NComputing in California backs enterprise market move by Raspberry Pi
The companies will deliver what they describe as affordable, secure and powerful enterprise endpoints combining the Raspberry Pi 500+ all-in-one keyboard computer and NComputing's LEAF OS solution.
The duo's move on the enterprise market could trigger a massive payback for the partners. The solution delivers an affordable, powerful, and secure endpoint designed for organisations adopting VDI, DaaS, and SaaS at scale.
Windows 10 reaches its end-of-life in 2025, and more than 40 per cent of existing devices cannot migrate to Windows 11. For businesses, this creates mounting challenges around security, compliance and application compatibility. Enterprises now face costly hardware refresh cycles, growing IT complexity and heightened exposure to cyber risks.
The new Raspberry Pi 500+, released today, is a premium desktop replacement featuring the same powerful quad-core 64-bit Arm processor as the widely adopted Raspberry Pi 5 inside a high-quality compact keyboard. Raspberry Pi 500+ offers Wi‑Fi®, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, 16GB RAM, a swappable 256GB SSD, and a tactile and ergonomic keyboard.
Raspberry Pi 500+ with LEAF OS offers an alternative to traditional PCs and laptops and enables organisations to:-
• Run workloads in the cloud, not at the endpoint, reducing risks while simplifying IT operations, with LEAF OS supporting Microsoft AVD, Windows 365, RDS, Citrix, Omnissa Horizon, and other popular VDI and DaaS solutions.
• Adopt a secure-by-design OS – LEAF OS is a fully locked-down, read-only Linux operating system with no local data storage, virtually eliminating attack vectors and hardening endpoint security.
• Optimise performance for VDI, DaaS, and SaaS applications, with full support for USB peripherals, ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Centrally manage endpoints with PMC Endpoint Manager, streamlining configuration, updates and support.
• Lower costs by eliminating unnecessary hardware, software, and operational expenses while consolidating form factor into a space-saving keyboard design.
Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said: “Raspberry Pi 500+ brings enterprise-ready performance in a compact, keyboard-based form factor. By working with NComputing, enterprises can now deploy this device with LEAF OS to securely deliver Windows 11 and cloud-based applications, all at a fraction of the cost of traditional endpoints.”
Young Song, CEO, NComputing, added: "Partnering with Raspberry Pi allows us to bring an innovative, cost-effective, and secure solution to organisations facing the Windows 10 end-of-life challenge. Raspberry Pi 500+ with LEAF OS empowers IT teams to simplify endpoint management, reduce operational overhead, and significantly lower total cost of ownership."
Raspberry Pi recently won both the International Trade and Quoted Company of the Year categories of the 35th Anniversary Business Weekly Awards.
The company's mission is to put high-performance, low-cost, general-purpose computing platforms in the hands of engineers and enthusiasts all over the world.
The full-stack engineering organisation has its HQ in Cambridge with research and development capabilities spanning the entire value chain, from semiconductor IP development, through semiconductor and electronic product design to software engineering and regulatory compliance.
The high performance, low cost and physical robustness of Raspberry Pi products are renowned for making them suitable for a wide range of applications across three distinct markets: Industrial and Embedded, Enthusiast and Education, and Semiconductors. To date, over 60 million units have been sold.
