Wyse Technology Announces Application Service Provider Partnership With FutureLink; Relationship to Expand Reach of Both ASP and Thin-Client Models.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 Wyse Technology, the originator of the thin-client market, today announced a joint sales and marketing partnership with FutureLink Corp. (Nasdaq: FTRL), one of the first Application Service Providers (ASPs). FutureLink has chosen Wyse Winterm 3200LE Windows-based terminals as the preferred platform for its ASP customers, while Wyse has announced it will utilize FutureLink's ASP services for targeted outsourced activities. "Through our Thinovation(TM) initiative, Wyse is dedicated to helping consumers communicate and obtain information easily and inexpensively," said George Skaff, vice president of worldwide marketing for Wyse Technology. "We believe the ASP model is an excellent method of information delivery, and we are pleased to be working with FutureLink, a company in the vanguard of the ASP industry and the first to provide standardized and customized hosted application environments." The legacy-free Wyse Winterm 3200LE is designed to meet the demands of task-based workers operating in collaborative enterprise environments. Through the creation of the new entry-level Winterm 3200LE, Wyse is delivering on the company's Thinovation initiative to deliver thin clients that will meet the broadening array of thin-client needs for businesses, ASPs and eventually, consumers. Wyse has been an active proponent of the ASP concept since it envisioned the concept in early 1996, was a founding member of the ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Wakefield, MA) A now disbanded trade organization founded in 1999 dedicated to research and standards in the application service provider (ASP) industry. , and is demonstrating its further commitment to the model with the use of FutureLink's services for targeted information-driven activities. "We're excited to work with Wyse to expand the options for ASP customers," said Glen C. Holmes, president and COO of FutureLink. "Our FutureLink Desktop and OfficeConnect solutions, combined with the Winterm 3200LE and future Wyse thin-client technologies, will provide our customers with easy and affordable access to information." WYSE STRETCHES ITS LEAD IN THE THIN-CLIENT MARKET Wyse Technology maintained its market dominance Market dominance is a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings. There is often a geographic element to the competitive landscape. in 1999 for a third straight year by securing the number one market position for 1999 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. bulletin No. 21697 from International Data Corporation (IDC), an industry research firm in Framingham, MA. Wyse Technology secured 37.5 percent of the overall worldwide enterprise thin-client market and 51.8 percent of the Windows-based terminal market in 1999. Wyse's shipments for the year grew more than 124 percent over 1998 to more than 262,000 units. IDC forecasts that more than 1.2 million thin clients will be purchased in 2000. ABOUT WYSE TECHNOLOGY Founded in 1981, Wyse Technology is the manufacturer of the award-winning line of Winterm Windows-based terminals and is the world leader in terminals and thin client computing See thin client. . With an installed base of nearly eight million terminals and thin client devices, Wyse products are available through leading distributors, systems integrators and Authorized Winterm Partners and are marketed under well-known original equipment manufacturers' (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) labels worldwide. With headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. and the Far East, Wyse has offices across the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information, visit the Wyse Web at http://www.wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE. Forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. and comments in this news release are made pursuant to safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc , among other things, the prospects for the company, including the completion of any acquisition transaction or the achievement of future operating results, are necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which are significant in scope and nature. These risks may be further discussed in periodic reports and registration statements to be filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future. Wyse(R) and WY-(R) are registered trademarks, and Winterm(TM) is a trademark of Wyse Technology Inc. Other product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The appropriate full company name is "Wyse Technology Inc." rather than "Wyse Technologies." |
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