure solution in one compact, energy-

efficient, yet powerful package. CriKit is also

upgradable and expandable to meet a wide

variety of computing needs. A base Crikit

includes:

1. Four powerful Intel Xeon-based Micro-

Server compute nodes.

2. An external storage system that starts

at 2 TB and is upgradable to 18 TB in a

single desktop enclosure.

3. Unmanaged 8 port, 1 Gb/s Ethernet

switch.

4. 8 Port Keyboard, Video and Mouse

USB/DVI switch.

5. Management Workstation for managing

cloud, storage and hypervisor environ-

ments.

6. 19 “ Monitor, Mouse and Keyboard.

7. All cables required to provide connectiv-

ity for the entire unit.

Plus, custom environments can easily be

created for your specific needs.

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P R I V A T E C L O U D

To help organizations further reduce their

energy consumption and lower their carbon

footprint, US Micro is teaming up with Silicon

Energy to forge entirely new solutions by

combining high quality Solar Panels with

highly capable, low-wattage MicroServers.

The result of this collaboration is an SMB

data center that is completely powered by

Solar energy and run on MicroServers. Imag-

ine never again having to pay an electrical

bill for your data center !

This combination will enable entirely new

uses of computing solutions .

http://www.silicon-energy.com

http://www.usmicro.com

It is now clear - Cloud Computing tech-

nologies are the future. Whether the

cloud architecture is Public, Private or

Hybrid, cloud adoption is accelerating

across the board. This adoption brings

with it inherent changes in development,

testing and training requirements.

IT leaders and their organizations are

being confronted with a dizzying array of

solutions and few of the mainstream

offerings really focus on energy and car-

bon footprint reduction.

Organizations need solutions that can

provide significant computing power in a

compact form factor, but are energy-

efficient enough to be run from Solar

Energy. These requirements have been

met for very large organizations with

significant monetary resources, but

there has been minimal industry focus

to help the Small and Medium Business

sectors. Until now.

C R I K I T D E S K T O P P R I V A T E C L O U D

E N T E R S O L A R C R I K I T

“CriKit” stands for Cloud Resource and Infra-

structure Kit. It was developed primarily for

Private Cloud education, training, and devel-

opment , but is now also applied to broader

uses in general computing. CriKit is a truly

compact, energy-sipping, yet powerful, multi-

node cloud computing platform that literally

fits on a portion of a standard office desk. It

is a Desktop Private Cloud in a literal sense,

not a virtual one. CriKit significantly changes

the landscape around cloud computing by

allowing organizations to quickly and easily

implement cloud solutions while minimizing

cost and electrical consumption.

C R I K I T U S A G E

Imagine having a multi-tenant cloud compu-

ting infrastructure on a desk. Essentially a

miniature data center with multiple compute

nodes, plus storage and networking capabili-

ties that are sufficient to run cloud software

platforms. What could YOU do with it?

Some of the usage scenarios are -

Software Proof of Concept

Cloud Software Dev/Test

Training and Education

Complex Software Demonstrations

Operate an entire Small Business

Computing Environment

CriKit is ideal for a wide variety of roles and

computing situations because it provides an

inexpensive computing solution that is easi-

ly tailored for specific, multi-node computing

scenarios. When you combine CriKit with

the energy saving aspects of solar energy,

the combination is unbeatable