KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 18, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Neoware Systems (Nasdaq:NWRE), the leading supplier of award-winning software, services, and appliances for thin client computing, today announced that the City of Largo, Florida, population 70,000, is improving the efficiency of City services by deploying Neoware's wireless thin client appliances and software, cost-effectively extending the City's IT architecture to fire inspectors, environmental services, and public works officials working remotely in the field.
Easily integrated into the City's existing thin client IT architecture, Neoware's secure and reliable wireless thin client tablets and software are now enabling the City's field personnel to access property records and community development data, e-mail, write or update reports, and conduct research over the Internet. Unlike Tablet PCs, Neoware's wireless thin client tablets have no hard drive or other local storage, making them more secure, more reliable, and more cost-effective.
Largo, known as a "City of Progress", is a community of over 70,000 residents, and continues to grow through voluntary annexation. Over the last 10 years, the City successfully developed landmark projects such as Largo Central Park and the Largo Cultural Center. Downtown redevelopment is currently underway, and plans are in place to open a new 93,000 square-foot library in 2005. This ongoing growth created a need for more efficient delivery of City services, such as public safety, fire inspections, building and business inspections, license applications and issuances, environmental studies and compliance, and public works projects.
Largo government officials determined they could speed delivery of municipal services by providing workers in the field with remote wireless access to the City's enterprise information systems. This would allow workers to access, enter, and update information on the road, in real time, instead of requiring a once a day stop at the City Hall facility to drop off their records which would then have to be keyed in by clerical staff.
"Neoware provided us with a solid state thin client wireless solution, which enabled us to put our complete enterprise application suite on the road," says Dave Richards, Assistant Administrator with the City of Largo, Florida. "Field reports that used to take days to process can now be delivered in minutes. We can now access department records anytime, anywhere, which is boosting efficiency. Many of our City services personnel work out in the community, and with Neoware's mobile wireless tablets and software, they can now access, enter, and update building permits and inspection data, for example, in real time, while out in the field."
In addition to enabling mobile wireless connectivity and making government services more efficient, City officials chose Neoware's wireless thin client tablets and software because they improve the overall security and reliability of the City's entire IT system. Neoware's thin client appliances and software are immune from standard PC viruses, and can be 'locked down' to prevent user changes, making them more secure than tablet PCs. And because they have no moving parts, they're more reliable, an important consideration for devices that will be used in the field.
"Neoware thin client appliances and software enable governments and enterprises around the globe to do more with less," commented Michael Kantrowitz, Chairman and CEO of Neoware Systems. "Neoware reduces the cost of delivering access to applications for a broad spectrum of users, from desk-based to mobile workers. Thin client appliances are a superb solution for any organization to extend computer access to more workers, while at the same time improving security, reliability, and manageability, and lowering costs."
About Neoware
Neoware's software, services, and thin client appliances make computing more secure, manageable, reliable and affordable by enabling global enterprises to fully leverage server-based computing. By incorporating open, standards-based technologies and eliminating the obsolescence that is built into standard PC architectures, Neoware provides enterprises with increased flexibility and choice, as well as lower up-front and total costs.
Neoware's software products enable enterprises to gain control of their desktops, and to integrate mainframe, midrange, UNIX and Linux applications with Windows(r) and the web. Neoware's thin client appliances enable enterprises to run applications on servers, and display them across wired or wireless networks on secure, managed, reliable appliances that cost as little as one fourth the price of today's typical business PC. Neoware services enable corporations to benefit from server-based computing with training and end-to-end support.
Neoware's products are available worldwide from IBM, as well as from select, knowledgeable resellers. More information about Neoware can be found on the Web at http://www.neoware.com or via email at invest@neoware.com. Neoware is based in King of Prussia, PA.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding: our expectation of gaining market share as a result of our new product introductions; the growth of the thin client segment of the PC industry; our belief as to Open Management increasing thin client sales; and the benefits of our business model allowing customers to lower ongoing costs of technology ownership. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statement include acceptance of our thin client products, pricing pressures, rapid technological changes in the industry, growth of the Appliance Computing market, increased competition, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, adverse changes in general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally and political and economic uncertainties associated with current world events. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Neoware's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2004. Neoware, ThinPC and TeemTalk are trademarks of Neoware Systems, Inc. All other names products and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.