Press Release: Neoware Systems, Inc.
September 7, 2000
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA -- Neoware Systems (Nasdaq: NWRE), a leading supplier of award-winning software and solutions
for the emerging information appliance market, yesterday announced that Hawk's Cay Resort has deployed Neoware's
information appliances and Remote Manager software throughout their entire 60-acre island resort.
Hawk's Cay Resort joins Caesars Tahoe and several other hospitality industry clients who have deployed Neoware's
information appliances for sales and reservations systems, as well as other applications. Ken Lamascus, MIS Manager
for Caesars Tahoe Resort states, ``From the casino floor -- where they're used for signature verification for customers
to draw credit and pull credit markers -- to our Property Management system -- Casino Show Ticket System -- and
even Room Service and Guest Services, Neoware's information appliances have eliminated a lot of administrative
headaches for us.''
Utilizing Neoware's information appliances, Hawk's Cay Resort is able to access their sales and reservations system
from any location on their property in the Florida Keys. The Florida Keys is not an area conducive to underground
or above ground cabling efforts. Since the resort has dozens of buildings, some thousands of feet apart, they needed
a solution that would enable them to efficiently access this system from any of these locations, but one that could
be easily managed from a single point, without running from building to building.
Hawk's Cay operates Neoware's information appliances with Windows NT, Terminal Server Edition from Microsoft. Instead
of installing software on complex personal computers, which had proven in the past to be very costly and labor-intensive
both in initial deployment and ongoing administration, they decided to deploy simple-to-manage information appliances
without hard drives, fans or other moving parts. Applications are installed on servers -- not the desktop -- simplifying
administration significantly.
``We needed a solution that would be easy to deploy, and that we could manage remotely -- one that would also offer
great performance,'' said Todd Erickson, director of information technology at Hawk's Cay Resort. ``With Neoware's
information appliances, the performance is great, and because they have no moving parts there is very little chance
for failure. Neoware also provided remote administration tools, quality customer service, and a solution with zero
desktop maintenance. You really can't beat that when you're trying to maintain desktops throughout a 60-acre resort.''
In addition to providing access to their central reservations system, Neoware's information appliances enable the
users at Hawk's Cay to send and receive email, access the Internet and deliver sales, conference and other applications
to employees throughout the resort. Using Neoware's Remote Manager software Hawk's Cay's system administrators
can easily manage and update each information appliance from a central location, without the need to walk from
location to location to make changes, saving money not only up-front, but lowering ongoing support costs as well.
Hawk's Cay first deployed the information appliances in the resort's Accounting department, then rolled them out
to users throughout their reservations, sales and conference departments. The next phase of deployment is planned
to roll out to users in their executive offices and housekeeping areas.
``We are pleased that Hawk's Cay Resort has joined other leaders in the hospitality industry by partnering with
Neoware to deploy a high-performance network of information appliances,'' said Michael Kantrowitz, Neoware's president
and CEO. ``Our industry leading information appliances and Remote Manager software are an efficient, cost-effective
and secure solution that we believe will have wide appeal throughout the hospitality industry.''
About Hawk's Cay Resort
Hawk's Cay Resort is a 60-acre island destination resort, located in the heart of the Florida Keys, 90 miles south
of Miami and 60 miles north of Key West. Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, Hawk's Cay features
an 83-slip marina, an interactive dolphin program and a vast array of water sports, nature programs and shopping
facilities. The resort is preparing to open the largest conference center in the Florida Keys -- accommodating
up to 540 people -- in Spring 2000. Learn more about Hawk's Cay Resort on the Web at www.hawkscay.com.
About Neoware
Neoware provides the software and infrastructure to allow the wide-scale deployment of information appliances in
business environments. Neoware's software and management tools are designed to power a new generation of smart
devices that bring the benefits of open, industry-standard technologies to a wide variety of proprietary business
devices. Neoware's products are designed to run local applications for specific vertical markets, plus allow access
to Linux servers, the Internet and Windows-based applications running on multi- user Windows servers. Neoware's
infrastructure software powers and manages information appliances, which are designed as alternatives to proprietary
devices and general-purpose personal computers, offering the cost benefits of industry-standard hardware and software,
easier installation, as well as lower up-front and administrative costs. More information about Neoware can be
found on the Web at http://www.neoware.com or via email at info@neoware.com.
Neoware is based in King of Prussia, PA.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, and relate to, among other things, the growth of Neoware's business, the increase in Neoware's
name recognition and the wide scale deployment of information appliances, that are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include those concerning the Company's products' appeal in the hospitality industry
and the Company's ability to market its products to other organizations in the hospitality industry. The words
``believe,'' ``expect,'' ``intend,'' ``anticipate,'' variations of such words, and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements
are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are
difficult to predict. Factors that could affect the Company's actual results include risks associated with Neoware's
new strategy as a supplier of software and infrastructure to enable deployment of information appliances, including
the new Linux-based products, the Company's ability to obtain additional financing and strategic partnerships and
to increase brand awareness and sales, customers' acceptance of Neoware's products, pricing pressures, the Company's
ability to lower its costs, rapid technological changes in the industry, growth of the information appliance market
and increased competition. Reference is made to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June
30, 1999 and the Prospectus Supplement dated February 16, 2000 filed with the SEC for a more detailed description
of such factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak
only as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.
Neoware is a registered trademark of Neoware Systems Inc. All other names products and services are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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