Wyse Technology Joins Open Source Development Labs

Wyse to Collaborate with Other OSDL Members to Advance Linux Desktop Initiatives

LINUXWORLD - San Francisco, Calif., – 2004/08/02 - Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC), announced today the company is joining the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise. Wyse, with a full line of Linux devices and software and the only OSDL member solely focused on thin client solutions, will also participate in OSDL's Linux desktop steering committee to help establish parameters and lead initiatives for the Linux desktop.

"We look forward to building upon our relationship with OSDL, as the center-of-gravity for the Linux industry to support and foster the growth of desktop Linux and server-based technologies in the open source solutions area," said Mike DeNeffe, Senior Director of the Wyse® Winterm™ business line. "As the fastest growing segment of the thin-client market, Linux thin clients represent a real opportunity to help advance the overall Linux desktop movement to the enterprise."

Participation in OSDL initiatives will allow Wyse to share expertise with other members on the latest Linux technology. Wyse will join other members in OSDL, representing many of the biggest and most prominent technology companies in the world, in support of its mission to accelerate the use of Linux in the enterprise, provide practical guidance, and eliminate the inhibitors to Linux expansion to the enterprise desktop.

"Linux is gaining acceptance in the thin-client market and that acceptance will only increase as companies like Wyse offer their expertise and success in the server-centric and open source solution arena," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL.

Bill Weinberg, OSDL's Open Source Architecture Specialist, will present with Wyse at the upcoming Birds of a Feather presentation series on August 3rd at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. They will discuss the acceleration and key ingredients of Thin Linux adoption.

About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)

OSDL - home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux - is dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC, OSDL is a non-profit organization at the center of Linux supported by a global consortium of Linux customers and IT industry leaders. OSDL sponsors industry-wide initiatives around Linux in telecommunications, in the enterprise data center and on corporate desktops. The Lab also provides Linux expertise and computing and test facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the world. Visit OSDL on the Web at http://www.osdl.org/.

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。