Here's the NCD announcemennt:
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( BW)(NETWORK-COMPUTING-DEV)(NCDI) Network Computing Devices
Introduces Windows-based Terminal Solution Based on Microsoft Windows CE
Business Editors and Computer Writers
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 1998--
NCD ThinSTAR QuickStart Packages Make Thin Clients and
Applications Easy to Deploy With Microsoft's
Windows Terminal Server
Network Computing Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCDI), a leading manufacturer of thin client desktops
and server software, today announced the NCD ThinSTAR QuickStart Solution.
This package combines the company's new NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based terminals, the first
commercially available Windows CE-based thin clients optimized to access Windows applications, with
consulting services designed to simplify customers' deployment of applications under multi-user Windows
NT.
In announcing the program, Lorraine Hariton, senior vice president of marketing and business
development for NCD, said, "Our goal is simple -- to give customers the real Microsoft Windows-based
terminals they've been asking for without the upgrade or application management hassles often required
by other terminals in the marketplace."
The NCD ThinSTAR is the first Windows-based terminal designed from the ground up specifically to
run Microsoft's thin client software. It employs the Microsoft Windows CE operating software and is
designed to allow users to choose Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) which provides an
end-to-end Microsoft-based thin client solution, or the value-added Independent Computing
Architecture (ICA) for access to pICAsso from Citrix Systems.
The NCD ThinSTAR QuickStart Solution is targeted at users of Microsoft's Windows Terminal
Server Beta II (code-named "Hydra") who want to quickly and easily take advantage of thin clients to
access multi-user Windows NT in their organizations.
The solution provides them with five or more plug-and-play desktop devices running beta II
ThinSTAR operating software, plus consulting help to address any specific environment needs customers
may have. The package also includes 60 days of unlimited telephone support.
An NCD ThinSTAR QuickStart 5-Pack sells for $4695, and can be ordered today with availability in
the second quarter of this year. Multiple configurations of the package are available. The program allows
customers to draw on NCD's 10 years of experience in thin client technology and extensive background
in Citrix WinFrame-based multi-user Windows NT access through their WinCenter product.
"Microsoft is focused on providing the benefits of Windows to terminal users," said John Frederiksen,
group product manager at Microsoft Corp., "We are impressed that NCD is delivering not just the thin
client, but also support services that help ensure the customer's success."
"Citrix is pleased to partner with NCD to provide thin client/server support for the NCD ThinSTAR
Windows-based terminal via our ICA and 'pICAsso' technologies," said Bob Gardner, director of OEM
and channel sales for Citrix. "Together, Citrix and NCD will provide businesses with a solution that
extends universal access to business-critical applications, while lowering the total cost of application
ownership."
The NCD ThinSTAR QuickStart Solution is designed to make customers successful with thin client
access to "Hydra." For more information, call 1-800-800-9599 or email us at: quickstart@ncd.com.
About NCD
Founded in 1988, Network Computing Devices, Inc. provides thin-client hardware and software that
delivers simultaneous, high-performance, easy-to-manage access to any application from thin-client,
UNIX and PC desktops. NCD's products include the Explora family of thin clients, WinCenter
multi-user Windows NT server software and PC-Xware software that delivers PC access to UNIX and
multi-user Windows NT.
Over 500,000 NCD thin clients are installed with over 2 billion hours of operation. NCD's technology
is incorporated into products sold by companies such as IBM, Sun and Novell. The company can be
reached on the Internet at www.ncd.com.
This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainty. Although the
company believes its expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove correct. Actual results and
developments may differ materially.
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CONTACTS: Network Computing Devices
Arlene Dickson, 650/903-7444
arlene@ncd.com
or
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Christina Armstrong, 415/722-8425
christina_armstrong@p2pr.com
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