Wyse Releases Powerful OS for Desktop Virtualization on Thin Client Devices

SYDNEY, Australia. – 29/05/2008 - New Wyse Thin OS Expands Roaming, Reliability and Multimedia Capabilities

Wyse Technology, today announced that it has enhanced its flagship operating system, Wyse Thin OS, including new features and functionality for popular Virtual Desktop environments from Citrix Systems, Inc., Microsoft® and VMware®.  Wyse Thin OS is the industry's most popular "purpose built" thin client operating system, which now offers users enhanced multimedia capabilities, as well as significant new functionality for today's workforce.  Wyse Thin OS 6.2 was unveiled today at Citrix Synergy.

Wyse Thin OS is the smallest, fastest and most secure purpose-built operating system for thin computing.  Optimized for thin client devices, Wyse Thin OS 6.2 helps end users maximize their investments in Citrix XenApp™, Citrix XenDesktop™ and VMware® VDI/VDM solutions.

"Today's knowledge workforce is demanding a richer experience from thin clients," said Jeff McNaught, Chief Marketing Officer for Wyse Technology, Inc.  "The enhancements to Wyse Thin OS announced today will immediately benefit the growing user base of knowledge workers accessing their environment from a virtual desktop, as well as task workers using existing presentation virtualization solutions."
Specific key new features on Wyse Thin OS 6.2 include:

• Citrix ICA 10.X compatibility
• Support for Citrix's Speedscreen Multimedia Acceleration (“Rave”) technology, enabling multimedia content to be delivered from a XenApp Server (formerly Presentation Server) through an ICA session to a thin client.  The result to end users is clean, crisp multimedia content, but with reduced CPU utilization at the server.
• Session Reliability support that enables end users to be on the move without having to re-authenticate after a temporary loss of network connectivity.  As users move throughout their office, hospital or other building they are often accessing multiple wireless access points.  With this feature Wyse Thin OS 6.2 allows the end user session to remain active on the server (without timing out) and be presented seamlessly upon regaining network connectivity, resulting in better user experience while using a Citrix XenApp environment.
• Roaming smartcard support, allowing smartcard users to not only roam from station to station but also access the same virtual environment regardless of which station they are connecting from.

"When it comes to delivering value to our banking customers, quick data access and high data security are paramount," Rod Lefever, Senior Vice President and CTO at Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.  "Wyse Thin OS helps make us a more responsive and efficient organization, providing us with information at our fingertips without compromising security."

Wyse Thin OS 6.2 is available today. For more information visit http://www.wyse.com/products/software/os/

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Wyse Press Contact:
Anna Soriano
asoriano@wyse.com
+61 409 315 012

About Wyse Technology

Wyse is the #1 vendor the world's largest businesses and institutions trust for scalable thin-client computing solutions. Wyse provides the hardware, software, and services that shift computing complexity to the network, reducing cost, liberating IT departments from unnecessary support and maintenance functions, empowering users to be more productive in their jobs, and protecting and improving access to critical information and business applications. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices worldwide & ANZ head office in Surry Hills. Wyse has been #1 in thin-client market share for the last eight years, enjoys a close partnership with Citrix Systems, and has been named Microsoft "Embedded Partner of the Year" for three years.

For more information, visit the Wyse website at http://www.wyse.com.au  or call 1300 88 WYSE