Crystal Point Introduces New OutsideViewWEB Product Line; Leader in Compaq NonStop Desktop Connectivity Software Provides New Host Access Solutions.Business Editors/Technology Writers BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2001 Crystal Point, whose groundbreaking OutsideView software product set the desktop connectivity standard for Compaq NonStop applications, today introduced its new Web-to-Host product line that catapults its connectivity software to the forefront of host access technology. Through a complement of new offerings, Crystal Point offers NonStop users and developers expanded host connectivity via a 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. , extended reach to multi-host platforms, and the ability to revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. and re-purpose legacy applications, without programming. "As our customers bring more and more of their products and services to the web, they need faster and easier access to information that already resides on legacy systems. I know other NonStop vendors can address these needs but only Crystal Point can do it without requiring programming services," says Chris Stephens, President/CEO. At the core of these new offerings is OutsideViewWEB, which is designed to migrate Compaq NonStop customers onto the web quickly and securely. In addition, OutsideViewWEB will now allow NonStop application users to reap the benefits of multi-host applications through access to both 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 DEC systems. For those customers who need more than only web connectivity, Crystal Point offers OutsideViewWEB Professional. This offering provides all the features and benefits of OutsideViewWEB, plus legacy application revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. that can re-purpose or enhance a user interface with new sources of data. OutsideViewWEB Professional can automatically revitalize legacy application screens or Crystal Point can provide custom revitalization services. An optional set of software tools is also available for those customers who desire to perform their own customization. "OutsideView has been the leading NonStop 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 for the Compaq NonStop market for the past 15 years. Crystal Point's continuing commitment to innovation on behalf of the Compaq community makes the company's latest technology leap a natural," said Mike Clemens, Director, Systems Architecture, VISA. Beyond OutsideViewWEB and OutsideViewWEB Professional, Crystal Point intends to sustain its market leadership into the future by broadening its offerings beyond traditional 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. products to the delivery of unparalleled host access solutions for Compaq NonStop customers. OutsideViewWEB and OutsideViewWEB Professional are available now. Contact Crystal Point for additional information and to learn more about other OutsideView solutions. Since 1986 Crystal Point has been recognized as the worldwide leader of PC-to-host connectivity software for Compaq NonStop systems. Crystal Point developed the original Tandem terminal emulator (TTE TTE Telecommunications Terminal Equipment TTE Transthoracic Echocardiography TTE Transthoracic Echocardiogram TTE Trustee TTE TCL-Thomson Electronics TTE To the Extreme (band) TTE The Tourism Expert ) sold exclusively by Tandem. Over the past decade, Crystal Point enhanced this product's original functionality and evolved it into its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , OutsideView. OutsideView is used by more Tandem installations than any other terminal emulation product. Today, it is an integral part of the system console The system console, root console or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger. that is shipped with every Compaq NonStop system sold. Contact Crystal Point, 22232 17th Ave. SE, Bothell, Wash., 98021, USA, 425/487-3656, www.crystalpoint.com, for more information about OutsideViewWEB. |
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