Wyse Technology Chosen by Microsoft asWindows OEM Embedded Partner of the Year

Thin Appliance Pioneer Honored For Success of Company's Winterm 8000 Series Windows Terminal

San Jose, CA – 2001/02/07 - - Wyse Technology, the worldwide leader in thin-appliance computing, today announced the company has been honored by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) as the 2000 Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Embedded Partner of the Year. The growing popularity of Wyse's Winterm 8000 series Custom-Application Terminal (WinCAT) has made Wyse the largest Windows NT Embedded 4.0 OEM to date. Wyse was chosen for its proven business excellence in delivering Windows NT Embedded 4.0 solutions and the impact of the company's projects on the Windows Embedded industry. Wyse will be honored at the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Summit in Las Vegas on February 9, 2001.

The Wyse Winterm 8000 series is based on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Embedded operating system and Wyse's proven solid-state hardware. The Wyse Winterm 8000 series enables enterprises to embed 32-bit Windows applications directly into a thin appliance, providing the high levels of customization needed for mainstream use by the Fortune 1000. Windows NT 4.0 Embedded provides the flexibility, performance and power of an industry-standard operating system, and provides enterprises with a wide array of driver and peripheral support. In addition to the embedded 32-bit Windows application, the Wyse Winterm 8000 series also features Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 browser software to meet the growing demand for direct access to Web applications and corporate intranets.

"Wyse was chosen as Microsoft's OEM Partner of the Year for the company's proven technical aptitude surrounding the Windows NT Embedded 4.0 platform," said Keith White, director of marketing for the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft Corp. "Wyse has demonstrated business excellence in this market, and its Winterm 8000 series WinCAT is being broadly adopted and experiencing strong sales."

Wyse Redefines the Thin Appliance Desktop

What sets the Winterm 8000 series appliance above the crowd is the ability for businesses to tailor the product to the end user's specific needs. Many enterprise customers have a desire to locally support features such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) or Windows Media Player, or have the need to access a special database directly from the desktop client. The Winterm 8000 series enables these organizations to embed and run these applications directly on the terminal. At the same time, the Winterm 8000 series delivers all of the cost and management benefits of a solid-state thin appliance.

"Wyse has been an integral part of the thin appliance market since its inception in 1995 and winning this award from Microsoft only confirms our commitment to the market space we created," said Jeff McNaught, vice president of customer marketing at Wyse. "Wyse and Microsoft have been working to redefine the thin appliance market by providing functional, capable and reliable Windows embedded devices."

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。