Wyse Technology Pioneers New Entry-Level Category for Enterprise-Class Windows-based Terminals.

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2000

New Winterm Windows-Based Terminal Supports Company's Thinovation

Initiative With Legacy-Free Personal Thin Client

Wyse Technology, the originator of the thin-client market, today creates a new category of entry-level Windows-based terminals for enterprise environments with the Wyse Winterm 3200LE Windows-based terminal. 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 Personal Thin Clients that will meet the broadening array of thin-client needs for businesses, ASPs and eventually, consumers.

Wyse's Thinovation initiative changes the thin-client landscape through the delivery of a suite of Personal Thin Clients, marrying Wyse's vision of helping people communicate and access information affordably with the convergence of the key benefits of thin clients and PCs to deliver the widest range of information access devices. Wyse's new Thinovation initiative mirrors the trends of the Post-PC Era, proving that the traditional computing needs of both the enterprise and the general consumer are inherently the same and can be met through Wyse's Personal Thin Client offerings.

"Wyse dominates the Windows-based terminal market, so we're in the best position to understand what needs are currently being met both in terms of price and performance," said Jeff McNaught, vice president of customer marketing for Wyse Technology. "The fact remains that a large portion of enterprise workers only need a simple, effective information access device and we recognized that there is room for an entry-level product to meet these specific needs. We're helping IT managers and CIOs cut costs without cutting desktop performance by delivering an entry-level Windows-based terminal that directly meets this significant need."

WYSE'S WINTERM 3200LE - ZERO FOOTPRINT, ZERO HEADACHES

Wyse has specifically designed the entry-level Winterm 3200LE for users in collaborative environments working on a network who need access to standard productivity applications, e-mail, Internet connectivity and network-based peripherals such as printers. The Winterm 3200LE is also the ideal desktop appliance for migrating legacy environments utilizing character terminals to Windows computing. The Winterm 3200LE can easily be mounted under a desk, on a wall or even to the side of a monitor, making this ideal for saving desktop real estate.

The Wyse Winterm 3200LE is based on Microsoft's Windows CE, and supports connectivity through Microsoft's(R) (Nasdaq: MSFT) Remote Desktop Protocol and Citrix(R) Systems Inc.'s (Nasdaq: CTXS) ICA technology to connect to Windows 2000 Server with Terminal Services enabled, Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition or Citrix MetaFrame servers via 10/100Base-T Ethernet connection. The Winterm 3200LE also comes standard with 15 local terminal emulations from Wyse, DEC, IBM and others, and includes fully integrated 16-bit stereo sound capability, two USB ports, keyboard and mouse. For additional features, visit http://www.wyse.com/winterm/.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

The Winterm 3200LE is available immediately through all Wyse Authorized Winterm Partners, qualified Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and OEM partners worldwide. The estimated street price for the Winterm 3200LE is $449, with unit prices dropping below $400 with single volume purchases.

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. 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) labels worldwide. With headquarters in San Jose, California 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.

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: The appropriate full company name is "Wyse Technology Inc." rather than "Wyse Technologies."