Wyse Technology Increases Its Dominance of Thin Client Market; Sells Majority of Thin Clients in U.S. According to IDC

Wyse Has More Than Triple the Market Share of Nearest Competitor; Company Increases Dominance Over Competition with Focus on Complete Server-Centric Computing Solutions

San Jose, CA – 2003/03/17 - Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC), now owns more than half of the U.S thin client market, according to IDC, a leading technology analyst firm. The report Enterprise Thin Client Q-View: Q4 2002 (1) states that Wyse's U.S. market share has grown to an impressive 54.8 percent of all thin clients sold, more than triple the market share of Wyse's nearest competitor. The company also maintained its position as the worldwide leader with a 41.7 percent market share, with its nearest competitor trailing behind with only 14.7 percent of the global thin-client market. Wyse built and maintains its lead because of a strategic focus to serve as the market's only end-to-end server-centric computing resource. IDC's report showed the U.S. thin-client market grew by 21.7 percent compared to the previous year with similar robust growth expected for 2003 as thin-client awareness continues to grow and their perceived value relative to PCs generates demand.

"IDC's results show that overall awareness and enthusiasm for thin clients continues to grow," said Bob O'Donnell, research director of device technology at analyst firm IDC. "Compared to the IT hardware market, the thin-client growth rates are somewhat impressive. IDC projects thin-client demand will continue to run against current economic trends and remain strong despite a poor economy."

"This IDC report proves the tremendous value that server-centric computing brings organizations as they strive to make every budget dollar deliver tangible business results," said George Skaff, vice president of worldwide marketing for Wyse. "Our customers report very rapid return from their thin-client investment, usually in the same quarter. They radically lower IT management costs, and their employees are more productive because our solutions allow them to concentrate on their jobs. In this economy, few customers can afford not to make the move to server-centric computing."

Wyse server-centric solutions include Winterm™ thin clients, Wyse Rapport client management software and Wyse Expedian terminal server enhancement software. Locating valuable data and software on servers and not local hard drives delivers unbeatable value for organizations. This server-centric computing architecture is more secure, more manageable, more affordable and more reliable than a client-server architecture where data and applications reside on PCs spread throughout the organization. Wyse provides a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and services as a complete server-centric computing resource for enterprises considering a transition from a client-server architecture to a server-centric model.

"As the worldwide thin client leader, we are expanding the market with end-to-end solutions," said Skaff. "With new products like our Wyse Winterm 3820TX tablet thin client and software like Wyse Expedian™, we provide even more reasons for anyone who wants to reap the benefits of server-centric computing to come to Wyse for answers. Our unbeatable combination of great technology and service delivers great business results for our customers. As the undisputed leader in this space, we have the plans and strategies in place to become even more dominant."

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。

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。