Certification Supplies Buyers with Assurance of Seamless Desktop Virtualization Knowledge for Total Household of Wyse Thin Customers

London Sept. 24, 2008 —Wyse Technologies, the international leader in thin computing, today announced that Wyse devices are certified for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Virtual Desktop Manager. VMware Virtual Desktop Manager is a key element of VMware VDI, a extensive desktop virtualization solution, and enables finish users to securely access their virtual desktops even though offering IT administrators an easy and price-effective way to handle the whole virtual desktop environment from the datacenter.

VMware VDI lets companies replace standard PCs with expense-powerful virtual machines, enhancing manage of corporate assets and simplifying desktop management and administration. VMware VDI, combined with Wyse’s advanced line of thin customers, extends a lot of advantages of virtualization to the desktop, including lower complete price of ownership, simplified upkeep, and a consistent encounter for finish customers.

“Wyse has lengthy been synonymous with the term ‘thin client,’ so we are excited that Wyse’s broad assortment of devices are now certified for VMware VDI and Virtual Desktop Manager,” mentioned Jeff Jennings, vice president of desktop goods and remedies at VMware. “By way of this certification, customers know they’ll have all the manageability and TCO rewards of VMware VDI as nicely as the wealthy end-user experience for which Wyse devices are recognized.”

“As organizations search to deploy virtualization from the datacenter to the desktop, the require for proven, certified remedies is much more crucial than ever,” said Ricardo Antuna, Vice President of Product Management and Organization Improvement at Wyse Technological innovation. “Each day, the need for old-fashioned PCs becomes less necessary, and the logic of thin client computing tends to make far more sense.”

Certification was extended to the following Wyse devices:All Wyse devices operating Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded, such as desktops and laptops that ship standard with VDM client softwareAll Wyse devices using the Wyse Thin OS, which contain Wyse’s implemented of a VDM client.