SOMERSET, N.J., AND SAN JOSE, CAL. - August 20, 2002
Netilla® Networks, Inc., the networking services company that supplies
secure remote access to applications, files and data over the Internet,
and Wyseâ Technology, the worldwide leader in secure, managed
thin clients, announced today the companies have teamed to deliver a
custom-built, Netilla-compliant Wyse Winterm thin client. Wyse
and Netilla will leverage the strengths of their combined sales channels
to deliver Netilla-ready Winterm thin clients in conjunction with the
Netilla Security Platform. The combined solution provides a highly secure,
cost-effective solution for supporting the remote access needs of enterprises.
When managing remote locations, chief information officers (CIOs) and
information technology (IT) professionals must take into consideration
many issues. How many people will it take to support the remote offices?
How often will we have to visit the offices to fix or maintain IT equipment?
Will we be able to deliver enough security? The Wyse-Netilla solution
helps CIOs reduce the security risk of managing distributed offices
and eliminates the need to add numerous IT professionals out in the
field to support remote locations. Customers also receive the benefit
of creating a foundation for future office expansion.
The Netilla-ready Winterm thin client provides a high level of functionality
for both Wyse and Netilla resellers and customers. The offering combines
the low total cost of ownership (TCO), low IT complexity and high security
of Wyse Winterm thin clients with Netilla's secure, quick-to-deploy,
simple-to-manage remote access platform. The new product is ideal for
companies that need to connect multiple locations or branch offices,
but do not have significant IT resources staffed locally. The Netilla-ready
Winterm thin client is particularly well suited for the health care,
financial services, education and government markets where both companies
have traditionally excelled.
"This mutually beneficial agreement bolsters our product offering
to meet the demands of our thin-client customers," said Reggie
Best, Netilla Networks' president and chief executive officer. "By
teaming with Wyse Technology, we can leverage the affordable, high-performance
synergy of our respective products, and deliver a leading technology
that clearly matches our customers' requirements for secure, cost-effective
remote access to centralized applications and data."
Netilla Security Platforms are secure remote networking appliances based
on Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption and other Web technologies
that enable browser-based access to legacy Windows, Unix/Linux, mainframe
as well as native Web applications in the data center. Netilla Security Platforms are practical, quick-to-deploy and simple-to-manage solutions
that lower the TCO of secure remote access implementations.
More and more businesses are using Wyse Winterm thin clients at remote
offices. Wyse's thin clients are desktop alternatives to the personal
computer. The devices cost less to purchase and support than personal
computers, have better security and enable centralized, remote management.
The devices display applications that reside on a server at a centralized
company office and are accessed over a Wide Area Network (WAN). Wyse's
thin clients can be pre-configured from a central IT location and then
installed in the field by merely plugging them in and turning them on.
Should the devices ever require an upgrade to the existing software
on the device, Wyse's Rapport Management Software enables updates to
quickly be "pushed" over the Expand accelerated WAN and installed
without an IT worker having to ever touch the device.
"Wyse Winterm thin clients are ideally suited for Netilla's remote
access platforms, and meet the growing demand for secure, easy to manage
solutions," said David Rand, director of corporate marketing for
Wyse Technology. "By teaming with Netilla we can provide our resellers
and customers with a powerful remote access solution that that maximizes
cost efficiency, ease-of-use and security."