King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA. / Palo Alto, California, USA. (SANEPR.com) August 3, 2007 -- Neoware, Inc. (Nasdaq: NWRE), a leading provider of thin client computing solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with Solidcore® Systems, Inc., a leading provider of change control for critical systems. Neoware is integrating Solidcore’s S3 Control Embedded™ software with Neoware’s thin client computers to prevent any unauthorized changes and code from executing on the thin client systems. The integration will help increase the uptime and security of Neoware’s thin client computers, and help reduce the total cost of ownership for thin client customers by reducing the number of service touch points.
Solidcore S3 Control Embedded software runs transparently on Neoware’s thin client computers to prevent unauthorized, out-of-policy software changes that could cause system downtime. With Solidcore S3 Control Embedded, Neoware can offer customers a reduction in field maintenance activities and unapproved software modifications on its thin client computers, including those powered by Microsoft Windows XP Embedded. The componentized Microsoft Windows XP Embedded provides a rich set of features in SP2 Feature Pack 2007 for embedded system manufacturers, independent software vendors and independent hardware vendors. These include the File Based Write Filter and USB Flash Boot capability. Solidcore complements and leverages these powerful mechanisms by providing the OEM channel the capability to monitor and enforce the software change control policies based on authorized updaters and approved maintenance time windows. Additionally, Solidcore provides zero-day security protection by ensuring only authorized software can run on the thin clients.
“Our customers depend on our leading thin client systems for centralizing information access across the IT infrastructure, and working with Solidcore will help ensure our systems are not compromised by any unauthorized software changes,” said Jim Kirby, executive vice president of sales at Neoware. “With no locally stored data to manage, thin client computing not only provides organizations with cost savings, but strong regulatory compliance as well. Solidcore enables us to reduce our customer’s cost of operations by eliminating emergency patching and reducing help desk calls by proactively controlling what software can change and what software can run on a system once deployed in the infrastructure.”
“We’re pleased to be working with Solidcore and Neoware to provide customers with a highly-secure, locked-down thin client solution,” said Jeff Felbeck, senior manager, Windows Embedded Marketing, Microsoft Corp. “Converging Solidcore’s proven change control solution with Microsoft embedded platforms helps thin client manufacturers offer a differentiated solution for meeting the high-availability and high-security needs of their customers.”
Partnering with Solidcore will enable Neoware to enhance its market-leading thin client solution. Solidcore’s S3 Control Embedded software is a small footprint, low-overhead change control solution. The product quickly installs to enforce a device owner’s change policy and provides protection against changes generated by unauthorized users. The product is also utilized to enforce the control requirements for Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and other regulatory mandates. Solidcore’s S3 Control Embedded solution provides benefits to both IT organizations and thin client computer manufacturers. IT organizations achieve higher availability and better security for thin client systems, while thin client computer manufactures like Neoware benefit from offering a unique, out-of-the-box computing solution with enhanced software control, security and compliance.
“We are pleased to be working with innovative companies and organizations such as Neoware, who recognize the importance of deploying change control as a foundation of thin client and embedded system computers,” said Jim Sarale, vice president of embedded solutions for Solidcore. “By integrating Solidcore’s S3 Control Embedded solution, manufacturers of thin client computers and embedded systems can offer customers unparalleled control and reliability while lowering development and support costs.”
About Neoware
Neoware, Inc. (Nasdaq: NWRE), is global provider of thin client computing solutions that allow organizations to cut costs by centralizing desktop management, alleviating threats of security breaches and reducing energy consumption. Forward thinking companies enable their desktop virtualization strategies with Neoware’s desktop, laptop and software offerings. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, U.S.A., Neoware has offices throughout Europe and Asia. Its products are available worldwide from select resellers and partners, and it has technology partnerships with leading companies including Microsoft, IBM and Lenovo.
About Solidcore Systems
Solidcore is a leading provider of change control for critical systems. Solidcore’s S3 Control Embedded software is used by the world’s leading manufacturers of automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals, medical devices, thin-clients, storage appliances and other devices to accelerate the deployment of embedded systems while reducing support costs. Solidcore is a Gold Partner in Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Partner Program, and the Solidcore change control software has been established as a valuable component of Microsoft Windows Embedded-based devices. Solidcore is headquartered in Cupertino, California. For more information about Solidcore’s change control software for embedded systems, visit http://www.solidcore.com/embedded. For more information about Solidcore, visit http://www.solidcore.com.
Neoware is a trademark of Neoware, Inc. Solidcore is a registered trademark of Solidcore Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. S3 Control Embedded is a trademark of Solidcore Systems, Inc. All other names, products and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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