Wyse Technology Breaks the Mold with Sleek New Next-Generation Winterm 3125SE Thin Client Desktop

Powerful New Winterm Thin Client Delivers the Benefits of the Microsoft Windows CE .NET Operating System; New Device Delivers Highest Levels of Connectivity and Performance at Industry-Leading Price-Point

San Jose, CA – 2002/08/19 - Wyse Technology, the worldwide leader in thin clients, today set the standard for next-generation desktop clients that deliver the security, manageability, affordability and reliability demanded by IT and corporate managers with the launch of the Wyse Winterm 3125SE thin client. The powerful new Winterm 3125SE is powered by Windows CE .NET and features Wyse's custom optimizations of the CE .NET operating system. It delivers increased manageability, security and optional 802.11b wireless networking capabilities. The new 3125SE is 30 percent faster than previous Windows CE powered devices, has broad peripheral connectivity, and a customer-driven sleek new design (see attached illustration). It will be available in early September at an estimated customer price of $399.

"The new Winterm 3125SE sets the industry standard for price, performance and functionality, primarily based on the extensive value that Wyse adds to Windows CE .NET through our engineering and as a member of the Microsoft's Joint Development Program (JDP)," said Brad Rowland, director of product management at Wyse. "Unlike other thin-client vendors, Wyse brings exclusive domain expertise and more than six years of market leadership into the development of our products. The Winterm 3125SE's redesigned hardware platform, combined with our additions to Windows CE .NET, makes this product a natural choice for the majority of our customers looking to solve evolving IT imperatives. It is an enhancement to the best-selling thin client in history, and will appeal to both existing and new customers."

Wyse Brings Unique Value to CE . NET

When it comes to helping CIOs reach their goal of doing more with less, the Winterm 3125SE is the most advanced, most cost-effective Windows powered thin client on the market. To complement the sleek new design of the Winterm 3125SE, which is 20 percent smaller than the comparable model, the Wyse Winterm firmware provides manageability, security, wireless connectivity and ease-of-use.

Manageability - Wyse's breakthrough add-on file format delivers an unmatched level of modularity. With it, network administrators upgrade only specific components of the firmware over the network, rather than having to upgrade an entire firmware image. This means that a 1MB component upgrade of a 16MB firmware image just uses 1MB of network bandwidth, (rather than the entire 16MB). This improves performance, saves costs, improves reliability and simplifies client management.

Security - With most thin clients, the first authentication "challenge" happens at the server, when a user is asked for a name and password. In this case, the "barbarians are already at the gates," and if they hack the system, they are already on the network. The Winterm 3125SE has a local log-on security option, keeping the bad guys farther away from the server, by requiring users to authenticate at the device level before being challenged at the network.

Wireless Connectivity and Ease-of-Use - Most corporate enterprises and many vertical industries are embracing the 802.1b Wi-Fi standard to deploy wireless local area networks (LANs). The Winterm 3125SE firmware features Wyse-exclusive driver support for an optional wireless USB device, and a unique integrated optional "sidecar" that holds the 802.11b wireless device (images available upon request). For ease-of-use, the Winterm 3125SE uses a custom graphical shell that replaces the generic CE .NET user interface and delivers auto-launch capabilities and a simplified control panel for easy navigation.

Windows CE .NET Means New Benefits for IT and Users

Enterprise CIOs need to deploy advanced IT infrastructure and cutting-edge desktop functionality, with limited or shrinking IT budgets. In addition, new challenges such as support for remote and branch facilities, or deploying wireless LANs, are continually arising. Deploying a thin-client environment through the use of Citrix® MetaFrame® or Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services, in conjunction with the new Winterm 3125SE, helps meet these needs. Windows CE .NET brings new core functionality to the Wyse Winterm 3000 thin-client family, including:

Robust Browsing - Through the addition of Internet Explorer 5.5, the Winterm 3125SE delivers a better browsing experience for intranet-based applications, as well as support for DHTML, scripting and support for Citrix NFuse® Elite.

Expanded Connectivity and Protocol Support - The 3125SE features three USB, two serial and one parallel port, and comes standard with 32MB Flash memory and 64MB RAM. It supports Microsoft's RDP 5.1 and Citrix's ICA® 6.X protocols. Microsoft's RDP 5.1 makes the Winterm 3125SE .NET Server-ready, and provides access to Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services, and New Moon's Canaveral iQ server software.

Broader Smart Card Support - With the addition of support for PC/SC, the Winterm 3125SE enables customers to deploy industry-standard smart card solutions out-of-the-box, without requiring a proprietary smart card solution to deliver strong two-factor authentication.

"The release of Windows CE .NET definitely raised the performance and functionality bar on all levels for Windows Powered thin clients," said Keith White, senior director of the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft Corporation. "Products like Wyse's Winterm 3125SE offer significant benefits to enterprises around lowering TCO, simplified manageability and seamless integration with Windows server infrastructure."

Desktop Management - The Key to Thin-Client Computing

Wyse Technology is the only company delivering an enterprise-class client management tool, bundling every Winterm thin-client model with the Wyse Rapport desktop management software, workgroup edition. Wyse Rapport performs four critical desktop management functions from a single, central location: software distribution, device diagnostics, device configuration and asset management. Rapport enables administrators to replace or update the firmware on a device, track service history, remotely diagnose problems, conduct hands-free device configuration to adjust settings, and track asset information on their network, which includes the number, types, and location of devices, and specific information about each device.

关于Wyse Technology

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。

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