Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, to significantly extend its desktop virtualization offerings. The addition of Wyse will expand Dell’s desktop virtualization capabilities and provide new solutions and services opportunities for the full range of Dell’s enterprise offerings.
In some environments, a virtual desktop allows enterprises to more efficiently and securely manage their users and end point devices. With this acquisition, Dell expands its enterprise solutions portfolio and offers customers an ever broadening array of tailored solutions to meet their needs.
“The total market for desktop virtualization solutions should continue to see strong growth globally, with the larger revenue and margin opportunities coming from the datacenter infrastructure, cloud and services offerings that are tied to thin client and desktop virtualization technology sales,” said Matt Eastwood, Group Vice President, Enterprise Platform Research, IDC. “Thin client and desktop virtualization solutions typically drive high attach rates to data center solutions, including servers, networking, storage and services. The end-to-end datacenter infrastructure stack for these solutions is expected to exceed $15 billion by 2015.”
Wyse Technology Leadership
Wyse Technology, ranked No. 1 in thin client unit shipment volume on 4Q 20111, has shipped more than 20 million units worldwide and has over 200 million people interacting with its products each day. The company has more than 180 patents, both issued and pending, covering its solutions, software and differentiated intellectual property.
The Wyse solutions portfolio includes industry-leading thin client solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software.
- Cloud clients: Wyse offers a wide selection of secure, reliable, cost-effective thin and zero clients designed to easily integrate into any virtualized or web-based infrastructure, while meeting the budget and performance requirements for any application.
- Cloud software: Technology powering a new world of cloud connected smart devices.
- Management software – Secure, easy and scalable remote device management for the extended enterprise.
- Virtualization software – The best user experience with Microsoft, Citrix and VMware virtual desktop infrastructures.
- Mobility software – Secure mobile connectivity to your personal, private or public cloud for mobile devices.
- Services: Wyse offers a wide range of cloud computing services to complement our cloud clients and software solutions. Services are available for specific or on-going engagements.
Wyse Technology, founded in 1981, is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and serves customers in more than 50 countries around the world. Wyse has more than 3,000 resellers and shipped more than 1 million units in 2011.
The transaction was approved by the board of directors of each company and is expected to be accretive to Dell non-GAAP earnings in the second half of its Fiscal Year 2013. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction remains subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of Dell’s FY13.