Thin Client Technology Audit - Wyse Technology Winterm Terminals

A Butler Group Research Paper, December 2003

Abstract
Wyse Winterm terminals offer an attractive alternative to the rich client PC on many desktops. Organisations face the constant hail of virus attacks, the need to reduce costs, achieve quicker deployment, and improve manageability. Wyse Winterm thin clients have benefited from years of development and a maturing infrastructure, and the market is now showing significant growth, testimony that the lower total cost of ownership message is getting through. Wyse has not stood still as a market leader; it has extended its hardware range with new client-side Linux offerings, and new software products, such as Alcatraz for PC management and Wyse Expedian™ for Terminal Server capacity enhancement, that reinforces its greater market penetration. This growth is now backed up by a new channel certification and training program. Butler Group believes that Wyse Winterm offers a viable alternative to the desktop PC for many, making access to business data and applications easy, secure, and affordable.

Butler Group believes Wyse is realising Winterm's potential with first signs of mainstream market acceptance, as the trend in the use of low-cost thin clients acquires pace. Wyse's extended offering of Linux will see it secure its market-leader position. The thin client market is also likely to start seeing consolidation, as the smaller players become ‘squeezed' out.

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