Aleutia Computers Ltd.
| File:Aleutia logo.jpg | |
| Privately held, for-profit company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded 📆 | October 2006 |
| Founder 👔 | Michael Rosenberg[1] |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , London , UK |
Number of locations | 1[2] |
Area served 🗺️ | Products in 64+ countries[3] |
| Products 📟 | desktop computers, thin clients, nettops, workstations, embedded systems, set-top boxes, servers, computer monitors, and solar panels[3] |
| Services | eClinic software as a service[4] |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 4+[5] |
| 🌐 Website | aleutia |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Aleutia Computers Ltd.[6] (pronounced al-oo-sha[3]) 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[7] and as original base designs for externally branded products.[3] Its computers have been purchased by Unicef, Tesco, Schlumberger, Pret a Manger, Virgin Media, BAE Systems, and the National Health Service.[3] All computers come with the option to ship a version of Ubuntu or Linux Mint, alongside the mainstream choice of Microsoft Windows.[8][9]
History[edit]
Aleutia was founded in London by Michael Rosenberg in October 2006,[10] 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.[11][12]
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.[13] This was followed by the E2 in 2008 whose YouTube video attracted 2.3M views.[14]
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.[15] Aleutia also launched an off grid kiosk for charging tablets in African classrooms[16] as well as a prefabricated Solar Classroom that was rolled out across Kenya.[17]
Aleutia was acquired by Captec, a manufacturer of industrial computers, in June 2019.[18]
Clients[edit]
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.[19]
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.[20] According to the BBC, this has been rolled out to 137 schools in Uganda.[21]
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."[22] Aleutia supplied T1 PCs running Edubuntu, along with LED monitors, and solar kits.[23]
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.[24]
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.[4]
Aleutia's computers were used in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya in 2017 in partnership with Crown Agents.[25]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Interview: Mike Rosenberg, founder of Aleutia Computers". PC Tech Magazine. 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Contact". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "About Us". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Enabling Free Healthcare in Rural Clinics". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Team". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "WebCHeck". Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "Aleutia - Captec Announces the Acquisition of Aleutia". 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Products". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Smolaks, Max. "Captec saps tech from Aleutia to put its tiny PCs back to work". www.theregister.com.
- ↑ "Overview". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "About Us". Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 2013-11-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "About Us". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Aleutia E1". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8 Watt Desktop PC that Fits in the Hand, retrieved 2022-11-16
- ↑ S, Ganesh T. "Aleutia Updates R50 and T1 Fanless Industrial PCs with Partial Copper Chassis". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Avram Piltch (2015-08-19). "Stunning Mini PCs Offer Fanless Core i5 Power". Tom's Guide. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ SCHILLER, BEN (4 August 2015). "Meet The Startup Delivering Prefab Solar Classrooms To Every County In Kenya This Summer". Fast Company.
- ↑ "Captec Acquires Aleutia to Form Embedded, Edge and IoT Computing Range". Captec. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ "Pret Point Of Sale servers worldwide". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Solar ICT Classrooms at 113 Rural Uganda Schools". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "How do you charge your phone when the sun doesn't shine?". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Jason R.Atwood, USA; Davis Projects for Peace. "Ethiopia ConnectED". Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "Solar Computers in Rural Ethiopia Used by 700 Students". Aleutia. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Spider-Man and skiing: Ghana's girls test hi-tech distance-learning scheme | Ellie Violet Bramley". the Guardian. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Agents, Crown (2017-05-18). "Improving Solar's bad name in displaced communities in Kenya". Medium. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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