News Release
VIA And Neoware Partner to Develop Future Generation
Thin Client Appliances
Partnership to accelerate the introduction and availability
of innovative solutions for enterprises adopting alternatives
to personal computers
Taipei, Taiwan and King of Prussia, PA.USA, 1 April 2004
- VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer
of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions,
and Neoware Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of award-winning
software, services and appliances for the thin client
market, today announced a partnership to develop future
generation thin client appliances based on VIA's award
winning embedded solutions.
The collaboration extends to the research and development
of innovative new PC-alternative platforms that address
the security, manageability, reliability and cost issues
inherent in standard personal computer designs. Forging
together proven VIA solutions with Neoware's market leading
thin client software expertise, the two companies will
focus on driving future innovation solutions for enterprise
customers.
"We are extremely pleased and excited about taking
our relationship with Neoware to the next level,"
said Wen-Chi Chen, President of VIA Technologies, Inc.
"This strategic alliance is a significant component
of the Spearhead Platform Initiative within our Embedded
Platform Division. We believe that with Neoware's thin
client expertise and aggressive growth, we can accelerate
the introduction of solutions that address what we believe
will be a fundamental shift in the PC marketplace toward
thin client solutions."
Neoware is a recognized leader in thin client solutions,
a segment of the PC market whose growth is projected by
industry analysts to significantly outpace the PC industry
as a whole. This growth can be attributed to enterprises
increasingly turning to thin clients to solve the security,
manageability, reliability and cost issues inherent in
large, distributed networks of personal computers. Neoware
provides its customers with global expertise in the thin
client market, flexibility and cost savings through the
use of standards-based technologies, and a philosophy
of building obsolescence out of its products, in part
through partnerships with leading providers like VIA.
"The thin client market is projected to experience
significant growth in coming years," commented Michael
Kantrowitz, Chairman and CEO of Neoware Systems, Inc.,
"By partnering with VIA, Neoware can provide superior
thin client software on superior thin client platforms.
VIA's long term commitment to the embedded market will
enable Neoware to continue to deliver thin client appliance
products with greater reliability, security and manageability,
together with superior performance."
"VIA is committed to the thin client market where
our unique combination of power-efficiency, performance
and security features can meet the individual needs of
enterprise customers," said Steven S. Lee, Head of
the VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies,
Inc. "Our partnership with Neoware is testimony to
our commitment to and growing success in the thin client
space."
About Neoware Systems, Inc.
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. |
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