Attachmate Announces e-Vantage for BEA Tuxedo and WebLogic; Attachmate Solution Provides Airlines Real-time Access and Manipulation of Information on Legacy Systems With BEA Middleware.

Business/High Tech Editors

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000

Attachmate Corporation announced today the availability of e-Vantage for BEA Tuxedo. Comprising a set of SDK objects on a Tuxedo transaction server, Attachmate(R) e-Vantage for BEA Tuxedo establishes two-way, real-time connections with mainframe, UNISYS(R), TPF, ALCS, UNIX(R)/VMS(TM), and AS/400(R) enterprise host systems.

Designed to webify airline legacy applications with middleware, e-Vantage for BEA Tuxedo allows for real-time access and manipulation of information housed on legacy systems, and provides a platform for creating Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) (EJB(TM)) that access any mainframe-based application.

Unisys, BEA and Attachmate will present the integrated solution to 50 air transport enterprises attending the Unisys Airline Users Association (UAUA) Conference in Sydney, Australia this week. According to Dennis Christ, VP and GM of Unisys Global Transportation, "Legacy systems have traditionally been the keystone of the Airlines industry because of their reliability, scalability and transaction processing capability. As the airlines migrate to the Web, access to the information residing on these robust central servers is crucial. The Attachmate solution with BEA Tuxedo is an ideal partnership to address this need."

Web-based Solutions for Airlines

Few industries are more reliant on real-time information than the airlines. e-Vantage for BEA Tuxedo addresses these needs by providing a complete solution.

-- Highly Scalable Transaction Processing - In addition to BEA's

reputation in this area, the Attachmate SDK objects have been

verified to support over 2000 concurrent sessions or requests.

The Attachmate/BEA combined focus in this area makes the total

solution extremely efficient.

-- Development Flexibility - The end-user applications can be

written in any language. This allows development groups to

utilize the expertise that already exists in organizations

without having to learn a new product or technology. The

client applications can be developed in Java, C, or C++.

-- Reduces Host Utilization - The solution uses either a BEA

Tuxedo(R) Service or a WebLogic(R) EJB to control reliability

of the transaction. The Service is capable of caching,

collecting, disseminating, and processing multiple

transactions simultaneously from multiple sources. There is no

need to do redundancy checks, which are already built in

existing ALC host transactions.

-- No Changes to Legacy Applications - Often solutions and

vendors in the middleware marketplace require that changes be

made to the legacy host applications. The non-intrusive

Attachmate solution does not require any changes to the host

applications. The current applications can support both

existing users as well as the new Tuxedo or WebLogic

applications.

-- Multi-host Support - Attachmate provides SDK objects for

almost any type of host including: 2200, S/390(R), AS/400,

A-Series, UNIX, and TPF. Attachmate also provides a consistent

interface between all host platforms. The Attachmate/BEA

solution is a total solution, no matter the transaction

processing environment.

-- Easy to Use GUI - Allows you to create a GUI which is

completely independent of the host application where the

information is stored.

-- Printing Expertise - A client/server-based print solution is

provided to support host printing, including ticket printing.

The Technology

With SDK objects serving as object-oriented conduits and Tuxedo providing the transaction server, clients can transparently access and manipulate information from legacy systems in real time. When an application requires host information, it sends a request through the BEA(R) server, which establishes a host connection using an Attachmate SDK object. The data is then returned to the client application through the EJB or the Tuxedo Service.

Availability

Attachmate e-Vantage for BEA Tuxedo is currently available from Attachmate resellers, retailers, and VARs, as well as through the Attachmate sales organization.

About Attachmate (www.attachmate.com)

Attachmate Corporation accelerates business advantage by extending the reach of enterprise information. The company's e-Vantage(TM) products provide access to mainframes, AS/400, VAX(R), and UNIX systems with centrally managed Java(TM), ActiveX(R), HTML, and Windows(R) clients or with custom e-business applications. For 18 years, Attachmate has solved business problems for 12 million users worldwide. With 80 offices in 30 countries, Attachmate's global infrastructure provides products, consulting services, support, and strategic partnerships worldwide. Attachmate was named 1999's Best Large Company to Work For in Washington by Washington CEO Magazine. For more information about Attachmate solutions, contact Attachmate worldwide headquarters in Bellevue, Washington at 425/644-4010 or www.attachmate.com.

(c)2000 Attachmate Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Attachmate is a registered trademark and e-Vantage is a trademark of Attachmate Corporation. UNISYS is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. BEA, BEA Tuxedo and WebLogic are registered trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. AS/400 and S/390 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. VAX is either a trademark or registered trademark of Compaq. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. Enterprise JavaBeans, EJB and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Windows and ActiveX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.