Attachmate Partners with Packeteer to Deliver Guaranteed Service for e-Business Applications Solutions.Business/High Tech Editors BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 Partner Agreement Integrates Attachmate e-Vantage Web-to-Host Solutions with Packeteer's PacketShaper Attachmate Corporation announced today that it will integrate its Attachmate e-Vantage web-to-host solutions with Packeteer's market-leading family of PacketShaper(R) bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. products to form a solution for customers wishing to manage e-business applications. Packeteer PacketShaper, available from Attachmate, is an intelligent bandwidth management device that dynamically allocates bandwidth for business critical applications while limiting available bandwidth for less critical purposes. Under the terms of Packeteer's Solutions Partner agreement, Attachmate's Enterprise and Unisys(R) product groups will market PacketShaper products and services to Attachmate's extensive base of leading Fortune 500 and Global 2000 business customers. The introduction of PacketShaper products with Attachmate's e-Vantage platform will allow Attachmate(R) customers to set and enforce host application Quality of Service (QoS) bandwidth priorities through policy setting, thereby increasing the performance of Attachmate's e-business solutions. "This agreement with Packeteer significantly extends Attachmate's market leadership by enabling us to deliver Quality of Service for the direct real-time integration of e-business applications that require access to back-office systems," said Larry Schuiski, senior vice president of products for Attachmate. "Our customers will be able to establish service levels to control the performance of their mission-critical, web-to-host, telnet and e-business applications." The Problem The advent of web-based and e-business applications, combined with the high cost of maintaining dual networks, is pressuring more and more legacy customers to migrate to TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. networks. In companies with IP network environments, it's not uncommon for mission-critical applications, such as those typically running on mainframe and midrange host platforms, to have to compete for finite bandwidth with low-priority traffic: web pages, large e-mails, streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. , and file transfers. This can cause serious degradation in performance for mission-critical applications, having a direct impact on productivity. Unlike SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. , TCP/IP offers no built-in capabilities for dynamically managing network bandwidth by enabling high-priority traffic while controlling aggressive, low-priority traffic. Delivering SNA-like QoS to IP Networks PacketShaper enables customers to guarantee the same QoS that has always been delivered by SNA applications when migrating to an IP network. It eliminates the need for costly, dedicated SNA networks, and minimizes the need for expensive network upgrades by optimizing existing bandwidth. PacketShaper takes a comprehensive, four-stop approach to bandwidth optimization, via auto-detection and classification of network traffic, analysis of network performance problems, traffic control policies and reporting tools. "Enterprise customers continue to migrate their SNA networks to IP networks with the advent of e-business. As a component of that migration, predictable, measurable performance becomes a key factor for its success," added Neil Sundstrom, worldwide vice president of sales for Packeteer. "This worldwide agreement with Attachmate is significant for global business customers in that it offers a complete `best in class,' tightly integrated solution that delivers QoS in an IP environment." About e-Vantage The centerpiece of the Attachmate e-Vantage family is the Host Access Server, the industry's most complete host access management server. The e-Vantage Host Access Server provides 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. management of enterprise-wide host access through any combination of thick, thin or custom clients. Attachmate e-Vantage products and services enable companies to rapidly and cost-effectively capture opportunities and create competitive advantage through Internet solutions that securely leverage the existing corporate assets locked up in enterprise systems. 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(R), VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models (R), and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) systems with centrally managed Java(TM), ActiveX(R), HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , 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 (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. Magazine. For more information about Attachmate solutions, contact Attachmate worldwide headquarters in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. at 425/644-4010 or www.attachmate.com. About Packeteer Packeteer is a leading provider of Internet application infrastructure systems designed to enable businesses and service providers to ensure the quality of experience for networked applications and application services See ASP and Web services. . Packeteer's advanced PacketWise(TM) software, the foundation of the company's innovative PacketShaper and AppVantage(TM) systems, integrates application discovery, analysis, control and reporting technologies that are required for proactive application-performance and bandwidth management. Packeteer's products are deployed today by leading Fortune 1000 companies and service providers worldwide through an established network of more than 100 VARs, distributors and system integrators in more than 50 countries. In addition, PacketWise software is licensed by major communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. partners who integrate the software into specific strategic networking Strategic Networks Strategic Networks play a major role in the overall Strategy Development Process. Strategic Networks need to be developed, managed and measured professionally and are responsible for successful executed strategies and strategic roadmaps. solutions. For more information, contact Packeteer at 408/873-4400, fax 408/873-4410; or visit the Packeteer Web site at www.packeteer.com. (c)2000 Attachmate Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Attachmate is a registered trademark and e-Vantage is a trademark of Attachmate Corporation. AS/400 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. VAX is either a trademark or registered trademark of Compaq. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. Java is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. in the United States and other countries. Windows and ActiveX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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