Wyse Showcases How Cloud Client Computing Transforms Governments and Businesses at Cloud Computing World Forum 2011 - Middle East and Africa

LONDON & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced its sponsorship and participation at Cloud Computing World Forum Middle East and Africa, 9th March 2011, at the Grand Millennium Hotel, Dubai. At the forum, Wyse will discuss the role that desktop virtualization plays in how organizations implement cloud computing on a major scale.

Wyse offers the industry’s broadest range of cloud client computing solutions that combine cloud client hardware with management, virtualization, and cloud software to form a powerful IT solution for business, government and institutions to reduce costs, improve security, compliance, mobility and productivity.

The decision to support the Cloud Computing World Forum in Dubai spotlights how Wyse solutions are being implemented by enterprise and public sector customers across the Middle East. At the forum, Wyse is showcasing examples from the industry’s broadest and richest portfolio of cloud client computing hardware and software including zero, thin, mobile and cloud PC clients that can support any approach to implementing desktop virtualization. With longer product service life spans of five to ten years or more, Wyse cloud client computing solutions provide a long term, strategic solution for transitioning corporate IT onto a true cloud-based model.

In addition to presenting its latest cloud client technology, Wyse is the 2:00pm afternoon keynote of the conference with David Angwin, director of marketing EMEA, speaking about the steps organizations in the Middle East can take today for a cloud-based future and how desktop virtualization provides a critical bridge in this journey.

About Wyse Technology

Wyse Technology is the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. The Wyse portfolio includes industry-leading thin, zero and cloud PC client solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software supporting desktops, laptops and next generation mobile devices. Cloud client computing replaces the outdated computing model of the unsecure, unreliable, energy-intensive and expensive PC, all while delivering lower TCO and a superior user experience. Wyse has shipped more than 20 million units and has over 200 million people interacting with their products each day, enabling the leading private, public, hybrid and government cloud implementations worldwide. Wyse partners with industry-leading IT vendors, including Cisco®, Citrix®, IBM®, Microsoft, and VMware® as well as globally-recognized distribution and service partners. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, U.S.A., with offices worldwide. More information can be found at http://www.wyse.com or by calling 1-800-GET-WYSE.