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President Bush and California Governor Davis View Demonstration of Energy Savings of Wyse® Technology's Winterm™ Thin Clients
Wyse
Thin Appliances Use Up To 90 Percent Less Power Than Personal Computers
LOS
ANGELES (05/30/01) ----- Wyse Technology, the worldwide leader in
thin-appliance computing announced that President George W. Bush
and California Governor Gray Davis viewed a demonstration of the
energy savings of Wyse's Winterm™ thin appliances over personal
computers. Following a discussion with the World Affairs Council
in Los Angeles –
30/05/2001 -
Wyse Winterm thin appliance, which can help conserve energy. "With hundreds of California businesses running thousands of computers each day, the use of thin appliances would not only mean less of a drain on California's sparse energy reserves, but could translate into tens of thousands of dollars in annual savings for businesses," said George Skaff, vice president of worldwide marketing for Wyse Technology. "We are pleased that the President and Governor Davis had the opportunity to view a real technological solution for energy conservation not only in California, but across the nation. Appliance-like computing devices such as our Winterm thin clients are the wave of the present, not just the future, for businesses, education and even consumers who want to help conserve energy and save money." Since the beginning of the year, the state of California has had 38 days of stage three alerts, as reported by the California Independent System Operator (ISO) in an updated report released on May 22, 2001 (www.caiso.com). The alerts have resulted in a greater need for businesses to conserve energy by looking at all facets of their operations, from business and manufacturing hours, to their IT systems. Wyse Winterm thin appliances are desktop devices that run popular Windows applications from central servers and display the applications on a monitor. They use energy-efficient National Semiconductor Geode™ processors and have no internal moving parts such as fans or disk drives, enabling the devices to use only seven to 10 watts of electricity per hour. This is in comparison to personal computers that can use as much as 200 watts per hour.
About Wyse Technology
Wyse Technology is the global leader in thin computing-based virtualization software and hardware solutions. Wyse and its strategic partners, including, Citrix®, IBM®, Microsoft®, Novell®, VMware®, and others deliver the innovative hardware, infrastructure software, and services that formulate the benefits of cloud computing, virtualization and Green IT. These thin computing solutions allow consumers, public and private enterprises to access the application information they need, but with better security, manageability, and at a much lower total cost of ownership than a PC. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices worldwide.
For more information, visit the Wyse website at http://www.wyse.co.uk or call 0845 604 0038 (UK only) or +44 (0) 118 934 2200
All brands and names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective holders.
For further information contact:
David Angwin
Director of Marketing - EMEA
dangwin@wyse.com
+ 44 (0)118 982 8306
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