Attachmate Launches Advanced SOA Solution for Mainframe Systems; Verastream Host Integrator 6.0 Transforms Legacy Applications into SOA Assets, Boosting End User Productivity, Reducing Costs and Simplifying IT Administration.SEATTLE -- Demonstrating its continued commitment to the mainframe integration market, Attachmate Corporation today announced the worldwide availability of Verastream(R) Host Integrator 6.0, its industry-leading solution for screen-based access to legacy data and logic. Verastream Host Integrator's enhanced performance capabilities strengthen the comprehensive Verastream suite of mainframe-, desktop- and web-based integration offerings, enabling customers to drive business productivity and lower IT costs by more quickly and easily extending legacy functionality into applications that can interoperate in a service oriented architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ). With more than 25 years of mainframe integration expertise, Attachmate is well positioned to help customers maximize the value of their legacy assets and their investment in SOA. Verastream Host Integrator's low-risk, low-cost approach to screen-based host integration helps companies move into the SOA business era without sacrificing valuable company, customer or partner data that resides on the mainframe. "Companies should not have to spend millions on application replacement and re-engineering when they can quickly leverage Verastream to extend legacy business functionality needed to build a successful SOA infrastructure," said Eric Varness, vice president of marketing for Attachmate. "With enhanced performance capabilities, Verastream Host Integrator furthers Attachmate's commitment to giving customers the broadest choice, flexibility and power for delivering integration initiatives that avoid risk, enhance workflow and reduce total cost of ownership." For many large organizations and government agencies, the mainframe continues to be a focal point focal point n. See focus. for data and applications that run day-to-day operations. Attachmate customers Balboa Insurance Group, Bankhaus Neelmeyer, Cooper Booth Wholesale, Credit Agricole, First American First American may refer to:
NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. America and PPG's LYNX Services, among others, have all selected Verastream as their SOA-based host integration tool of choice. For example, First American Default Technologies, the industry's leading provider of default servicing management solutions and software systems, automated its default loan processing by embracing Verastream's SOA approach. "Before partnering with Attachmate, we were using a more involved process for information gathering and processing," said Glen Banta, vice president of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for First American Default Technologies. "Leveraging Verastream and Attachmate's host integration expertise, First American Default Technologies has built the essential information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. to make the access of loan information more timely and accurate than ever before. The back-end functionality of the mainframe is transparent to our clients, giving our users added speed and ease-of-use." Without disturbing valuable code or associated business processes, Verastream Host Integrator provides a flexible application development platform for ongoing projects. By enabling developers to encapsulate en·cap·su·late v. 1. To form a capsule or sheath around. 2. To become encapsulated. en·cap data and logic via the screen interface to create services and components (e.g., XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , .NET, JavaBeans or web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. ) that can be mixed, matched and reused, Verastream Host Integrator allows applications to share information or respond to events across multiple systems. Whether working with an IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. , 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) iSeries (AS/400), Unix, HP OpenVMS or HP e3000 environment, Verastream Host Integrator enables the full range of mainframe-based legacy applications to participate in SOA, enabling IT organizations to extend their legacy assets for use in SOA-based web, portal, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , mobile, contact-center or web self-service solutions. Productivity enhancements are a major part of the new release of Verastream Host Integrator 6.0. These include: --Added control of host resources for automated and more efficient session management and session clean up and recovery --Enhanced design process features deliver improved integration and control of web-based projects --Improved performance of large projects with more predictable performance characteristics across models of all sizes with enhanced performance and model scaling --New debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. feature streamlines the creation of production-ready projects as well as the diagnosis and repair of malfunctioning models --Simplified model deployment and testing without the need for a local production server in addition to new copy objects functionality for streamlining design creation About Verastream Verastream Host Integrator is part of the Verastream legacy integration suite, a complete range of mainframe, web and desktop modernization tools built to speed the reuse of legacy application investments. Verastream delivers the full spectrum of basic rejuvenation Rejuvenation Aeson in extreme old age, restored to youth by Medea. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 322] apples of perpetual youth by tasting the golden apples kept by Idhunn, the gods preserved their youth. [Scand. Myth. to customized presentation and sophisticated high-performance integration. Verastream-generated services can be mixed, matched and reused to extend legacy functionality to new applications or users. No code changes to legacy applications are required. Attachmate(R) Verastream software works collaboratively or as a stand-alone tool along with the company's integration, legacy access, security and management products, enabling companies to extend the use of existing IT investments while adopting valuable new technologies to improve their businesses. About Attachmate Attachmate, owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, enables IT organizations to extend mission critical services and assures they are managed, secure and compliant. Attachmate's leading solutions include host connectivity, systems and security management, and PC lifecycle management. Our goal is to empower IT organizations to deliver trusted applications, manage service levels, and ensure compliance by leveraging knowledge, automation and secured connectivity. For more information, visit www.attachmate.com. Copyright (C) 2006 Attachmate Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Attachmate, the Attachmate logo and Verastream are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Attachmate Corporation, in the USA and other countries. All other trademarks, trade names, or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owners. |
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