Wyse, Sun Microsystems Collaborate to Deliver End-to-End, Integrated Thin Computing Solutions

Sun and Wyse to Jointly Market Thin Computing Solutions Based on Sun Secure Global Desktop Software and Wyse Thin Clients

SAN JOSE, Calif. and Santa Clara, Calif. – 2005/11/02 - Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW), today announced a strategic alliance to deliver end-to-end thin computing solutions.  Sun and Wyse will jointly market solutions based on Wyse thin clients and Sun(TM) Secure Global Desktop Software (Sun SGDS). The combination of these two market leaders offers enterprise customers broad-scale access to industry leading thin computing solutions, comprising thin clients, server and software infrastructure and services.

As part of the collaboration, Sun and Wyse plan to work cooperatively on joint engineering projects, customer engagements, channel partner programs, and co-marketing initiatives.  Wyse plans to also bundle the Sun SGDS client software  on its S- and V-Class thin clients across three operating system platforms, including Linux, WindowsCE and Windows XPe.  The unique architecture behind Sun SGDS client software provides Wyse customers with highly secure access to applications on a variety of operating systems. The end-to-end solution, including Sun Fire(TM) X2100, Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 servers powered with AMD Opteron(TM) processors will be available through Sun and Wyse joint channel partners.

"By combining market and engineering leadership from Wyse and Sun, customers will benefit from the seamless integration of best-of-breed technology that will ultimately deliver virtually unmatched security, performance, reliability and manageability," said John Kish, President and CEO, Wyse Technology. "Both companies are committed to driving more and more intelligence into the network and simplifying complexity at the edge.  Thin computing solutions leveraging Wyse solutions at the edge and Sun infrastructure represent a very powerful solution for the market, helping customers to purchase and easily deploy integrated, end to end solutions."

"With our Secure Global Desktop Software and Solaris 10, Sun is delivering the most advanced infrastructure on the planet for the secure delivery of applications to client devices in heterogeneous environments," said John Loiacono, Executive Vice President of Software at Sun Microsystems. “Our agreement with Wyse, the global leader in thin computing, expands the market for thin client solutions and reaffirms our assertion that 'The Network is the Computer (TM).'"

With Sun's desktop software platform users can securely access enterprise and desktop applications from a Wyse thin client.  Sun SGDS allows customers to web-enable legacy applications instantly without costly re-writes, and deliver those applications side-by-side with modern server-based applications quickly and cost-effectively to a wide variety of client devices. This approach breaks down traditional remote-access barriers by delivering applications over the intranet, extranet or even the Internet with industry-leading security and encryption, without installing any software on enterprise application servers.

"The collaboration of Sun and Wyse will expand the opportunities for thin client solutions in the enterprise market," said Kim Stevenson, Vice President of Infrastructure Portfolio, EDS. "Customers are increasingly looking to deploy thin computing solutions to simplify their operating environments. Sun and Wyse joining forces will improve the integration of thin computing solutions allowing EDS to strengthen our thin computing portfolio and provide our clients with a robust and secure desktop environment that delivers a superior end user experience."

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。

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://cn.sun.com.

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