Neoware Demonstrates the Latest in Thin Client Appliances and Software at Citrix iForum in Edinburgh

Neoware Software for IBM NetVista Thin Clients on Display


KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., June 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Neoware Systems (Nasdaq:NWRE), the leading supplier of award-winning software, services, and solutions for the Appliance Computing market, today announced that it has partnered with Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) to sponsor the Citrix iForum Edinburgh 2002 Conference, being held Monday, June 10, 2002 through Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Neoware's products will be displayed at booth 54 at the conference.

Neoware will exhibit the latest software and thin clients used in implementing server-based appliance computing solutions. Included in the display will be Neoware's Eon, Capio, and IBM NetVista products enhanced with Neoware's thin client appliance software. iForum is the first public venue in which Neoware will demonstrate this new software that will enable IBM customers to upgrade to the latest thin client technologies without changing their hardware. This software provides IBM customers with a migration path to a new generation of thin client appliance computing including Windows CE .NET and NeoLinux for the IBM NetVista family.

The Windows CE .NET upgrade will include Internet Explorer 5.5, Pericom terminal emulators, and the most current Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(r)) access software. The NeoLinux upgrade will provide IBM customers with key features they have experienced when using IBM's Thin Client Manager Version 2 Release 1 including: IBM 3270/5250 emulators, server/peer boot, user authentication and profile support, AS/400 printing (seriald), and IBM JVMs. In addition, the NeoLinux upgrade will provide significant enhancements for Citrix(r) ICA support and an upgraded Netscape Navigator. Both NeoLinux and Windows CE .NET will be supported by Neoware's award-winning ezRemote Manager, for seamless systems management support for upgraded NetVista and Neoware appliances. These exciting upgrades will allow customers to leverage their investment in IBM NetVista thin clients by using the same client software available on new Neoware appliances while managing their entire thin client environment through a common remote management tool.

Neoware offers complete server-based appliance computing solutions, saving customers both time and money via superior manageability and compatibility. Neoware products are managed using Neoware's ezRemote Manager software, an enterprise-class suite of tools designed to dramatically lower the cost of managing thin client appliances. This powerful software allows administrators to discover, configure, and upgrade any appliance on a network without traveling from desk to desk. Neoware thin client appliances are compatible with Microsoft Windows Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame(r) software and support Citrix ICA and Microsoft RDP, enabling users to run the latest Windows-based applications from a server, without the administrative and overhead costs associated with personal computers.

Citrix iForum Edinburgh is for IT professionals looking to streamline business practices to generate new revenue opportunities, expand their knowledge of the range of solutions offered by application serving and portal software and services, identify the tangible benefits of application serving solutions, or participate in a series of hands-on technical sessions. This year's event will deliver a real-life case study approach with focused panel discussion sessions, interactive technical debates, and solutions presented by the leading players in the industry. For more information, please visit www.citrixiforum2002.com/cif_index.php.

About Neoware

Neoware provides software, services, and solutions to enable Appliance Computing, a new Internet-based computing architecture targeted at business customers that are designed to be simpler and easier than traditional PC-based computing. Neoware's software and management tools power and manage a new generation of smart computing appliances that utilize the benefits of open, industry-standard technologies to create new alternatives to personal computers used in business and a wide variety of proprietary business devices. Neoware's products are designed to run local applications for specific vertical markets, plus allow access across a network to multi-user Windows servers, Linux servers, mainframes, minicomputers, and the Internet. Computing appliances that run and are managed by Neoware's software offer the cost benefits of industry-standard hardware and software, easier installation, and have lower up-front and administrative costs than proprietary or PC-based alternatives. More information about Neoware can be found on the Web at www.neoware.com or via email at info@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 the cost benefits and other advantages of the Company's products and the IBM customer migration plan. 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 statements include Neoware's timely development and customers' acceptance of Neoware's appliance computing products, pricing pressures, rapid technological changes in the industry, growth of the appliance computing market, increased competition, Neoware's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, adverse changes in general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally, risks associated with foreign operations 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, 2001.

Neoware is a registered trademark of Neoware Systems, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Citrix(r), ICA(r), and MetaFrame(r) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other names, products, and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.



            

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