Wyse Demonstrates First Fully Optimized User Experience of Windows 7 in a Virtual Client Infrastructure with the Most Powerful Thin Client Platform in the Market

SAN JOSE, Calif. – 05/21/2009 -

Wyse R Class Thin Client with Advanced Client Virtualization Software Redefines the Future of Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop and New Citrix Receiver

Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced that Mark Templeton, CEO of Citrix Systems, chose the high-performance Wyse R class thin client to demonstrate Citrix's new Citrix Receiver Technology.  The demonstration took place during Mr. Templeton's keynote at the Citrix Synergy conference on May 5.

At the keynote in front of thousands of Citrix customers and partners, Templeton used Wyse to demonstrate how Citrix Delivery Center delivers a high-definition user experience, showing voice, data, and video applications running in a virtualized Windows 7 environment, hosted thousands of miles away in Florida by Citrix XenDesktop.   Network performance was boosted by the Citrix Branch Repeater.

The experience, demonstrated on the Wyse R class thin client, was flawless.  The combination of Citrix technology, and the reliability and extreme performance of the Wyse R class provided a stunning, real-life Windows 7 PC experience – without using any PCs.

Templeton praised the Wyse R class' fast CPU, graphics processing capability and energy efficiency.

"It's a whole new world of opportunity for businesses when they can host a complete user desktop in a cloud or virtual machine in Florida, and present it with rich video, great sound, and crisp data thousands of miles away in Las Vegas," said Jeff McNaught, Chief Marketing and Strategy Office for Wyse Technology. "From education to healthcare to retail to financial services, the combination of the Citrix Delivery Center, Branch repeater, Receiver and powerful Wyse thin client made for an impressive demonstration of the power of virtualization and an ideal way to simplify IT."

The Wyse R class is Wyse’s performance-oriented thin client, offering the triple play of voice, video and rich data experience to anyone using client virtualization today.  The device brings new levels of performance to remote applications, low energy usage, and industry leading reliability, while costing hundreds of dollars less than competing "performance" thin clients, and thousands less to manage over its lifetime vs. a traditional PC.

Media Contact:
Anna Soriano
asoriano@wyse.com

About Wyse Technology

Wyse Technology is the global leader in thin computing-based virtualization software and hardware solutions. Wyse and its strategic partners, including, Citrix®, CSC®, IBM®, Lenovo®, Microsoft®, Novell®, VMware® and others deliver the most innovative hardware, software, and services that optimize the benefits of cloud computing, virtualization and green IT. These thin computing solutions allow consumers, SMEs and large public and private enterprises to access high definition voice, data and video content they need, with optimized security, manageability, and user experience at a much lower total cost of ownership than other traditional end user devices, including PCs. Wyse has the largest global distribution network in the thin computing market through its partners and offices worldwide. Wyse was founded in 1981, and it is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.

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