Attachmate Demonstrates Ultimate Connectivity Solution for Windows 95 EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0; EXTRA! Personal Client To Provide Large Enterprises Risk-Free Transition to New Windows Operating Systems.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1995--Attachmate(R) Corp., the world's sixth largest personal computer software company and the number one provider of enterprise-wide connectivity software, today demonstrated at the Windows(R) 95 Launch Event its new EXTRA!(R) Personal Client 6.0, an integrated host-aware client. EXTRA! Personal Client addresses the critical connectivity needs of large enterprises, incorporating Attachmate's award-winning technology, and dramatically extending the connectivity capabilities of Windows 95 to virtually all host systems and the Internet. The new product is even CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. wireless-enabled right out of the box -- talk about "Where do you want to go today!" "Our customers are eager to reap the benefits of Windows 95, and they want to see new, innovative approaches to accessing global information," said Jim Lindner, Attachmate's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Users will immediately see the difference when using EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0 and Windows 95. Our beta users tell us that EXTRA! Personal Client will be a catalyst within their organizations in moving host and Internet users to the Windows 95 platform very rapidly." EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0 is the most robust and complete connectivity solution for the new Windows 95 environment. The product sports many new features specifically designed to increase user productivity in the new environment and offers seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with a variety of public and private host data sources, including the Internet. EXTRA! Personal Client creates a new performance, integration, and ease-of-use benchmark that yields unprecedented value for customers. Attachmate is also including their suite of 16-bit Windows applications alongside the new 32-bit product. "We are using EXTRA! Personal Client for the Windows platform today and are impressed with the breadth of components they deliver in one package," said Tina White, Sr. Distributed Systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. Analyst, of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. Electric & Gas. "The product allows us to reduce our vendor licenses for host access, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. and Internet needs down to one standard product at a fraction of the cost. If they can bring this same strategy to the Windows 95 platform, they will have a real winner on their hands." EXTRA! Personal Client has been specifically designed to leverage the Windows 95 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. in the following ways: Document-Centric - End users tailor EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0's host session settings and then save them as documents, much like you would when writing a report in a Windows word processor. This next-generation product turns mission critical host systems into point-and-click Windows 95 applications. Books and Pages - Attachmate refers to each of these session documents as "books." The books can be placed on the Windows 95 desktop or on the Start menu for easy access. An unlimited number of books can be saved with their own unique settings including connection type, colors, toolbars, and even bookmarks, to name just a few. Connecting to and working with far-flung enterprise systems is now as simple as opening a book! The host screens which compose the book are the "pages." Some of the pages are used quite often, while others are used infrequently or simply to get from one place to another. The often-used pages can be "bookmarked" for quick access, removing the burden of remembering host system navigation from the end-user. Security remains intact while the cryptic command list beside many host-connected PCs can be thrown in the recycle bin Starting with Windows 95, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The recycle bin keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. . Bookmarks - EXTRA! Personal Client brings bookmark-style World Wide Web navigation to the host systems world by integrating a 32-bit navigation engine into the architecture of the product. A user can simply point to an application or location and the system will determine the quickest route and automatically take the user there. Far beyond the capabilities of a macro recorder A program routine that converts menu selections and keystrokes into a macro. A user turns on the recorder, calls up a menu, selects a variety of options, turns the recorder off and assigns a key command to the macro. When the key command is pressed, the selections are executed. , the system can at all times recognize where it is, navigate to where it is asked to go, and activate events or trigger external programs upon arrival through the use of "page events." Page Events - Every page in the book can have attributes and events dynamically linked to it by assigning "page events." For example, a user can click on a book on their Windows 95 desktop and then click on a bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. that takes them to their inventory control page on the AS/400. Upon reaching that page, page events are triggered which turn the page background blue, activate the "inventory control"-named toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the , and launch a Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. spreadsheet automatically. OLE 2.0 - OLE 2.0 automation technology is the foundation for bookmarks, page events, and the other advanced user interface elements built into EXTRA! Personal Client. As users move through applications, their surroundings adapt to their environment automatically! OLE 2.0 linking technology allows users to drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. host data into Windows applications that support OLE 2.0 like Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , Lotus SmartSuite A suite of applications for Windows from IBM Lotus that includes the 1-2-3 spreadsheet, Word Pro word processor, Freelance Graphics, Approach database and Organizer PIM. Also included is a common toolbar for launching the applications and selecting predefined macros that provide tighter , and WordPerfect Office. End users can easily empower their Windows 95 applications with public or private enterprise information with no programming required. Multi-Threading - Multi-threading increases the overall throughput and performance of EXTRA! Personal Client and allows advanced subsystems (like bookmarks and page events) to execute simultaneously, automating routine tasks for users. And because EXTRA! Personal Client is also multi-host from the ground up, it offers all its unique capabilities to 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) and IBM-compatible mainframes, IBM AS/400s, HP and Digital hosts, a variety of UNIX servers, UNISYS (Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA, www.unisys.com) An information technology company that was created in 1986 as a merger of the Burroughs and Sperry corporations. At that time, it was the largest merger of computer manufacturers in history. mainframes (optional), and the Internet. EXTRA! Personal Client delivers global information on Windows NT workstations as well. Other Windows 95 Enhancements - EXTRA! Personal Client employs long filenames, UNC (Universal Naming Convention) A standard for identifying servers, printers and other resources in a network, which originated in the Unix community. A UNC path uses double slashes or backslashes to precede the name of the computer. (universal naming convention See UNC. ), compound files, and property pages throughout, ensuring a consistent and productive user experience. "EXTRA! Personal Client has been designed to leverage the 32-bit architecture of Windows 95," said Carl Peede, vice president, Windows Product Group for Attachmate. "Enterprise connectivity has never been easier. From session wizards to its OLE 2.0 capabilities, EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0 stands alone as the ultimate host-aware client, and yields an unprecedented value proposition for our customers." EXTRA! Personal Client also extends Microsoft's Windows 95 capabilities by surrounding it with award-winning applications, utilities and tools. EXTRA! Personal Client is also the perfect client to complement Microsoft's Back Office family. NetWizard(R) & Microsoft's SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. - EXTRA! Personal Client also includes Attachmate's award-winning software deployment and management product, NetWizard. NetWizard can work alone or in conjunction with Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS) to provide full scripting and granular distribution and management capabilities. With NetWizard, EXTRA! Personal Client is the first integrated solution that combines universal connectivity and distributed software management. As the leading provider of enterprise solutions, Attachmate recognizes that distributed software solutions must be manageable in order to be effective. By including the NetWizard product with EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0, Attachmate has established a new realm of enterprise operating efficiency, seamlessly managing connectivity and the software on that enterprise. Attachmate TCP/IP Applications & Microsoft's TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. Stack - While Microsoft has included a TCP/IP stack, EXTRA! Personal Client has rounded out the robustness of Windows 95 with over a dozen popular TCP/IP applications, including the latest version of the Netscape Navigator. 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. with security features for electronic commerce. Internet e-mail is handled through the Pronto/IP E-mail reader, completing the 'must have' set of Internet access tools. Enterprise Database Access - DBQuery, included in EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0, provides high performance, point-and-click direct database access to enterprise DBMSs including DB2, DB2/400, and any DRDA-compatible data source. The query information can be easily placed into any number of popular Windows applications including Microsoft Word and Excel. Remote LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Node - The new Windows 95 RLN RLN Relaxin RLN Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve RLN Retropharyngeal Lymph Node RLN Remote LAN Node RLN Resource Loaded Network (R) client component of Remote LAN Node(R) is embedded in EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0. RLN extends the reach and maximizes the performance of all host and LAN-based information and applications for remote users. RLN provides remote users with secure, reliable, transparent access to Ethernet and token ring LANs over whatever medium they choose -- including modems, cellular, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , X.25 and switched 56Kbps. The new RLN client, a native VXD, ensures complete Windows 95 compatibility, enabling remote users to take full advantage of the new 32-bit operating system. Pricing and Availability The all new 32-bit Windows 95 version of EXTRA! Personal Client will be available within 60 days at a price of $425 (U.S.). The existing 16-bit version of EXTRA! Personal Client 5.0 will also ship on the same CD as EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0 to smooth customer migration to the new operating systems. Windows 95 Launch Activities In addition to participating in the Windows 95 Launch at Microsoft headquarters, Attachmate is also participating in over thirty simultaneous regional events across North America today. Attachmate is also participating in Microsoft Windows 95 Launch Events throughout Europe, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Attachmate was selected as one of the 15 companies to sponsor and staff their own midway game (EXTRA! Spin) at the Launch Event and will be demonstrating EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0 in two other locations at the Launch. About Attachmate Attachmate, headquartered in Bellevue, is the worldwide leading market provider of enterprise connectivity software products that enable businesses to access, manipulate and exchange information and applications residing on host computers. The company's leading product lines allow users to connect to virtually any host, across any network, from any desktop, regardless of operating system. Attachmate also manufactures information access and host communication products to client/server, groupware, host-server, and software distribution applications. You can reach Attachmate at 206/644-4010 or toll free 800/426-6283. -0- -- Attachmate, EXTRA!, NetWizard, Remote LAN Node and RLN are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corp. -- Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. -- Netscape Navigator is a registered trademark of Netscape Corp. -- Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Customer Contact: Tina White, South Carolina Electric & Gas, 803/748-3930 CONTACT: Attachmate Corp. Dennis L. Sullivan, 206/649-6551 |
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