KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Sept. 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Neoware Systems (Nasdaq:NWRE), the leading supplier of software, services, and solutions for the Appliance Computing market, today announced that PC PRO Magazine has selected Neoware as the recipient of the Labs Winner award, granting the Company five stars for its thin client products.
PC PRO compared Neoware's products with 12 thin client appliances from virtually every provider, including Wyse, HP/Compaq, Fujitsu Siemens, and others. They evaluated attributes such as ease of installation, network-management software, and overall flexibility. Neoware received five stars -- the highest number given -- and was named "Labs Winner" with the best combination of functionality and value.
PC PRO selected Neoware's Capio 600 based on its design, features, remote-management software, and overall value. Like all Neoware products, the Capio 600 offers an unbeatable combination of capabilities, and is managed by Neoware's scalable, enterprise-class management software -- ezRemote Manager. As a result of Neoware's software-powered model, the Capio 600 offers continuous product enhancements and updates via downloadable software upgrades -- without replacing desktop hardware -- providing investment protection to customers with the most capable and feature-rich products.
In PC PRO's testing, installation of Neoware's ezRemote Manager software was accomplished in minutes, with Neoware's ezRemote Manager software running an auto-scan at startup to populate the main window with all discovered appliances, showing the node name, installed OS and main board versions, IP address, and Flash memory size. With Neoware's "ez" technologies, led by ezSnap, which allows customers to add new functionality, update existing client software, and modify configurations modularly, without having to replace a complete software image, and ezAnywhere, which allows units to be shadowed for monitoring and remote control, Neoware's units can be updated directly as individual systems or as a members of a selected group.
"Neoware's extensive thin client family immediately stands out from the thin client crowd," stated PC PRO editor Dave Mitchell. "It's the only thin client that's designed to stand vertically or sit comfortably underneath a monitor. Not only that, but it comes with an internal power supply, reducing space requirements. With plenty of features, Neoware offers the best built quality at a tempting price."
"Neoware is proud to be recognized with this award," stated Howie Hunger, Neoware's Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development. "Our continuing focus on the software that powers our thin clients allows us to provide the best possible solutions to our customers. Being presented with the Test Labs Winner award from PC PRO reinforces Neoware's position as an innovator and leader in the thin client appliance market."
About Neoware
Neoware provides software and solutions to enable Appliance Computing, a new Internet-based computing architecture that is designed to be simpler and easier than traditional PC-based computing. Neoware's infrastructure software and management tools power and manage a new generation of smart computing appliances that utilize the benefits of open, industry-standard technologies to create new alternatives to personal computers and a wide variety of proprietary business devices. Neoware's products are designed to run local applications for specific vertical markets, plus allow access across a network to Linux servers, the Internet and Windows-based applications running on multi-user Windows servers. Computing appliances that run and are managed by Neoware's software offer the cost benefits of industry-standard hardware, easier installation and lower up-front and administrative costs than proprietary or PC-based alternatives. More information about Neoware can be found on the Web at http://www.neoware.com or via email at info@neoware.com. Neoware is based in King of Prussia, PA.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Neoware's broad product offering, Neoware's ability to ensure customers investment protection and the cost benefits and other advantages of the Company's products. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statements include Neoware's timely development and delivery and customers' acceptance of Neoware's appliance computing products, pricing pressures, rapid technological changes in the industry, growth of the appliance computing market, increased competition, Neoware's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, adverse changes in general economic conditions, risks associated with foreign operations in the U. S. and internationally and political and economic uncertainties associated with current world events. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Neoware's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2001.
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