Wyse and IDC Partner to Host Summit on the Benefits of Thin Computing

Summit educates Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs) on how thin computing solutions can improve competitiveness

SAN JOSE, Calif., and New Delhi, India – 2006/10/17 - Wyse Technology and IDC India are jointly hosting a first of its kind educational summit for Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs) in India on how thin computing solutions can be used to reduce operating costs, simplify IT management across the network, and enhance security.

The goal of the summit is to educate executives about market trends and opportunities as well as discuss best IT practices which will help India's BPOs meet the demands of their large enterprise customers in the U.S. and Europe for an overall competitive advantage. The summit is scheduled as two half-day seminars with workshop sessions for senior BPO executives at Gurgaon on Tuesday, 17th October 2006 and at Bangalore on Wednesday, 18th October 2006.

According to IDC India, the size of India’s exports of BPO services during calendar year 2005 was estimated to be US$ 6.93 billion. This is expected to grow at a CAGR of 26 percent over the period 2005-2010 to reach US$ 24.5 billion by 2010. The market for domestic IT Exports Scenarios (ITES) BPO segment has been estimated at US$ 844 million in 2005 and is expected to grow at a 52 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) to reach US$ 6.7 billion by 2010.

"Thin computing delivers all the functionality and performance that people want on their desktops, without all the problems associated with security, software management, electricity consumption, and overall operating costs," said Ms. Rekha Murthy, General Manager, Wyse Technology India. "Within a short time span, our company has successfully demonstrated this fact to many Fortune 500 CXOs around the world. In fact, it is possible to lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by as much as 40 percent using Wyse thin computing solutions."

"Thin computing is an innovative way to significantly improve data security and productivity while reducing IT operating costs," said Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). "We've partnered with Wyse because they are the industry leader in thin computing and because they are committed to India. By making major investments in both local and regional talent, Wyse is demonstrating the power and global market opportunity for thin computing solutions."

Commenting on the future of technological innovations in the BPO industry, Sanjit Sinha, General Manager, Research, IDC India said, "Today’s BPO industry CTO is hard pressed to provide an IT infrastructure that is cost-efficient, secure, easily scalable and manageable, and yields a better return on investment (RoI). The IT vendor community as a whole and especially players in the arena of new, innovative hardware and telecom service offerings need to make concerted efforts to educate their target user groups on the finer nuances of these technologies, their future development roadmap and how these would contribute to meeting their desired IT and business goals."

Amongst the highlights of the IDC/Wyse summit will include keynote addresses by Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM (Gurgaon session) and Mr. Rajeev, Chawla, Secretary, eGovernance, Government of Karnataka (Bangalore session). Delegates will also hear views and commentary by an eminent panel of speakers including Mr. Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India, Mr. Tarkan Maner, President, Worldwide Field Operations, Wyse Inc, USA, Mr. Raj Sharma, Vice President, Global R & D Operations, Wyse India, Ms. Rekha Murthy, Country Manager, Wyse India and Mr. Sanjit Sinha, General Manager, Research, IDC India.

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。

Aboute IDC

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About IDC India

IDC (India) Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 company, is the country's most comprehensive, dependable and respected source for market intelligence and consulting in the fields of IT, telecommunications and consumer technology. With its head office at Gurgaon (near New Delhi), the company has branches at Bangalore, Chennai, and Mumbai. Additional information about IDC India's research, advisory and Go-To-Market service offerings can be found at www.idcindia.com.