Australia has recently had a change of government and one of the key platforms in the election from the now Labor Government was an education revolution with a promise of a "computer for every high school student from year nine up."   This is such an opportunity for Sun.   The new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced in his first week in the job that this is his top priority.

There have already been questioned asked as to how can the Government provide a "computer for every school student" and importantly maintan and support such as massive network.  The network administration costs alone would be massive let alone managing upgrades, issues with security etc.

I think Sun has a goldern opportunuity here through SunRAY clients.   Just look at advantages of SunRAYs in this type of envionment.

• Manange thousands of desktops with just a few administrators.
• Virtually eliminate the cost of client virus attacks.
• Centralise data and applications for greater security.
• Cut application upgrade time from weeks to hours.
• Hot desk between between machines.
  
• Massive savings in power
  

I see such a great opportunity for Sun.   I can see a SunRAY client sitting on school desks with each student with a SunRAY card.    If I was the Maketing Manager at Sun in Australia I would be knocking on the door of the new Education Minister Julia Gillard.

More on SunRAY clients here.

More on the Governement's Education Revolution and some of the issues with providing computers for every student here.