Wyse Technology Fuels Growing Demand for Winterm Thin Appliances Through Hot Summer Rebates

New Manufacturer's Rebates Drive Down End User Prices for Wyse's Most Popular Thin Devices

San Jose, CA – 2001/07/10 - Wyse® Technology, the worldwide leader in thin-appliance computing, today announced a major summer factory rebate promotion to fuel the market's growing demand for thin-appliance solutions. With instant rebates granted to Wyse distributors and direct resellers ranging from $20 to $240 on nine of Wyse's most popular Winterm thin appliances, Wyse expects end-user volume street prices for its thin appliances to range from under $350 for Wyse's Windows or ICA terminals, to under $600 for models of Wyse's Winterm 8000 series Windows Custom Application Terminals.

"These incredible rebates make thin appliances even more affordable for companies and organizations struggling to control IT costs in a weak economy, where expenditure budgets are under the strictest scrutiny," said George Skaff, vice president of worldwide marketing for Wyse. "Not only do thin appliances reduce the cost of managing and servicing desktop computing by more than 50 percent, and lower power usage by up to 80 percent compared to PCs, they now cost substantially less than business-class PCs while lasting twice as long. It is our responsibility as the market leader to help fuel this growth and support our distributors and resellers with new programs such as the price rebates announced today."

The need for thin appliances is clear. International Data Corporation forecasts the market may grow as high as 10 million units by 2005, while in the retail sector, a recent report by RetailTech Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates that thin clients will grow nearly 300 percent in the next two years to challenge the dominance of the PC in that major sector.

Wyse Technology successfully secured the number one position in the thin-client market in 2000 for the fourth consecutive year, based on the latest report from International Data Corporation's (IDC). According to bulletin #01C2964 from IDC (1) in Framingham, MA, Wyse Technology secured 38.1 percent of the overall worldwide enterprise thin-client market. Additionally, Wyse manufactured nearly 50 percent of all thin clients sold in 2000 when including thin clients sold by OEM partners.

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WYSE创建于美国硅谷，是全球最知名的智能网络计算解决方案供应商之一。连续8年蝉联全球智能网络应用终端市场占有率第一，占全球市场份额的38％。WYSE提供的硬件、软件和服务为用户提供了可中央控制的系统来协调运算资源、应用软件资源、储存资源以提高性能，在确保系统安全、可靠、灵活的同时，降低了总体拥有成本，并且将IT部门从不必要的支持和维护工作中解放出来，大大提高了生产力。多年来，WYSE深受全球众多知名商业及公共机构的信赖，主要应用智能网络应用终端的产业包括金融、电信、广播传媒、零售、运输、政府、医疗、国防、旅游、能源、教育等行业，WYSE的客户主要是行业领先的全球化公司，财富全球排名前100名中有超过四成已经成为WYSE的客户。

从2005年初起，WYSE开始大规模发展针对新一代网络计算终端的软件和系统开发。并在中国和印度大力投资技术研究与开发中心，加速新产品开发和推出结合本地客户要求的客户化解决方案。

WYSE的全球总部位于美国硅谷，分支机构遍布世界各地。亚太区总部设在中国北京海淀区融科资讯中心大厦，下辖六个分公司，分别位于中国台湾、日本东京、韩国首尔、印度班加罗尔、澳大利亚悉尼和新加坡。