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IHD opts for Neoware

IT Wise, the Sub-Saharan distributor for Neoware, today announced that International Healthcare Distributors (IHD) had standardised on Neoware as its preferred supplier for thin client terminals.

"We initially installed 50 Neoware terminals in our main warehouse some time ago and are extremely satisfied with their performance since then, despite some early teething problems related to hardware incompatibilities," commented Carine van Zyl, the IS infrastructure manager at IHD.

"In our original evaluation for the purchase of thin client terminals," continued Van Zyl, "our selection criteria included the ability to communicate and integrate with our `in-house` developed core systems, the quality of the after-sales support that was available, as well as the total cost of ownership.

"We will be opening an additional warehouse shortly in Johannesburg (Longmeadow) and will be installing about another 20 terminals in that location as well," concluded Van Zyl.

IHD was formed in 1993 and is a finished goods logistics service provider to a number of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers. It currently distributes to end dispensers such as pharmacists, doctors and clinics on behalf of Abbott Laboratories, Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, EAS, Eli Lilly, Genop Healthcare, MSD, Novartis, Nutrimax, Pfizer, Pharmaco, Roche, Schering, Schering-Plough, Wyeth South Africa and companies in the sanofi-aventis group.

The company operates nationally from five distribution centres within South Africa (Johannesburg (Linbro Park), Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban), and employs nearly 500 people around the country.

For further information, please contact Ernie Boardman at telephone (012) 665 2204; fax (012) 665 2918; e-mail ernie@itwise.co.za.

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Neoware

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 US-based Neoware and Packeteer.

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