Banyan and Attachment announce strategic partnership; Attachmate to become primary client/host provider to Banyan.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1995--Banyan Systems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BANYAN), the leader in enterprise network services, and Attachmate Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise connectivity software products, today announced the formation of a long-term strategic partnership to provide Attachmate's universal client/host connectivity solutions to Banyan Systems, and establish a framework for future technology integration between the two companies. The agreement, announced here at Banyan's international user conference, will result in 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. of corporate host and internet connectivity in an enterprise-wide network infrastructure. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David C. Mahoney, Banyan's 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. and president, "With host connectivity so vital to success within enterprise environments, it is important to provide leading products to our customers. Attachmate offers these products along with industry leading expertise and a commitment to work with us on product integration." Banyan will now be able to offer customers the industry's most innovative and successful universal information access client available, EXTRA! Personal Client for Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . EXTRA! Personal Client offers an industry-first capability allowing desktop users to "seamlessly navigate" mainframes, the Internet, 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's, Digital Alpha and 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 systems and HP 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). hosts and collaborate with other desktop users through simple browsing and 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. techniques. EXTRA! Personal Client does for the host access environment what the World-Wide-Web has done to the Internet by working with host systems in a way modeled after Web browsers. In addition, Banyan will also be offering Attachmate's award-winning ZIP 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. gateway that provides users with managed 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. access to mainframes. Attachmate has done extensive engineering work to ensure that all products involved in the partnership are well integrated into the Banyan environment and will provide enhanced support for Banyan protocols and StreetTalk directory services. By the first quarter of next year, Banyan's legacy SNA gateway products (Base and Advance 3270/SNA emulation products) will be supported by Attachmate in EXTRA! Personal Client. As part of this partnership both companies will be sharing technology and collaborating on new product initiatives, including enhanced enterprise-wide directory services, remote access capabilities and software management. Attachmate is currently evaluating Universal StreetTalk for use in the development of future host connectivity product offerings. "Banyan recognizes the importance of providing its customers with enterprise information access. By opening up their directory technology, Banyan is providing great benefits to the entire user community and marketplace. We are very pleased with the potential of this new relationship," stated Jim Lindner, president and CEO of Attachmate. Under the new agreement, the Banyan and Attachmate direct sales forces will work together to jointly promote Attachmate products to Banyan's customers and orders will be fulfilled through the Banyan distribution channel in the US and international markets. To streamline support for Attachmate products, Banyan's channel partners are being provided with direct access to Attachmate's Response Center through the Banyan support contracts already in place. This arrangement ensures that Attachmate issues are addressed directly by engineers with Attachmate product-specific expertise. The Banyan user community is also greeting the announcement of this partnership with great enthusiasm. "Attachmate has always supplied strong solutions to the Banyan user community," stated Mark Conner, a senior systems engineer with Sprint Communications and user of Attachmate's EXTRA! and RLN RLN Relaxin RLN Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve RLN Retropharyngeal Lymph Node RLN Remote LAN Node RLN Resource Loaded Network remote access products. "Sprint has implemented over 5000 remote users dialing into over 600 ports. This relationship will help further solidify our internal network infrastructure by combining the expertise of the key players in the enterprise networking and host connectivity markets." Availability A range of Attachmate connectivity products are available immediately. For more information, please contact your local Banyan reseller or call 1-800-2-BANYAN. -0- About Banyan Systems Inc. Banyan Systems (NASDAQ:BNYN BNYN ePresence (stock symbol; formerly known as Banyan) ) is a pioneer and leader in enterprise network services. These products make it easy to find, share and manage information and resources within enterprise networks. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Westboro, MA the company markets products worldwide through authorized network integrators, resellers and international distributors. Banyan can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.banyan.com. About Attachmate Attachmate is the leading supplier of enterprise software that provides people universal access to corporate information from any desktop over any network. The company's products enable the creation of corporate intranets, so users can access, manipulate and exchange information whether it resides within the enterprise or beyond the corporate walls on the internet. Backed by a high level of customer service and support, Attachmate's product family and host communication products to client/server, groupware, host-server, and software management and distribution applications. As the sixth largest PC company in the world, Attachmate employs over 2,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. Banyan Systems and StreetTalk are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Inc. Attachmate, EXTRA!, and RLN are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corporation. CONTACT: Siobhan Carroll Helen Stefan Banyan Systems Inc. Copithorne & Bellows for (508) 871-2271 Attachmate scarroll@banyan.com 415/975-2282 helens@sf.cbpr.com |
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