JBSi and Century Software Announce Agreement; JBSi To Carry the TinyTERM Product Line From Century Software.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000 JBSi (Jones Business Systems Incorporated) and Century Software Inc. announced today that JBSi has become a nationwide distributor of Century's TinyTERM line of terminal emulation products. Century Software's TinyTERM suite of host-connectivity products delivers scalable, convenient access to 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). and Linux systems through the power of Internet technology. TinyTERM provides access to legacy data and applications through a Web-browser interface. "Century Software Inc. is a leading manufacturer of desktop networking products," said Century 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. Greg Haerr. "TinyTERM products are the leading terminal emulation products in the UNIX and Linux marketplaces. We're very pleased that JBSi has agreed to supply our products to their national network of VARs, systems integrators and resellers. "TinyTERM products are among the best and most popular terminal emulation software available for UNIX and Linux," said Nick Futter, JBSi VP of Sales. "One of the reasons JBSi is the nation's leading source for UNIX and Linux products is because we provide our reseller and enterprise customers with the broadest and most comprehensive product mix possible." "TinyTERM is a comprehensive product suite at an attractive price point. TinyTERM fits well with JBSi's philosophy of providing the best value for our customers," added Futter. TinyTERM features 1024-bit SSH (Secure SHell) A security protocol for logging into a remote server. SSH provides an encrypted session for transferring files and executing server programs. Also serving as a secure client/server connection for applications such as database access and e-mail, SSH supports a encryption technology for the most secure host-access sessions available, and provides 21 exact emulations, including Wyse 60, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. , VT320 UNIX and 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) TN3270 and TN5250. TinyTERM is highly configurable and all functions can be automated with Century's powerful JavaScript-like scripting language, CScript. The Plus Edition includes a robust set of network utilities, including Samba SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. (Windows NT file and printer sharing An operational state in a computer that lets other users in the network copy files and use the printer. See file sharing. ), NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System Client and Server, LPD/LPR Printer Sharing and a graphical FTP client for drag-and-drop file copying. For complete information on the TinyTERM product line, visit the JBSi Web site at http://www.jbsi.com/century. JBSi is actively recruiting new resellers for the Century Software product line and for other computing products including Terian Systems, JBSi's line of white box servers and workstations. For more information, contact JBSi at sales@jbsi.com or 800/876-8649. About Century Software Century Software is a leading provider of host access solutions in the emerging embedded Linux marketplace, as well as an established supplier of connectivity solutions for Windows to UNIX and IBM integration. The company's TERM and TinyTERM product suite provides high-end terminal emulation, file transfer and script engine capabilities for customized host access integration. Based in Salt Lake City, Century Software was founded in 1985 and is privately held. Century Software solutions are sold through two-tier distribution in the United States and signed distributors in more than 40 countries worldwide. Century Software's CEO, Greg Haerr, is the founder and chief maintainer of the Microwindows Project, an open source project aimed at bringing the features of modern graphical windowing environments to smaller devices and platforms, at http://www.microwindows.org. About JBSi JBSi (Jones Business Systems Incorporated) is a national solutions integrator, white box system builder and service provider. JBSi manufactures the Terian product line of built-to-order computing solutions for its reseller and enterprise partners. Terian systems combine the latest Intel hardware technology with built-to-order flexibility and reliability. JBSi supplies computing products and services to its reseller and enterprise partners nationwide in the Linux, UNIX and Windows 2000 marketplaces and is one of the nation's top distributors of Informix (Nasdaq:IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ), SCO (Nasdaq:SCOC SCOC Supreme Court of Canada SCOC Second Coming of Christ SCOC System Control and Operations Concept SCOC Saginaw Community Outreach Center (Saginaw, Michigan) ), Data General (Nasdaq:DATA) and Acer products. For more information, visit http://www.jbsi.com or contact John Martin, JBSi VP Communications, at 281/403-8500, 800/876-8649 or sales@jbsi.com. TERM and TinyTERM are trademarks of Century Software Inc. Terian is a trademark of JBSi. All other trademarks are hereby recognized as the property of their owners. |
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