Wyse to Showcase Broad Selection of Client Virtualization Hardware and Software Solutions at EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced its sponsorship and participation at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, November 3-5, 2009 in Denver, CO. The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is the one event for IT professionals in higher education that consistently delivers insight, thought leadership, and community interaction. Wyse is demonstrating its solutions in Booth 1135.

“Our solutions are a perfect match to the technology needs of higher education institutions, and we look forward to being able to demonstrate our expertise to education IT experts.”

Wyse and EDUCAUSE share the same goal of promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Wyse will showcase several client virtualization solutions, responding to the many pain points of the higher education community. This includes how today's colleges and universities have learned to do more with less via client virtualization, as well as how they have increased flexibility and security while also decreasing IT management costs and energy consumption with Green IT.

In addition to showcasing its new solutions, Wyse is also featuring one of its own higher education customers, University of Arizona's, Dimitri Petropolis, principal systems administrator for the Residence Life Department. Mr. Petropolis will share and discuss his department's experience, and answer any questions about selection, implementation, results, and ROI.

Demonstrations within the Wyse Booth will include:

Wyse P class™ - The Wyse P20 is a workstation-class zero client for use with PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol environments.

Project “Proteus” – “Proteus” is a tech preview of an upcoming ultra-mobile thin computer for Education. With a high-performance energy conserving Intel Atom processor, “Proteus” will provide you all the power and flexibility needed by mobile students and faculty.

Project “Borg” – Wyse is previewing its upcoming client virtualization software to extend the lifespan of a personal computer, optimizing and configuring it to deliver a superior Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) experience.

WSM 3.0 - Wyse WSM provisioning software powers Zero Clients and legacy desktops to become fully fledged diskless computers running Microsoft Windows XP Pro, Vista or the newly released Windows 7.

“Wyse is excited to be right in the middle of EDUCAUSE because every good educator knows that seeing is believing,” said Daghan Altas, Product Manager at Wyse Technology. “Our solutions are a perfect match to the technology needs of higher education institutions, and we look forward to being able to demonstrate our expertise to education IT experts.”

Wyse Technology and Education

Wyse has been providing thin client and client virtualization solutions to K-12 and higher education schools around the world since 1995. With Wyse in place, IT administrators are replacing their high-cost, high-maintenance PCs with thin clients. The benefits to schools include having a safer computing environment, lower TCO, greater energy efficiency, and less maintenance; all while getting more computers into the hands of more students. At the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Wyse products were recognized by ChannelWeb Magazine as one of the "25 Hot Products For Education." In addition, Wyse customer Western Wayne School District in Northeast Pennsylvania was named by the National School Boards Association’s Technology Leadership Network (TLN) annual list of "20 to Watch" emerging leaders in education technology. For more information on Wyse Education Solutions, please visit, http://www.wyse.com/solutions/education/index.asp

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.

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

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