Wyse Technology, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and TechAmerica Co-Sponsor Event:...

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Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:00am EDT 

Wyse Technology, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and TechAmerica Co-Sponsor
Event: 'The Role of Technology in Meeting Global Public Sector Challenges'

CIO Forum to Feature John Suffolk of U.K., California CIO Teri Takai, San Jose
Mayor Chuck Reed, Citrix Systems CEO Mark Templeton

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyse Technology, the Silicon Valley
Leadership Group, and TechAmerica are co-sponsoring a panel presentation,
discussion and Q&A session at a unique event designed to tackle the issues of
the day with the goal of building bridges between businesses private and
public, domestic and global, federal and local.  

Members of the press are invited to attend, as this event promises to be an
opportunity to hear from key leaders in the technology industry:

    WHO:      -- John Suffolk, Her Majesty's CIO for the United Kingdom (CIO
                 of UK Government)
              -- Teri Takai, CIO for the State of California
              -- Chuck Reed, Mayor of San Jose
              -- Mark Templeton, CEO of Citrix System, Inc.
              -- Tarkan Maner, President and CEO of Wyse Technology Inc.
              -- Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group

    WHEN:     Thursday, April 23, 2009
              11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (lunch will be served)

    WHERE:    Wyse Technology Headquarters
              3471 N. 1st Street, San Jose

    RSVP:     All attendees must be pre-registered.  Members of the press are
              eligible to attend at no cost.  Please contact Tim Smith
              (tsmith@elementpr.com) or Phil Yost (pyost@svlg.net) for
              registration information.


About Wyse Technology
Wyse Technology is the global leader in thin computing and client
virtualization. Wyse and its partners, Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, VMware and
others deliver the hardware, infrastructure software, and services that
formulate the benefits of cloud computing, virtualization and Green IT.  These
thin computing solutions allow individuals and enterprises to access the
application information they need, but with better security, manageability,
and at a much lower total cost of ownership than a PC.  Wyse is headquartered
in San Jose, California, with offices worldwide.  For more information, visit
the Wyse Web site at http://www.wyse.com or call 1-800-GET-WYSE.

About the Silicon Valley Leadership Group
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group, founded in 1978 by David Packard of
Hewlett-Packard, represents 290 of Silicon Valley's most respected employers
on issues, programs and campaigns that affect the economic health and quality
of life in Silicon Valley, including energy, transportation, education,
housing, health care, tax policies, economic vitality and the environment.
Leadership Group members collectively provide nearly one of every four private
sector jobs in Silicon Valley. For more information, visit svlg.net or call
(408) 501-7853.

About TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, the driving
force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and
the foundation of the global innovation economy.  Representing approximately
1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of
the economy, it is the industry's largest technology advocacy organization and
is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines. It is also the
technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, covering all
U.S. state capitals, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing). 
TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics
Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics &
Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more at www.aeanet.org or
www.itaa.org.

* All brands and names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective
holders.

    Media Contacts

    For Wyse Technology              For Silicon Valley Leadership Group
    Tim Smith                        Phil Yost
    Element Public Relations         408-501-7853
    1-415-350-3019                   pyost@svlg.net
    tsmith@elementpr.com




SOURCE  Wyse Technology, Inc.

Tim Smith of Element Public Relations, +1-415-350-3019, tsmith@elementpr.com,
for Wyse Technology; or Phil Yost of Silicon Valley Leadership Group,
+1-408-501-7853, pyost@svlg.net
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