Wyse and Flo Healthcare Team to Deliver Mobile Thin Solutions to Healthcare Organizations

Thin-Client Based Mobile Healthcare Solutions Provide Value, Reliability, and Accessibility to Healthcare Clinicians and IT Staff

San Jose, CA – 10/04/2004 - Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC) and Flo Healthcare, the leading provider of integrated mobile clinical workstations for healthcare, announced today they have formed a partnership to offer an advanced thin-client based mobile workstation to healthcare organizations. The two companies' joint solution will enable nurses, doctors and clinical informatics professionals to wirelessly access real-time patient data in a convenient, secure, and cost-effective mobile cart utilizing Wyse thin client technology.

Flo™ mobile carts powered by Wyse® Winterm™ thin clients empower healthcare professionals to access electronic medical records (EMR) from any wireless-enabled location within the healthcare facility. The integrated solution offers improved security, lower cost to own and operate, improved reliability, and simpler maintenance and upgrades. Other key benefits are a reduction in power consumption through an increased battery run time, and enhanced availability for improved connections at the point of care.

"Our partnership with Wyse Technology is truly a win-win not only for our companies, but more importantly for healthcare providers," added Tom Denmark, President & CEO of Flo Healthcare. "With our integrated solution, medical facilities will improve the delivery and quality of patient care while realizing tremendous gains in cost savings, productivity and patient satisfaction."

The Flo mobile workstation with integrated Wyse thin clients can add value in nearly all locations within healthcare facilities and hospitals, from patient rooms to the emergency room. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH), a leading healthcare organization based in Evanston, Illinois, has implemented mobile workstations to facilitate information access at its three hospitals. ENH ranks as one of the most wired hospital systems in the nation, with 100 percent of its physicians entering orders electronically. "We have found the thin-client based mobile carts to be more secure, cost effective, and manageable than PC-based options we have explored," said Tom Smith, CIO at ENH. "The bottom line is better patient information and decision making capabilities at the bedside."

The inherent risks that locally stored data creates in a typical PC environment reinforce the need for secure, server-centric thin client technology. In addition, hundreds of unreliable, un-secure PCs typically located throughout healthcare centers create a management nightmare for the often limited IT staffs that healthcare organizations employ. The Flo mobile workstation with an integrated Wyse Winterm thin client delivers the value of server-centric computing in the healthcare environment to eliminate the security and management shortcomings of a mobile PC environment.

In addition, the integrated mobile workstation offers one of the most streamlined and ergonomically appealing designs in the industry, making it easy for clinicians to use and maintain. Since the Flo mobile workstation was designed for use in hospitals, it has features and options that clinical users need to stay connected today and in the future.

The Flo mobile workstation with integrated Wyse technology is available immediately through Wyse Technology and its distributors.

About Wyse Technology

Wyse Technology is the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. The Wyse portfolio includes industry-leading thin, zero and cloud PC client solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software supporting desktops, laptops and next generation mobile devices. Cloud client computing replaces the outdated computing model of the unsecure, unreliable, energy-intensive and expensive PC, all while delivering lower TCO and a superior user experience. Wyse has shipped more than 20 million units and has over 200 million people interacting with their products each day, enabling the leading private, public, hybrid and government cloud implementations worldwide. Wyse partners with industry-leading IT vendors, including Cisco®, Citrix®, IBM®, Microsoft, and VMware® as well as globally-recognized distribution and service partners. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, U.S.A., with offices worldwide.

For more information, visit the Wyse website at http://www.wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE.

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