AppsMall.com L.L.C. Adds ThinView to its E-Business Portfolio; ThinView Offers Access to AS/400 Applications and Data From Around the World.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers ROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2000 AppsMall.com L.L.C., a leading midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually software distributor, now offers ThinView, a Java-based, web-to-host e-business connectivity tool that allows secure Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. access to AS/400 applications and data from anywhere in the world. All that is required of users is a PC with a Java-enabled Web browser. Today, most AS/400 customers have the majority of their programming assets and skills invested in 5250-based applications. With ThinView, users can deploy these applications across their Intranets, Extranets and the Internet rapidly and securely. No programming is required, and ThinView's unique "set-up wizards" quickly produce easy-to-use applets for 5250 terminal emulation Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. , viewing and printing reports, and database applications. "For many who have yet to invest in the wholesale restructuring of their systems, ThinView offers a route to e-business in rapid time," says Charlie Harter, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AppsMall.com. "Existing applications such as Inventory Inquiries, Order Backlog Inquiries and Order Entry can be made instantly available to authorized sales reps, customers and suppliers regardless of their physical location." ThinView not only offers access to interactive 5250 applications, it also allows authorized users to browse and display spooled print files. Users are able to query and display data directly from AS/400 database files with a native Java Windows interface. These are tremendous advantages over similar products available today. By distributing ThinView through AppsMall.com, Touchtone Corporation hopes to increase the visibility and reach of its product in the marketplace. "We are excited by the opportunities AppsMall.com provides us," says Bruce Friesen, Marketing Manager at Touchtone Corporation. "We hope that the strengths of ThinView -- its ease of implementation and its performance over the web -- will make it a standard toolkit for AppsMall.com's solution providers." Detailed ThinView product information is available immediately at www.AppsMall.com. For information on how Value Added Resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). can capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. this lucrative opportunity, contact Bruce Pover (bpover@appsmall.com) at 1-800-275-6922, ext.1375, in the Americas, or Stuart Lilley (slilley@appsmall.com) at 44-1278-769169, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the . About AppsMall.com AppsMall.com is a leading online software provider for the midrange marketplace. Company operations are centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. in Rochester, Minn., with subsidiaries and partnerships located around the world. As a marketing, sales and distribution company focused on web-based business applications software, AppsMall.com is a pioneer in developing an Internet-assisted software channel that blends the strengths of a traditional marketing organization with a state-of-the-art Internet website. AppsMall.com provides a central source for software solutions, information, training, support and fulfillment for Value Added Resellers. AppsMall.com is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . About Touchtone Corporation Touchtone Corporation was founded in 1991 with the goal of developing software for the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AS/400. Today, Touchtone is known for providing QuestView software, a database utility and program generator See application generator. for AS/400 users. Users of QuestView include Coca-Cola, Disney, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Mobil Oil, Porsche, Nissan and Sony. Following QuestView, Touchtone produced Wintouch(tm) eCRM, a web-based customer relationship management solution that helps organizations increase profitably, efficiency and customer satisfaction. Touchtone has established a reputation for delivering powerful software solutions and excellent customer support. By continually enhancing its software to meet customer demands -- and by backing up its products with exceptional support -- the company has remained ahead of its competition. Touchtone Corporation is headquartered in Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif. ThinView is a registered trademark of Touchtone Corporation. All other brands and product names referenced herein are trademarks of their respective companies. See product materials for details on the security features incorporated into the ThinView Software. |
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