Netier Technologies Announces License Agreement with Microsoft for Windows NT Embedded 4.0

In a major breakthrough in the server-based computing market, Netier Technologies, Inc. has announced a license agreement with Microsoft(R) (Nasdaq:MSFT) for its Windows(R) NT Embedded 4.0 operating system. This agreement enables Netier to design and develop innovative server-based computing solutions based on the Windows NT Embedded 4.0 operating system. The new system, offered in Netier's NetXpress(TM) solid-state access devices, provides a highly reliable, high-performance, and secure thin-client solution for server-based computing environments.

Key Takeaways:

• Netier Technologies has licensed the Windows(R) NT Embedded 4.0 operating system from Microsoft(R) to design and develop innovative server-based computing solutions.
• The agreement allows Netier to offer a highly reliable, high-performance, and secure thin-client solution for server-based computing environments using its NetXpress(TM) solid-state access devices.
• The Windows NT Embedded 4.0 operating system provides server-based computing users with PC-like utility, thin-client manageability, and security.
• Netier's NetXpress thin workstations deliver potent functionality in a computing appliance form factor, with powerful CPUs and enough system and flash memory to store and deploy remote application sessions, Internet browsers, media players, document viewers, enhanced emulators, Java(TM) consoles, and ActiveX applications.
• Netier's network solutions achieve desktop performance rivaling that of traditional PC-based client/server networks by distributing processing between a network server and NetXpress access devices.

Statistics:

• Netier has offered an embedded version of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 in its NetXpress line since October 1998.
• The $70-million NAPA project represents one of the largest solid-state access device deployments ever, using Netier's NetXpress access devices as point-of-sale computer terminals throughout its 6,200-store chain.
• Each NetXpress thin workstation is configured with the Windows NT Embedded 4.0 operating system and embedded Internet browser.

Sources:

• Netier Technologies, Inc., "Netier and Microsoft Form Strategic Alliance for Server-Based Computing Market" (February 29, 2000)
• Business Wire, "Netier and Microsoft Form Strategic Alliance for Server-Based Computing Market" (February 29, 2000)
• "Genuine Parts Company, TAMS," Section: About Netier