Wyse Technology Extends Thin Computing Leadership with New Linux Solution

Sleek New V50 to Power Over 10,000 LinuxWorld Registrations

LinuxWorld – 2005/08/09 - Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, today announced its newest and most powerful Linux-based thin-client, the V50. Combining a uniquely performance oriented form factor with the industry’s most full-featured Linux-based thin client software, the V50 joins the low cost S50™ as part of Wyse Technology’s Linux-based thin client product line which has experienced a 500% increase in year-over-year sales growth.

As part of today’s announcement, the V50 has been deployed by to handle the over 10,000 registrations at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. With attendance higher than ever this year, the conference organizers required a solution that was extremely scalable, and had the highest degree of reliability. Wyse Technology also announced a more than 1,900 seat deployment of the V50 by Swiss insurance company CSS (see separate release).

Powered by version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, the most recent and powerful available, the new model V50 provides a solid platform for accessing applications running on a server, plus locally executing Linux and Java applications. In addition, the V50 enables connectivity to text-based legacy applications via a rich terminal emulation suite and X11, access to web-based applications, and even to Windows applications via terminal services.

"Wyse's new Linux-based devices are an important advance in the thin-client market," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium of IT vendors and customers promoting the adoption of Linux in the enterprise. "As a member of OSDL's Desktop Linux Working Group, Wyse has demonstrated its commitment to Linux for thin-client solutions. They are making important contributions to the industry."

The V50 delivers superior security with support for automatic log-on and -off via multifactor security techniques with an integrated smartcard reader, or through add-on fingerprint or retina scanning peripherals, each of which is managed by, Wyse’s device management software. Other market-leading features of the V50 include:

• "Free Seating": Enables system administrators to manage an individual’s desktop and applications using any device from anywhere on the network – all with complete data security.
• Powerful processing results in responsive performance: With a powerful 32-bit 1GHz microprocessor that is tightly coupled to a powerful 3D graphics processing unit, the V50 is one of the best performing Linux thin clients ever developed.
• Simple and straightforward connection selection: An integrated connection manager dashboard is provided that enables simple and fast server and application connection selection.

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。