Wyse Technology Extends Seven Year Dominance of Strong Global Thin-Client Market

Comprehensive Capabilities and Enterprise Scalability Available for the First Time to Neoware Customers; Linux Thin-Client Users Get Benefits of Superior Manageability

San Jose, CA – 2004/03/15 - Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC), announced that its Wyse Rapport software now manages Linux-based thin clients from Neoware Systems, Inc™., further extending the number of platforms and devices that are managed by Wyse's industry-leading enterprise management platform. The Wyse Rapport V4 agent for Neoware Linux-based thin clients gives Neoware customers capabilities and advantages previously unavailable to them and reflects Wyse's continued support for Linux as a thin-client platform.

Wyse Rapport management software can discover and manage a wide range of devices, from desktop and tablet thin clients from Wyse, Neoware, and Hewlett-Packard to Palm and Pocket PC handheld devices, including PDAs, scanners and other mobile devices. The only true enterprise-scalable management platform for embedded-OS devices, Wyse Rapport maximizes manageability and minimizes TCO.

With the new Rapport agent for Neoware Linux-based thin clients, customers get the distinct advantages they have been asking for to help them with the management, operation, and security of these thin clients, including improved scalability, asset management, tracking, reporting, better bandwidth optimization, and increased authentication and encryption capabilities. Benefits unique to Wyse Rapport software include:

• More complete hardware and software asset tracking for improved network manageability and lower cost of ownership
• Real-time device information, so that problems can be discovered and addressed immediately
• SQL database for global scalability and peak performance
• Bandwidth optimization to minimize network traffic
• Use of digital certificates and encryption for secure authentication and communications.

"Giving customers the ability to use Wyse Rapport software to manage Neoware Linux-based thin clients is part of our overall strategy to bring the superior capabilities of Rapport to a growing number of devices, and to support more Linux-based thin clients, a fast-growing segment in the thin-client market," said Al Powell, director of the software business line for Wyse. "We have a rich list of additional opportunities and an aggressive Linux hardware roadmap that will deliver further innovation and solutions to IT professionals who are demanding sustainable environments."

The new product is a joint development of Wyse's Rapport group and its new Linux business unit that brings the advantages inherent in the advanced Rapport management platform to Linux-based thin client users. As the only enterprise-capable embedded-device management platform, Rapport continues to be a standard feature with the top-selling Wyse® Winterm™ line of thin clients, including the Linux-based Winterm 5000 Series.

Rapport is part of Wyse's overall strategy and leadership in services, software and hardware that make users more productive and reduce IT cost and complexity through proven server-based computing and centralized management capabilities. With focused expertise and a keen customer orientation, the company provides innovative products that empower users to do their jobs and liberate IT staff to work on strategic projects. Wyse's success was recently recognized by IDC as the leading thin-client vendor for the 7th straight year, with more than triple the market share of HP.

Licenses for Wyse Rapport software with agents for Neoware Linux-based thin clients are available immediately from Wyse Technology and authorized resellers. For additional information, please contact Wyse Technology's Inside Sales team at 1-800-GET-WYSE or visit Wyse online at http://webdev-us.wyse.com/rapport.

Note: Wyse Rapport and related agents are in no way affiliated with, supported or sponsored by Neoware Systems, Inc.

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。