National Veterinary Associates Adopts Wyse Thin Client Virtualization to Manage IT for More Than 110 Pet Hospitals Across the United States

Upgrading IT Infrastructure Slashed Maintenance Costs and Simplified Administrative Tasks

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27 -- Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, announced today that its customer, National Veterinary Associates (NVA), has successfully implemented a new IT infrastructure based on Wyse thin clients that currently supports 110 pet hospitals in 30 states across the nation.

As the largest private owner of freestanding veterinary hospitals in the United States, National Veterinary Associates help veterinary owners run their business by taking over the back of the house activities including IT, marketing and billing, allowing the veterinarian and staff to focus on taking care of the animals.

In order to better manage its business and streamline its costs, National Veterinary Associates decided to design and implement a new IT infrastructure around Wyse thin clients that would allow them to provide better, more affordable IT service to its chain of veterinary hospitals. Each practice is equipped with a server, Wyse thin clients and a local SQL Server database that updates NVA's SQL Server nightly to support data aggregation and reporting.

Each server uses the remote desktop protocol (RDP) to send desktop images to Wyse thin clients running Wyse Thin OS. The National Veterinary Associates thin computing solution includes 1,200 Wyse 1200LE, Wyse S10, and Wyse V10L thin client devices. At NVA headquarters, robust servers with backup power supplies run Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange e-mail, and Microsoft SQL Server, which hosts accounting and general ledger applications. A Citrix server serves virtual desktops to staff working on thin clients at the corporate offices and to doctors accessing their desktops over the Internet.

"We received a terrific return on our investment by using Wyse Technology thin computing solutions: in time saved, maintenance minimized, upgrades made incredibly easy and hardware that lasts forever," said Adam Zilberman, Information Technology Director, National Veterinary Associates. "Thanks to Wyse, we can keep our business growing by keeping our veterinary hospitals happy -- and scale up more rapidly and profitably than we could have ever done before."

Now each practice benefits from an improved user experience. Veterinary staff can log in to any thin client in the office to instantly access patient information from their own desktop. The Wyse infrastructure has also improved the process of integrating new practices, enabling IT staff to get new systems up-and-running over a weekend and minimizing staff disruptions.

"Managing the IT needs of a company can be time-consuming for any IT department. Multiply that by more than 100 locations and it can be a logistical nightmare," said Jeff McNaught, Chief Marketing Officer at Wyse Technology. "The National Veterinary Associates has done a great job of implementing its thin client system. Through client virtualization, they have slashed maintenance expenses and hardware costs."

About Wyse Technology

Wyse Technology is the global leader in thin computing. Wyse and its partners deliver the hardware, infrastructure software, and services that comprise thin computing, allowing people to access the information they need using the applications they want, but with better security, manageability, and at a much lower total cost of ownership than a PC. Thin computing allows CIOs and senior IT professionals to reduce costs, manage risk, and deliver access to information. Wyse partners closely with industry leaders Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, and others to achieve this objective. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices worldwide.

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