Thin Clients and Winterm

Best of all, thin clients seamlessly integrate access to both Windows-based and legacy applications, including the latest Internet and Intranet applications.

Introducing the Winterm Family

Winterm thin clients deliver the performance, security and reliability of a Microsoft Windows NT Server running any application written for Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or Windows NT without the need for high-end PCs on each desktop.

By delivering the best attributes of shared host and client/server computing models to large and small installations, Winterm thin clients dramatically expand the choices for using Windows applications.

More advanced than character terminals and superior to diskless PCs, Winterm thin clients are plug-and-play compatible with popular Windows NT applications servers, providing a true Windows display.

Up to ten seats can be supported by just a 486-class PC, more with Pentium or multi- processor systems. Winterm thin clients operate over RS-232 (direct or modem) or via Ethernet.

Winterm thin clients use an efficient protocol to communicate display information to the thin client and keyboard and mouse data to the host server.

Winterm thin clients can supplement a mainframe or Unix system to deliver Windows applications. Rather than adding PCs for each desk, add a single Windows NT application server or Wyse Winterm manager and Winterm thin client for each user.

This provides access to Windows productivity applications, e-mail and scheduling and copy-and-paste capability among applications while supporting mainframe or Unix applications. Wyse offers optional software with incremental ASCII, ANSI, X Terminal and Internet Web browsing capabilities to cleanly integrate these data resources.

Secure Access in a Networked Environment

Winterm thin clients are a low-cost, flexible way to add secure local or branch office seats to a networked environment. Simply include a supported Windows NT application server or Winterm Manager somewhere on the network. Then, connect Winterm thin clients to the network - anywhere, even in branch offices via WANs - to deliver high performance with secure access to network applications and resources, including those on NetWare Servers, printers, PCs and other services.

Better Than Diskless PCs

Winterm thin clients are a better solution then diskless PCs in four ways:

• They deliver real Windows NT capability for the widest choice of applications and greatest system reliability.
• Application performance is not limited by the client CPU, eliminating client CPU upgrades and client replacements.
• Winterm thin clients don't need expensive memory upgrades to accommodate large applications or operating system updates.
• There is no dependence on booting from a network, so start-up is quick and reliable.

More Cost Effective

Winterm thin clients provide a more cost- effective way to deliver Windows applications: With a cost per seat dramatically lower than PC's and improved ease-of-use and reliability, Winterm thin clients reduce the expense of acquisition, maintenance and help desk functions. They don't need frequent CPU, hard disk or memory upgrades as applications change, so long term cost of ownership is stable and predictable.

Training costs are reduced too, because novice users can't accidentally make changes or add software that would crash their system.

Improved Ease-of-Use and Security

Winterm thin clients deliver the ease-of-use of Windows applications and more. At power-up, the thin client can automatically place the user into a Windows session, an application, or display custom messages indicating the users options - accepting keyboard or mouse response. As the superior solution for deploying security sensitive applications, Winterm thin clients include built-in multi-level security to ensure that only authorised personnel can access the server and network resources. Security works with Windows NT bases functions to grant users access only to authorised applications and data files.

Winterm thin clients make Windows applications available at more locations than ever before. On the most crowded desktop, dustiest warehouse or most inaccessible bank teller windows, Winterm thin clients offer the combination of small footprint, quiet operation and ability to withstand a harsh environment - with higher security, reliability and ease-of-use than other devices. Mean time between failures is up to four times longer than a standard PC and monitor.

Remote access from any location

A unique benefit of Winterm thin clients is locations independence - the ability to access your data, with your desktop layout, applications and icons, form any Winterm terminal - so users are no longer "chained" to a specific PC. Also of benefit is the ability for administrators to mirror or "shadow" any users terminal, monitoring or taking remote control, for more effective user training or remote technical support.

For transaction processing applications like database access, accounting, banking and point-of-sale, Winterm thin clients are the smartest choice for performance, data security and control. For productivity and specialised applications in a business environment, Winterm thin clients provide low cost, flexible, central administration of computing options for local and remote users.