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To: nolimitz who wrote (430)	9/13/2003 10:38:55 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1417

The IC company I work for has not updated PC's unless there is smoke coming out the box. Sounds like an OK company to me. Have they considered a "Thin Client" solution? You don't have to say, I'm just pointing out that there are some economical alternatives to buying tons of new PC's. Lots of advantages. thinworld.com Just the reduced air conditioning savings and power use can be worthwhile in a large office. =========================================================== ( BW)(CA-WYSE-TECHNOLOGY) Wyse Thin Clients Drive Down IT Costs for Marriott Claims Services Group Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003-- Hotel Chain's Claims Services Group Selects Wyse Winterm Solutions To Provide Cost-Effective IT Management and Reduced TCO Marriott Claims Services, the provider of claims administration services for the Marriott Hotel chain, has selected Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing, to provide a low-cost alternative to their current PC computing infrastructure. The result is that the claims division of one of the world's largest hotel chains has cut IT management costs and reduced the total cost of desktop ownership in its seven regional offices throughout North America. The hotel's claims services group chose Wyse(R)'s Winterm(TM) thin clients based upon the company and product's previous performance in other areas of Marriott over the past year. Since the group's rollout of the Winterm 3360SE thin clients, they have realized substantial cost savings in the transition to a server-centric computing environment as well as the Winterm's inherent manageability benefits, in an organization whose ratio of employees to IT support staff is 200 to 1. "Before we deployed Wyse's thin clients in our offices, the majority of my time was spent trying to manage and support each employee's PC instead of allocating my time to focus on IT security and other vital responsibilities of my job," said Peter Just, Marriott Risk Management Systems' senior support analyst. "The availability of Rapport(TM) for Wyse management software to centrally manage the thin-client devices is very attractive for someone in my role. Wyse's thin clients have allowed me to manage all of my upgrades from a single server. The enhanced manageability and security features that resulted from our transition to server-centric computing have created time and money savings, which ultimately get passed on to our customers." The Winterm 3360SE thin clients were seamlessly installed at Marriott Claim Services Offices by the hotel chain's in-house IT staff. With their small footprint, Wyse's thin clients improved office space efficiency, and the power saving and minimal support deployment costs reduce the claims services TCO by approximately 40%. Leveraging their previously installed Citrix MetaFrame infrastructure, the Winterm thin clients ensure that the IT staff at Marriott Risk Management Systems can update applications and employee access privileges from a central location. This provides the Marriott insurance group with a reliable server-centric IT environment that costs less to maintain than the PCs they have supported in the past. "Marriott Claim Services' transition to thin clients demonstrate the cost savings and increased management functionality that Wyse offers the insurance industry," said David Rand, director of corporate marketing for Wyse Technology. "As the leader in server-centric computing, Wyse enables IT managers to perform their jobs more efficiently to provide them with the capability to manage stored data from the back end, thus helping to resolve complex business problems and reduce overall cost of ownership. Rapport for Wyse greatly increases the ease of manageability as one person centrally manages the complete thin-client network throughout the company's seven worldwide locations from one management server." ABOUT WYSE TECHNOLOGY Wyse Technology maximizes the benefits of server-centric computing. The company delivers access to Windows and web applications and has end-to-end expertise from the server, through the network, to the desktop. Wyse makes server-centric computing more manageable and cost-effective through: software that delivers better ROI from existing servers and PCs; desktop and mobile thin-clients that provide easy and affordable access to information; software tools that manage a broad spectrum of information access devices, and professional services to make it all work better together. Wyse customers gain a greater return from their existing technology investments, mitigate business risks, and improve their bottom line. The company has been #1 in thin-client market share for the last six years, and has been named Microsoft "Embedded Partner of the Year" for three years running. The company has headquarters in San Jose, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, visit the Wyse Website at wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE. Wyse and WY are registered trademarks, and Winterm is a trademark of Wyse Technology Inc. Other product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Editor's Note: The appropriate full company name is "Wyse Technology Inc." rather than "Wyse Technologies." businesswire.com