ClearCube Customer Listed on 2008 InformationWeek 500

Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:00am EDT
 
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  AUSTIN, TX, Sep 17 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
ClearCube, the market leader in centralized desktop computing solutions,
today announced that its customer, Wachovia, one of the nation's largest
diversified financial services companies, has been honored by
InformationWeek for its innovative use of technology. With a listing on
the 2008 InformationWeek 500, the publication is recognizing Wachovia as
one of the nation's 500 most innovative users of information technology.
This selection was based on the company's use of ClearCube's centralized
computing solutions to meet the security and management needs of
Wachovia's desktop computing environment. The 2008 InformationWeek 500
companies were revealed on September 15, 2008 at a gala awards ceremony
held during the InformationWeek 500 Conference at the St. Regis Resort in
Monarch Beach, California.

    "We are constantly evaluating and implementing new technologies to make
our traders more efficient and to meet the needs of our demanding desktop
IT environments," said John Giattino, senior vice president of technology
delivery services at Wachovia. "ClearCube's solutions have allowed
Wachovia to enhance its IT security and ensure maximum flexibility and
agility for trader workstations. The honor from the InformationWeek 500
demonstrates our innovation, which translates directly to better customer
offerings and customer service."

    Wachovia was one of the first companies to deploy PC blades to its trading
floors, piloting technology from ClearCube, a leader in centralized
desktop computing solutions based in Austin, Texas. By adopting the
ClearCube solution, Wachovia eliminated PC-related noise and heat on the
trading floors and provided traders with more work space. With the
solution's powerful Web-based management software, the Sentral(TM) VDI
Management System, IT administrators now monitor multiple PC blades from
a central location and can perform repairs and maintenance on the PCs
without ever stepping onto the trading floor.

    In search of cost savings, high availability and better ergonomics,
Wachovia expanded its use of centralized computing technology and has
recognized significant space and desktop support savings. Wachovia is now
able to meet and exceed the computing needs of its traders, enabling it to
focus its resources on serving customers and driving revenue for the
company. Since, Wachovia has been at the forefront of desktop delivery
methods in the financial services sector.

    "For 20 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative
users of business technology," said InformationWeek Editor-in-Chief Rob
Preston. "Year after year, InformationWeek 500 companies harness
technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue, and
establish a competitive advantage. We applaud this year's winners, and
the CIOs and other executives whose ingenuity and risk taking are at the
center of business technology innovation."

    InformationWeek has identified and honored the nation's most innovative
users of information technology with its annual listing, now in its 20th
year, and has tracked the technology, strategies, investments and
administrative practices of America's best-known companies. The list is
unique among corporate rankings because it spotlights the power of
innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the
biggest IT spenders.

    Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at
www.informationweek.com/iw500/.

    About Wachovia

    Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) is one of the nation's largest diversified
financial services companies, with assets of $812.4 billion and market
capitalization of $33.5 billion at June 30, 2008. Wachovia provides a
broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management,
and corporate and investment banking products and services to customers
through 3,300 retail financial centers in 21 states from Connecticut to
Florida and west to Texas and California, and nationwide retail
brokerage, mortgage lending and auto finance businesses. Globally,
clients are served in selected corporate and institutional sectors and
through more than 40 international offices. Our retail brokerage
operations under the Wachovia Securities brand name manage more than $1.1
trillion in client assets through 14,600 financial advisors in 1,500
offices nationwide. Online banking is available at www.wachovia.com,
online brokerage products and services at www.wachoviasec.com, and
investment products and services at www.evergreeninvestments.com.

    About ClearCube

    ClearCube is the market leader of centralized computing and virtual
desktop solutions. As the pioneer of centralized desktop computing,
ClearCube provides solutions that span 1:1 power users to 1:many
virtualized desktop environments, integrating connection broker software,
blades, access devices and professional services to give organizations
full control and flexibility over end-user computing. ClearCube's
Sentral(TM) VDI Management System provides clients the ability to utilize
any back-end hardware or user access device for desktop virtualization.
Organizations deploying ClearCube gain improved manageability, 99.9
percent availability and hardened security while reducing support costs
by more than 40 percent. For more information, visit its corporate
website at www.clearcube.com.

    

Press Contact for InformationWeek:
Ellen Asuncion
Marketing Manager
949.223.3622
easuncion@techweb.com

Press Contact for Wachovia/ClearCube:
Ross Levanto/Rachel Lear
Schwartz Communications
781-684-0770
clearcube@schwartz-pr.com

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