Wyse Technology Spins-off Management Software Company

Rapport Technologies Inc. to Address Market Need for Embedded Device Management

San Jose, CA – 08/05/2002 - Wyse® Technology, the worldwide leader in secure, managed thin clients, today announced it is spinning off the management software portion of its business and creating an independent company, Rapport Technologies, Inc. Wyse formed Rapport Technologies to develop an industry standard for embedded device management software, and to expand beyond enterprise thin clients to manage a wide variety of devices, such as PDAs, Pocket PCs and personal computers.

Rapport Technologies will operate as an independent U.S.-based company, with Wyse Technology serving as Rapport Technologies' initial channel of distribution for Rapport Management Software to the end customer. Wyse will continue to market, sell and support the Wyse Rapport branded management software with its own VAR channel and direct customers. Max Toy, formerly vice president of business initiatives at Wyse Technology, has been appointed president of Rapport Technologies. The company will be located in North Dallas, TX, near Wyse Technology's Carrolton, TX-based development facility.

It has always been Wyse's goal to extend Rapport management software beyond the traditional enterprise thin-client market. There are millions of thin clients installed today, which represents only a small fraction of the wide variety of devices that people use to communicate, including handheld PDAs, personal computers, cell phones, etc. A major challenge to maximizing the usefulness of these devices and keeping the cost of using them to a minimum is that there is no industry standard for embedded device management. Wyse Rapport is already the industry standard in the thin-client market, with more than 400,000 devices from multiple vendors currently supported, and Rapport Technologies will build upon Wyse's previous development efforts to make Rapport the standard in other embedded device markets.

"Wyse Technology is the domain expert in the thin-client market, and to grow the space, we will cultivate the thin-client ecosystem - from the server, through the network, to the desktop," said John Stringer, president and CEO of Wyse Technology Inc. "The spin-off of Rapport Technologies is a strategic move that addresses the significant cultural differences that are inherent to application software companies. This includes the need to have a standalone identity and purpose, the ability to look at markets in a non-traditional manner, and a development environment that lets creativity flourish."

About Wyse Technology

Wyse is the #1 vendor the world's largest businesses and institutions trust for scalable thin-client computing solutions. Wyse provides the hardware, software, and services that shift computing complexity to the network, reducing cost, liberating IT departments from unnecessary support and maintenance functions, empowering users to be more productive in their jobs, and protecting and improving access to critical information and business applications. Headquartered in San Jose, California with offices worldwide, Wyse has been #1 in thin-client market share for the last eight years, enjoys a close partnership with Citrix Systems, and has been named Microsoft "Embedded Partner of the Year" for three years. Wyse customers include FedEx, Best Buy (Canada), Quaker Foods, and Gold's Gym.

For more information, visit the Wyse website at http://www.wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE