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Logical Solutions/Thinklogical, a leader in remote KVM access is proud to announce that the company's Global-Link KVM over IP product has been selected to receive the prestigious R&D100 award for 2005 by R&D Magazine. The independent judging panel and editors of R&D Magazine selected the Global-Link as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year. Global-Link is a revolutionary new product for the secure transmission of high resolution video, keyboard, and mouse using TCP/IP. Global-Link represents the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between Logical Solutions/Thinklogical and scientists at Sandia National Laboratory under the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration's Advanced Simulation and Computing Program (ASC). Logical Solutions/Thinklogical developed the Global-Link for commercial and government secure supercomputing applications. According to a Sandia spokesperson "It has been difficult to deliver rendered images that have both high resolution and acceptable display frame rates to a remotely located user because of the lack of products that perform this function." That is until now, with the delivery of the Global-Link. Applications are not limited to scientific visualization. The Global-Link has an important role in "providing remote access to centrally managed and protected secure computer servers." Global-Link does not require client/server software, licensing or non- secure browsers. Most KVM over IP products rely on either costly proprietary software which often include licensing agreements, and/or web browsers which are especially vulnerable to hackers and are substantially limited in video performance. The Global-Link system consists of an encoder connected to the source computer, and a decoder which connects to a remote keyboard, mouse and video display device. Patented differencing algorithms are used to send only frame to frame pixel changes in the video. There is no mouse latency or curser duplication. The Global-Link is not operating system (OS) dependent making it ideal for Windows, Linux, UNIX, and USB-based Apple Computer environments. "Global-Link is clearly the most cost-effective product of its kind and is not to be confused with browser-based lower-end offerings. Video integrity and security are what makes Global-Link unique," stated Pete Henderson, VP of Business Development for Logical Solutions/Thinklogical.