KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan. 20, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Neoware Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NWRE), the leading provider of award-winning software, services, and education, for the thin client appliance computing market, today announced the first wireless thin client tablet managed by enterprise-class remote management software, ezRemote Manager.
Neoware Voyager, featured in the November 19, 2002 issue of PC Magazine, provides all the benefits of a thin client appliance -- centralized and secure server-based computing -- in an easy-to-use wireless tablet. Equipped with industry-standard Microsoft Windows CE operating system, large memory capacity and a long battery life, Voyager frees users from the limitations of physical connections, and now with ez-Remote Manager, Neoware has solved the limitations of remote management.
ezRemote Manager is the first enterprise-class management suite to fully integrate the management of all Windows CE .NET, Linux, Windows XP Embedded and Windows NT Embedded appliances, wireless or wired. It is scalable to the largest, most distributed global enterprises and works easily across multiple subnets, whether local area or wide area. By managing Voyager with ezRemote, only Neoware provides a single management tool that works across its entire product offering.
In recent demonstrations of Voyager at Citrix iForum and the National Retail Federation (NRF) Conference and Exhibition shows, companies in health care, retail/wholesale distribution (inventory), education, and manufacturing, among others, have expressed a strong interest in the value of a wireless thin client.
"Neoware is excited to extend our customers' reach to areas previously PC inaccessible, while continuing to provide easy single-point management of their Neoware thin client appliances," stated Howie Hunger, Neoware's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Customer Service.
Neoware's software and thin client appliances provide cost-effective alternatives to personal computers used by businesses and are powerful replacements for green-screen terminals. Used in conjunction with Citrix MetaFrame(r) or Microsoft(r) Terminal Services, Neoware's Eon, Capio, and Voyager appliances allow users to run virtually any application from a server, plus connect to mainframes, midrange systems, and the Internet. Unlike traditional PCs, Neoware's thin client appliances can be centrally managed and remotely configured using Neoware's enterprise-class ezRemote Manager software, which greatly simplifies and lowers the cost of desktop administration. Because of this, Neoware can save customers up to 60% of the total cost of ownership of personal computers, resulting in significant cost savings for enterprise customers and a return on up-front investment within the first year of ownership.
About Neoware
Neoware provides software, services, and solutions to enable Appliance Computing, an Internet-based computing architecture targeted at business customers that is designed to be simpler and easier than traditional PC-based computing. Neoware's 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 used in business 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 multi-user Windows servers, Linux servers, mainframes, minicomputers, and the Internet. Computing appliances that run and are managed by Neoware's software offer the cost benefits of industry-standard hardware and software, easier installation, and have lower up-front and administrative costs than proprietary or PC-based alternatives.
More information about Neoware can be found on the web at www.neoware.com or via email at invest@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 growth of the Company's business and the thin client appliance market 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 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 and risks associated with foreign operations. 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, 2002.
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