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July 25, 2005
Thin Client on a USB stick
The Computer-On-a-Stick (COS) is a USB Flash Drive featuring its own Onboard Operating System together with a full suite of Microsoft Office-compatible applications.
The combination of low cost and a powerful Onboard Operating System opens up a whole new paradigm of computing. Users get all the benefits of a thin client solution without changing their existing PC hardware or software.
Posted by editor at 03:11 PM
July 12, 2005
Lenovo thinks thin with ClearCube's PC blades
PC blade maker ClearCube has picked up a major partner with Lenovo - aka Big Red - agreeing to sell the company's products.
ClearCube leads the rather tiny market for PC-less PCs. It basically removes the need for a desktop by filling server racks full of blade systems. It then runs cabling for mice, monitors and keyboards back into the office. This frees the end user from having a noisy clunker by their feet and lets administrators fiddle with the systems in the server room instead of dealing with individual desktops. The idea isn't too far from thin-client computing that companies such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle have flogged for ages in their so far fruitless quest to humble Microsoft.
Lenovo - the Chinese hardware maker based in North Carolina that recently acquired IBM's PC division - will market and resell ClearCube-branded systems. This deal includes both the blade hardware and management software.
"The addition of PC blades from ClearCube into our Think product portfolio expands our solutions from the end-user' desk to the data center," said Bob Galush, a vice president at Lenovo. "This announcement demonstrates our ongoing dedication to supply our business customers with the strongest, most innovative PC solutions on the market."
It also demonstrates Lenovo's willingness to go after customers Dell has shunned.
Thin clients and PC blades require a serious sales organization. It's pretty easy for customers to buy the same PCs they've been buying for years and look to Dell, HP and others to compete on cost and technology. The new guys must explain why this approach is wrong, why PCs should be ripped out and why some start-up should be your trusted technology supplier instead of, say, Dell.
Having Lenovo/IBM behind it could make this an easier sell for ClearCube. But, heck, a great brand and trusted support hasn't done much for Sun.
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Posted by editor at 03:19 PM
Wyse Technology Dominates Thin-Client Market
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin-client computing, today announced the company has extended its number one position in the thin-client market in the first quarter of 2005, according to a recent report from International Data Corporation (IDC).
According to Framingham, Massachusetts-based IDC, Wyse Technology secured 38.15 percent of the overall worldwide enterprise thin-client market, growing product shipments at an aggressive 14.7 percent over the prior quarter. The IDC report on the thin client market is based on shipment records and information from the major vendors and their channel partners.
"Wyse started 2005 with greater unit growth than any other major vendor in our survey, outgrowing the market as a whole," noted Bob O'Donnell, Research VP, Clients and Displays with IDC. "We predict the thin client market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20.7% from 2005 to 2009, significantly outpacing the overall growth rate of the PC market."
The report showed Wyse's nearly 15 percent product shipment growth was more than double that of competitors HP and Neoware.
"We stand alone with these remarkable growth rates because of our commitment to investment in a world-class management team, global R&D operations and industry leading software, hardware and service solutions," commented John Kish, CEO of Wyse Technology. "We are driven by our customers and the overall market, to continually invest more in the development of our devices and infrastructure management software than anybody else in the industry. With this report, we are seeing the results of our customer-driven and aggressive efforts in the domestic and global marketplace."
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. Headquartered in San Jose, California with offices worldwide, 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. Wyse customers include FedEx, Best Buy (Canada), Quaker Foods, Gold's Gym, and CON-WAY Transportation.
For more information, visit the Wyse website at http://www.wyse.com/ or call 1-800-GET-WYSE.
Wyse Technology
CONTACT: Skye Pillsbury of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, orskye@outcastpr.com, for Wyse Technology
Web site: http://www.wyse.com/
Posted by editor at 03:16 PM