Boy Scouts of America Selects Tridia's Crosstie for ScoutNET 2000 Initiative.KENNESAW, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999-- Tridia Corporation today announced that the Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training (BSA 1. BSA - Business Software Alliance. 2. BSA - Bidouilleurs Sans Argent. ) has selected Tridia's Crosstie(R) to provide browser access to their mission critical financial applications. By leveraging the browser-based desktop with Java applet A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application. capabilities, Crosstie provides robust terminal emulation Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. to any platform. Written completely in Java, Crosstie is installed and configured solely on the server-side of the system. No plug-ins or client downloads are required making it extremely simple to install and use. As early as 1997, the Boy Scouts of America recognized the need to enhance the use of computer technology at every level of their organization, and ScoutNET 2000 was launched. Allowing local councils access to the BSA's existing COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. financial applications is part of this plan. The accounting software was moved to a single UNIX server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. , and a search was conducted for a robust browser-based terminal emulator See terminal emulation. (communications) terminal emulator - A program that allows a computer to act like a (particular brand of) terminal, e.g. a vt-100. The computer thus appears as a terminal to the host computer and accepts the same escape sequences for functions such with centralized installation, configuration, and support. "The Crosstie product from Tridia is a perfect fit for ScoutNET 2000," explained Stan Galbraith, Senior Technical Analyst for the BSA. "The Crosstie emulator is a solid product that can easily be adapted to the BSA requirements. It gives us a single point for administration. Any changes to the look and feel, or even updates to the software are done on a single server. The next time the client uses the emulator, all the changes are in effect." 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. Galbraith, Tridia's commitment to support after the sale was another factor determining the selection of Crosstie. "The people at Tridia made the difference between Crosstie and some other Java emulator. They truly do try to meet and exceed customer expectations for their products and services." "I am very pleased that the Boy Scouts of America selected Crosstie for use with their ScoutNET initiative," said Vincent Frese, President of Tridia. "The BSA was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a product that could scale in their 1,000+ environment, had robust emulation, and could integrate into their single-point of login framework. I believe the BSA selected Crosstie because it provides all of these features and is backed by outstanding support by Tridia's engineers. We are proud to be a part of ScoutNET 2000." About the Boy Scouts of America The Boy Scouts of America, incorporated in 1910, is the premier youth-serving organization in the country. Supporting more than 3.4 million youth, the BSA provides an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness. About Tridia Tridia is a privately owned, Atlanta-based software development company. Founded in 1987, its focus is primarily on the development of systems management and host access solutions. Tridia markets its products to VARs, small to medium sized businesses and Fortune 1000 companies which seek to improve their system access. For more information visit Tridia's Web site at http://www.tridia.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Crosstie is a registered trademark and Tridia is a trademark of Tridia Corporation. All other names are trademarks of their respective manufacturers. |
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