Company:Aleutia
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| Type | Privately held, for-profit company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | October 2006 |
| Founder | Michael Rosenberg, Founder |
| Headquarters | London , UK |
Number of locations | 1[1] |
Area served | Products in 64+ countries[2] |
| Products | desktop computers, thin clients, nettops, workstations, embedded systems, set-top boxes, servers, computer monitors, and solar panels[2] |
| Services | eClinic software as a service[3] |
Number of employees | 4+[4] |
| Website | aleutia |
Aleutia Computers Ltd.[5] (pronounced al-oo-sha[2]) is a privately owned computer manufacturer based in London, United Kingdom. Its product range consists of low-power desktop and server computers. Its products are used in the developing world and as original base designs for externally branded products.[2] Its computers have been purchased by Unicef, Tesco, Schlumberger, Pret a Manger, Virgin Media, BAE Systems, and the National Health Service.[2] All computers come with the option to ship a version of Ubuntu or Linux Mint, alongside the mainstream choice of Microsoft Windows.[6]
History
Aleutia was founded in London by Michael Rosenberg in October 2006,[7] motivated by the unreliability, inefficiency, and expense of the Hewlett-Packard PCs in the internet cafe he had set up in Takoradi, Ghana in the summer of 2006.[8][9]
Its first product was the E1, which was introduced for public sale in October 2007, was a fanless, low-power computer targeting the need for energy efficient computers in Africa.[10] This was followed by the E2 in 2008 whose YouTube video attracted 2.3M views.[11]
In 2015, at Intel's Developer Forum in San Francisco, Aleutia launched its R50 Computer, a fanless Intel Core i5-based system with a unique hybrid enclosure of CNC machined copper and aluminium to maximize heat dissipation and enable computing in the most challenging environments.[12] Aleutia also launched an off grid kiosk for charging tablets in African classrooms[13] as well as a prefabricated Solar Classroom that was rolled out across Kenya.[14]
Aleutia was acquired by Captec, a manufacturer of industrial computers, in June 2019.[15]
Clients
Aleutia supplies the T1 computers used as point-of-sale servers in every Pret a Manger store in the United Kingdom , United States and Hong Kong running Omnico Hospitality software.[16]
A project being run by the Uganda Communications Commission to provide ICT to all Ugandan schools has chosen the T1 over the Asus Eee due to the T1's fan-less design.[17] According to the BBC, this has been rolled out to 137 schools in Uganda.[18]
The Ethiopia ConnectED project aimed to "build a solar-powered computer learning center that integrated the technology, theories of change, and pedagogical practices from the Hole-in-the-Wall, Education for All, and One Laptop Per Child initiatives."[19] Aleutia supplied T1 PCs running Edubuntu, along with LED monitors, and solar kits.[20]
Aleutia was the technology supplier to Varkey Foundation for its DFID-funded programme Making Ghanaian Girls Great, with distance learning enabled at 144 rural schools in rural Ghana.[21]
Aleutia supplied the hardware and "eClinic" software used on the ground by the "Access to Basic Care" (ABC) programme, which runs 12 healthcare clinics in Oyo State, Nigeria.[3]
Aleutia's computers were used in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya in 2017 in partnership with Crown Agents.[22]
References
- ↑ "Contact". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/contact.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "About Us". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/about-us.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Enabling Free Healthcare in Rural Clinics". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/case-studies/programme-abc.
- ↑ "The Team". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/about-us#team.
- ↑ "WebCHeck". http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/.
- ↑ "Products". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/products.
- ↑ "Overview". Aleutia. http://aleutia.com/overview.
- ↑ "About Us". http://www.aleutia.com/about-us.
- ↑ "About Us". http://www.aleutia.com/about-us.
- ↑ "Aleutia E1". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/desktop-pcs/2008/02/21/aleutia-e1-39327049/.
- ↑ (in en) 8 Watt Desktop PC that Fits in the Hand, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDyM6SKLt24, retrieved 2022-11-16
- ↑ S, Ganesh T.. "Aleutia Updates R50 and T1 Fanless Industrial PCs with Partial Copper Chassis". https://www.anandtech.com/show/9504/aleutia-updates-r50-and-t1-fanless-industrial-pcs-with-partial-copper-chassis.
- ↑ "Stunning Mini PCs Offer Fanless Core i5 Power" (in en). 2015-08-19. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/aleutian-copper-mini-pcs,news-21487.html.
- ↑ SCHILLER, BEN (4 August 2015). "Meet The Startup Delivering Prefab Solar Classrooms To Every County In Kenya This Summer". https://www.fastcompany.com/3047490/meet-the-startup-delivering-prefab-solar-classrooms-to-every-county-in-kenya-this-summer.
- ↑ "Captec Acquires Aleutia to Form Embedded, Edge and IoT Computing Range". Captec. https://captec-group.com/aleutia-captec-acquisition.
- ↑ "Pret Point Of Sale servers worldwide". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/case-studies/pret-a-manger.
- ↑ "Solar ICT Classrooms at 113 Rural Uganda Schools". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/case-studies/uganda-communications-commission.
- ↑ "How do you charge your phone when the sun doesn't shine?" (in en-GB). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37257242.
- ↑ "Ethiopia ConnectED". http://www.davisprojectsforpeace.org/media/view/1492/original/.
- ↑ "Solar Computers in Rural Ethiopia Used by 700 Students". Aleutia. http://www.aleutia.com/case-studies/ethiopia-connected.
- ↑ "Spider-Man and skiing: Ghana's girls test hi-tech distance-learning scheme | Ellie Violet Bramley" (in en). 2014-07-11. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/11/ghana-school-girls-hi-tech-distance-learning.
- ↑ Agents, Crown (2017-05-18). "Improving Solar's bad name in displaced communities in Kenya" (in en). https://medium.com/@crownagents/improving-solars-bad-name-in-displaced-communities-in-kenya-7fc39da3de76.
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