Friday June 11, 8:01 am, Eastern Time Company Press ReleaseCircuit City Enters Second Stage of Nationwide Deployment of Wyse Winterm Windows-based Terminals Retail Giant Circuit City Purchases Additional Winterm Windows-Based Terminals For In-Store Kiosks And Service Centers Nationwide
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 1999--
Wyse® Technology, the recognized worldwide brand leader in
thin-client computing, has made an additional sale of Wyse Winterm(TM)
Windows®-based terminals to Circuit City, the largest consumer
electronics and appliance retailer in the nation. The recent sale
brings the total number of Winterm Windows-based terminals sold to
Circuit City to 1500 units. The Wyse Windows-based terminals are used
in special order kiosks in each of Circuit City's Superstores, as well
as in service centers. Circuit City's expanded adoption of Wyse thin
clients demonstrates the growing maturity of thin-client computing as
a means of addressing a variety of enterprise and specialty
applications.
Within the kiosks, the Winterm models 2310SE and 2315SE
Windows-Based terminals are utilized to give Circuit City access to a
vast selection of merchandise available from four major computer
vendors, all from a central server location. Through an easy-to-use
touchscreen interface and Wyse's centrally managed 2310SE
Windows-based terminals, customers can configure the exact computer
that best fits their needs. Additionally, the Wyse Winterm
Windows-based terminals are used within service centers to give
Circuit City service technicians access to a custom designed system
for processing and tracking repaired merchandise.
``We searched for a cost-effective and high-performance solution
that would allow us to offer our customers high levels of customer
service through our build-to-order kiosk stations and service center
applications. We found that Wyse's Winterm Windows-based terminals
provided a flexible solution for our new architecture,'' said Dennis
Bowman, senior vice president and chief information officer for
Circuit City. ``We are pleased to be working with Wyse.''
WINTERM - THE IDEAL CORPORATE SOLUTION
The Winterm 2000 Series models are ideal for corporations and
other commercial customers seeking centralized management through a
low-cost, high performance thin-client solution attached to a
multi-user Windows NT application server like Citrix® MetaFrame®
and Microsoft's® Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition.
Wyse's Winterm Windows-based terminals provide optimal network
manageability and simple access to Windows, Java, legacy and
browser-based applications. Organizations deploying Wyse's
Windows-based terminals benefit from centralized desktop management,
reduced total cost of ownership, true rapid application deployment and
high security.
``We are very pleased to have won such a hotly contested contract
by such a high-profile organization such as Circuit City,'' said Jeff
McNaught, Wyse's vice president of marketing. ``The unique format and
nationwide deployment of this installation to deliver PC-like
performance and functionality to an environment that is not well
suited for a high-maintenance PC is an excellent environment to
display the many advantages of thin-client computing in general, and
Wyse Winterm Windows-based terminals in particular.''
ABOUT WYSE TECHNOLOGY
Founded in 1981, Wyse Technology is the manufacturer of the
award-winning line of Winterm Windows-based Terminals and is the world
leader in terminals and thin-client computing. With an installed base
of more than eight million terminals and thin-client devices, Wyse
products are available through leading distributors, systems
integrators and Authorized Winterm Partners and are marketed under
well-known original equipment manufacturers' (OEM) labels worldwide.
With headquarters in San Jose, California and Hsin Chu, Taiwan, Wyse
has offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia. For more information,
visit the Wyse Website at http://www.wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE.
Contact:
McGrath/Power Public Relations
Nadia Jamshidi or Roger Fortier, 408/727-0351
[email protected]
[email protected]
Newsbit furnished by:
A: NetShift Software Ltd.
A: Hughenden Yard, Marlborough, Wilts,SN8 1LT, UK
T: +44 (0)1672 511 094
F: +44 (0)1672 511 078
E: [email protected]
W: www.netshift.com
Thanks Anna!
|