Harbor Federal Savings Bank Selects Attachmate Smart Connectors for Online Banking; Security and Scalability Key To Selection.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2004 Attachmate Corporation announced today that Harbor Federal Savings Bank Noun 1. federal savings bank - a federally chartered savings bank FSB savings bank - a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks (Nasdaq:HARB), has selected Attachmate(R) myEXTRA!(TM) Smart Connectors for UTS/T27 to expand its online banking services. Smart Connectors allow developers to securely expose legacy data and business logic for use in new applications, without making changes to the mainframe. Smart Connectors implement 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. ) to granularly access legacy data and encapsulate it in a reusable (JavaBeans(TM), Web services, 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. ) format. Harbor Federal launched online services in 1999, offering external funds transfers and commercial services. Smart Connectors will automate processes from the front-end user interface by making the link to back-end Unisys (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) host functions necessary to complete transactions. Processes previously done manually, like stop-pay, will be automated. New commercial services will include positive pay, wire transfer, and ACH origination over the Web. Harbor Federal wanted a simple, easy-to-maintain solution plus flexibility to integrate data from multiple sources, such as a SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database. "We looked at other vendors, but there was a breakdown when they were required to talk to the host," said Annetta Smith, IT director for Harbor Federal. "Attachmate expertise in Unisys host access was essential." myEXTRA! Smart Connectors provide access to T27 applications on Unisys(R) ClearPath(R) NX Series hosts, and access to UTS (Universal Timesharing System) Amdahl's version of Unix System V. Release 4.0 is POSIX compliant. applications on Unisys ClearPath IX Series hosts. "Smart Connectors will enable Harbor Federal to scale to meet the growing needs of their online customers," said Markus Nitschke, Attachmate vice president of corporate marketing. Currently, Harbor Federal has about 24,000 commercial and retail customers online. Migration to Smart Connector technology will be completed by June, 2004. Harbor Federal Harbor Federal Savings Bank is one of the largest independent financial institutions in Florida, rated the state's number one safest bank. With approximately $2.4 billion in assets, Harbor Federal operates 34 full service branches plus online banking. Information: www.harborfederal.com. Attachmate Attachmate is the only all-mainframe connectivity expert in the industry, with technology and services for worldwide enterprises to leverage valuable mainframe investments. A Unisys partner, Microsoft(R) Gold Certified Partner, BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. (R) Partner, and Sun(R) iForce(sm) Partner, Attachmate delivers productivity-focused innovation to customers. Information: http://www.attachmate.com or call 425-644-4010. (C) 2004 Attachmate Corporation. |
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