KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., March 3, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Neoware Systems (Nasdaq:NWRE), the leading supplier of award-winning software, services and appliances for thin client computing, today announced that The Eastridge Group, the largest privately held staffing agency in Southern California and Nevada, and with offices in Arizona, California, Georgia, New Jersey, Connecticut and South Carolina, has standardized on Neoware's software and thin client appliances to help grow its national network of staffing centers. The Eastridge Group chose Neoware thin client appliances and software because of their ability to be deployed more quickly than personal computers, saving the company time and money.
Neoware's centrally managed thin client appliances allow The Eastridge Group to supply state-of-the-art technology to its staffing centers quickly and easily. Previously, The Eastridge Group needed more than three months to open a new office because of the challenges of installing and configuring personal computers. Now, with Neoware's centrally managed thin client appliances, configuration and installation at a new office is completed within a week.
"Neoware's thin client appliances and software allow us to quickly enter new markets and begin placing temporary and contract workers without waiting for software installation or losing productivity due to PC management issues," says Brad Taylor, Senior Systems Engineer at The Eastridge Group. "Thin client appliances provide our administrative staff with all the benefits of the latest office productivity applications without the cost or complexity of maintaining PCs. We have yet to find anything that Neoware's thin client appliances can't do."
Neoware's thin client appliances and software also save the company money. According to The Eastridge Group, the company saved nearly $1,000 per desktop by switching to Neoware thin client appliances from the personal computers they had been purchasing. And the savings are long lived. Central administration allows The Eastridge Group to deliver the latest functionality and office productivity applications to remote locations without sending a technician into the field, greatly reducing administrative costs by having a single network administrator who performs all software upgrades in hours instead of days.
The key to this productivity and the reason why The Eastridge Group chose Neoware is Neoware's remote management software, which "vastly simplifies desktop administration and eliminates the need for additional servers or software solutions," says Taylor.
"Neoware's centrally managed thin client appliances provide quickly expanding companies -- such as the Eastridge Group -- a strategic tool for dynamic growth," states Michael Kantrowitz, Chairman and CEO of Neoware Systems. "By streamlining the deployment and management of desktops, Neoware provides a cost-effective strategy for delivering state-of-the-art technology in record time. Neoware's software and thin client appliances deliver real and demonstrable productivity gains, saving our customers both time and money."
About Neoware
Neoware provides software, services, and solutions to enable Appliance Computing, a proven 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, maintenance, 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 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: The Eastridge Group's plans to deploy our thin client appliances; our position as the leading supplier of software, products, services and solutions for the Appliance Computing market; and the benefits of our software-focused business model allowing customers to lower ongoing costs of ownership. 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 statement include The Eastridge Group's acceptance of our thin client products, pricing pressures, rapid technological changes in the industry, growth of the Appliance Computing market, increased competition, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, adverse changes in general economic conditions 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, 2003 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003.
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From: For: Gregory FCA Communications, Inc. Neoware Systems, Inc. 27 W. Athens Ave. 400 Feheley Drive Ardmore, PA 19003 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Contact: Contact: Tim Cifelli Sharon O'Shea (610) 642-8253 (610) 277-8300, ext. 1743 email: tim@gregoryfca.com email: sharon.oshea@neoware.co