IT Wise, the Sub-Saharan distributor for Neoware, today announced that according to recently released calendar year 2005 figures from IDC, Neoware continued to gain market share in 2005.
The IDC report indicates that Neoware leads the rapidly growing thin client segment of the PC market in compound annual growth (CAGR) for worldwide shipments and revenue between 2001 and 2005, as well as in sales of increasingly popular Linux-based thin clients. IDC reported these numbers in the IDC Enterprise Thin-Client QView, 4Q05, No. 35034.
The report showed that Neoware grew faster than the overall market in both units and revenues in 2005, and that Neoware`s unit shipment CAGR for 2001-2005, at 63%, was higher than other leading competitors for the same period.
The worldwide thin client segment, in which revenues grew almost 27% in 2005, continued to consolidate and favour larger, global players, with the top three participants, Wyse, Neoware and HP, taking 74.2% share of unit shipments for the year. Neoware was number two in share with 21% of unit shipments in 2005. IDC is forecasting 28% thin client revenue growth through calendar 2007, far outpacing the growth of personal computers.
"Clearly, the benefits of thin client computing -- improved security, lower management costs and higher return on investment -- are resonating with IT managers around the world, and their increasing interest is reflected in the growth that the industry is experiencing," commented Bob O`Donnell, vice-president at IDC.
The most recent IDC report also highlighted the growth of Linux-based thin clients as `one of the big stories for the fourth quarter`. Linux-based units represented 28% of the fourth quarter`s total shipments and 23% of the year`s total shipments. Neoware has the largest market share of the Linux segment, with 46% of the worldwide market share in 2005.
"Neoware continues to gain market share, and we believe that our thin client solutions offer customers the best choice in the marketplace," added Michael Kantrowitz, Neoware Chairman and CEO.
"We`ve invested in the software that powers and manages thin clients, integrating our software with open standards-based technologies that give our customers choice and flexibility. We believe that our ownership of key elements of the thin client software stack lets us provide our customers with better products and support. We have invested in global development centres in each of our geographic markets that allow us to integrate our thin client solutions easily and quickly into unique customer environments, as well as support the largest global thin client deployments.
"Our embrace of industry-standard thin client components based on high-volume PC technologies assures customers of the most capability and flexibility, as well as the highest quality and reliability. Our continued growth, as indicated by IDC, which is outpacing our competition, reinforces our belief that we are delivering superior thin client solutions that customers want."
For further information, please contact Sandy Redgate at telephone (012) 665 2204; fax (012) 665 2918; e-mail Sandy@itwise.co.za.
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Neoware Inc, based in King of Prussia, PA, USA, is a leading provider of enterprise software, thin client appliances, and related services that make computing more open, secure, reliable, affordable and manageable. By employing open technologies and eliminating the obsolescence built into standard personal computer architectures, Neoware helps enterprises leverage server-based computing architectures to increase security and reliability, enhance flexibility, as well as lower their total cost of ownership.
Neoware`s software products enable enterprises to gain control of their desktops, stream software on-demand, and to integrate mainframe, midrange, Unix and Linux applications with Windows environments and the Web. Its thin client appliances and software 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 personal computer. The company`s global development, services, and support provide customers with customised solutions that facilitate their specialised computing needs.
IT Wise
IT Wise, a South African company, is the sole Sub-Saharan Africa distributor for Germany-based Thin Print and USA-based Neoware and Packeteer.
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