Sterling Software's Desktop Integration Division and Relay Technology partner to provide Internet solutions.REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1997--Sterling Software's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SSW SSW abbr. south-southwest Noun 1. SSW - the compass point midway between south and southwest sou'-sou'-west, south southwest ), Desktop Integration Division, makers of STAR:View(TM) - for "Web-to-Host" access through any browser, announced today an agreement to sell Relay Technology's Relay/On-the-Go Web(TM). Relay/On-the-Go Web automates the delivery of Internet and intranet resources by allowing mobile professionals to specify, through their own familiar browser, Web pages routinely accessed for critical information. Examples of pages may include pricing information, competitive data, customer profiles, and internal corporate information. Relay/On-the-Go Web's unique server agent continually tracks the specified pages and captures new and changed information. When mobile users logon See login. 1. (jargon) logon - login. 2. (networking) logon - In ACF/VTAM, an unformatted session-initiation request for a session between two logical units. to their 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. , a server agent compresses and rapidly downloads changed pages to their mobile computer. Users can then quickly access the updated pages "locally" from their mobile computers, completely disconnected and freed from slow connections and lengthy searches. Key Features of Relay/On-the-Go Web Powerful automation Relay/On-the-Go Web lets mobile workgroup members "set it and forget it." Internet and intranet page tracking and updating works continuously on behalf of "occasionally connected" mobile users, who are notified automatically of changed pages. Relay's unique connection management detects connection types and ensures the best throughout. Complete User Control Mobile users specify through their own Netscape(R) or Microsoft(R) browsers which pages they want to track, and how often they want them updated. Through Relay's unique connection-based scheduling, users can prevent large Web pages from being synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. over a cellular phone connection, for example, or ensure that an important intranet page is synchronized every hour, regardless of the type of connection made to the server. Speed Since the Relay/On-the-Go Web server agent does all the work before mobile users connect, time savings are dramatic. By compressing com·press tr.v. com·pressed, com·press·ing, com·press·es 1. To press together: compressed her lips. 2. To make more compact by or as if by pressing. 3. and sending only changed pages, connections back to the server are brief. And freedom from manually searching online through unchanged pages buys back valuable time for busy workgroups. Simplicity Relay/On-the-Go Web provides a seamless transition between working online and off-line -- all through a mobile users' familiar browser. Relay/On-the-Go Web can monitor selected pages, plus the links within those pages. And because Relay Technology's mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings technology underlies Relay/On-the-Go Web, other mobile applications can use the same quick phone call the user makes when synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. pages. Built for the enterprise Relay/On-the-Go Web is a true client/server solution designed within a multi-user, scalable architecture and built specifically for mobile corporate workgroups. It offers the best in individual user control without administrative intervention administrative intervention Diagnostic medicine Any intervention on the part of an administrative body–eg in a hospital or other health care facility, which is intended to influence a physician's pattern of practice–eg, to ↓ overordering of , while increasing both efficiency and network throughput. Unlike other push technologies, Relay/On-the-Go Web does not restrict users to channels or content preselected and controlled by the vendor. Relay/On-the-Go Web users select the information they want to see. Anything on the World Wide Web or a corporate intranet is available through Relay/On-the-Go Web. "Relay/On-the-Go Web is not just for checking sports scores and stock prices," said Michael J. Ciocia, president of the Desktop Integration Division. "We partnered with Relay because our customers are 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. Internet tools that will help them run their business." Relay/On-the-Go Web also benefits corporate, "non-mobile" customers. Relay/On-the-Go Web was designed with a multi-user, scalable architecture and built specifically for corporate workgroups. The server-based technology caches and compresses Web pages one time regardless of the number of users that want access to that page. Networks are used more efficiently because only compressed changes are downloaded and cached on the client. Once stored locally on the client, users have instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. access to Web pages. Relay/On-the-Go Web offers the best in individual user control without administrative intervention, while increasing both efficiency and network throughput. "We are excited about the Desktop Integration Division's product offerings," said Ciocia. "Our recently announced STAR:View dynamically provides access to any host application through a browser. With Relay/On-the-Go Web, our customers are virtually unlimited to the type of information they can access through a browser." "We are pleased to broaden our relationship with Sterling Software," said Ted Joseph, president of Relay Technology. "With Sterling we've brought together the value of the Internet with the ultimate convenience for corporate, remote and mobile users, freedom from lengthy and costly connections." Relay Technology will also be reselling Sterling Software's STAR:View product. In a related announcement, the Desktop Integration Division will also be bundling the Relay/Gold 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. product, under the name STAR:Emulate em·u·late tr.v. em·u·lat·ed, em·u·lat·ing, em·u·lates 1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated. 2. with 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. STAR:Flashpoint. The Relay/Gold product family provides 3270 and 5250 host access across new and legacy computing platforms See platform. and connectivity environments. "Enterprise customers require support for their entire communications infrastructure, from Coax to TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. ," stated Joseph. Relay Technology, Inc. founded in 1981 with headquarters in Vienna, Va., specializes in Remote and Mobile Intranet and PC-to-host communications products. Relay/On-the-Go Web provides corporations with virtual web connectivity while reducing remote access charges by 75 percent and TCP/IP network traffic by over 60 percent. Relay/Gold is an industry-leading host access solution - supporting 16-bit, 32-bit and client/server connectivity - with over 4 million installed seats worldwide. Based in Redwood Shores, Calif., the Sterling Software's Desktop Integration Division (http://www.star.sterling.com) provides products and services that enable its customers to quickly access and integrate mission-critical information through a better user interface. With the Desktop Integration Division's products, customers can improve their host access and enhance productivity for end users, while continuing to leverage their investment in legacy systems. The Desktop Integration Division has an installed base of over 1,000 customer sites with approximately 150,000 end user installations. Sterling Software, one of the 15 largest independent software companies in the world, is an international leader in supplying software products and services to businesses that demand scaleable applications management software, powerful information management software and enterprise wide systems management software. The company also provides highly technical professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to the federal government. The company's nearly 100 product applications are installed at more than 20,000 customers sites worldwide, including 95 of the 100 largest U.S. industrial and service corporations. Sterling Software has 2,600 employees in 70 offices around the globe. -0- EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : This news release refers to numerous products by their trade names. In most cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered by their respective companies. CONTACT: Sterling Software, Inc. Patrice McDonagh, 415/802-7100 Patrice_McDonagh@sterling.com or Baron, McDonald & Wells Donna Faulkner, 770/492-0373 dfaulkner@bmwpr.com |
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