Attachmate, the world`s leading provider of host access and management solutions, has announced HostView Server 2.0, offering advanced security and management of host data access. With integrated VPN (virtual private network) technology, Attachmate HostView Server allows users to securely download ActiveX or Java Viewers to their desktops, enabling host access across the Internet, intranets, or extranets. Attachmate HostView Server gives administrators the ability to manage all viewers from a single console, thereby controlling the entire host access system - all desktops, webtops, and users - from a single location. Attachmate HostView Server 2.0, the first in a succession of key announcements, is the cornerstone of Attachmate`s next-generation, server-based product strategy and directly addressing the evolving needs of the host access and management market. Easing the IT challenge Today, IT departments face conflicting pressure to both increase access to host data and to improve control and management of that access. While IT can accommodate these new users by adding connections, the result is a more complex and less manageable environment that, ultimately, increases the cost of ownership and access. Attachmate`s server- and client-based solutions allow IT to easily provide host access to new users and to manage it all from a single location. Iron-clad security In addition to management issues, IT faces security concerns as it allows remote users - employees, field offices, or business partners - to access the host. Attachmate HostView Server is the first host access product to be fully integrated with VPN (virtual private network) functionality. With the industry-leading Aventail VPN security engine, Attachmate HostView Server provides comprehensive security for Internet-based security features including authentication, configurable encryption, and secure firewall transversal. Host access and management Attachmate HostView Server provides effective host access management solutions by ensuring both access control (who gets in), and distribution control (keeping users current). By regulating these two elements, IT is assured of maintaining current clients and viewers across the network, limiting access to users based on their identity, securing data that is sent to users regardless of their location, and reducing the total cost of ownership of the system. "Our customers` requirements for both wider access to host-based data and improved management and control will define Attachmate`s product strategy over the next 18 months," said Emma Wilson, Attachmate server product manager. "Attachmate HostView Server, with its advanced security features, powerful management console, and reliable browser-based Viewers, offers a strong foundation to address these customer needs." Console-based management The management console`s groundbreaking technology integrates management capabilities into client- and server-based host access software. Attachmate includes a management console in the new release of its flagship, client-based product, EXTRA! Personal Client, as well as into its server-based product, Attachmate HostView Server. Another industry first from Attachmate is providing administrators the option to deploy Viewers and printer sessions from Attachmate HostView Server in either ActiveX or Java. Each session can be configured from the console and distributed to single users or groups of users. Simply by visiting the Attachmate HostView Server web page, users can select any configuration assigned to them; they see only those to which they have been granted access. "As customers begin to plan for web-to-host deployments, their paramount concerns all relate to supporting enterprise-class deployments while retaining corporate data security. Customers` top concerns are security and the ability to support and manage a large number of users," added Wilson. Range of solutions for host access management Different users demand diverse features from web-to-host products. For example, some users need small-footprint, reliable access to host data. These users are generally acquainted with host interfaces and prefer to keep processing at their desktops. For these people Attachmate HostView Server 2.0, at the core of Attachmate`s access management products, is the solution. Other users, who access host data anonymously via the Internet, are concerned primarily with the interface with which they interact. For this group, Attachmate`s presentation server products, represented by Attachmate HostPublishing System, are ideal. All the processing is accomplished at the server and only the requested information is downloaded to the user`s browser. Attachmate is focused on the evolving needs of customers for a mixed environment of host access solutions. It offers a wide array of product offerings allowing access to and management of hosts (mainframes, midrange, UNIX, DEC/VAX, Unisys) from clients (thick or thin) and servers. Pricing and Availability Attachmate HostView Server 2.0 has a suggested retail price of R9 975 per server and R325 per client and will be available in early April 1998. Please not prices are dollar related. For sixteen years, Attachmate has been a leading provider of connectivity software, enabling PC users to safely and securely access mission-critical information located on hosts (mainframes, midrange, UNIX, DEC/VAX, Unisys). A team of technical support and consulting experts backs all of Attachmate`s products, which include management software, development tools, remote access products, and hardware in addition to client and server products to help people access and use corporate data. Attachmate is truly a global supplier with 10 million customers worldwide and offices in 30 countries. For more information about Attachmate`s products, contact Attachmate`s headquarters in Bellevue, Washington at (425) 644-4010, (425)-747-9924 (fax) or toll free at (800) 426-6283. Attachmate`s World Wide Web address is http://www.attachmate.com.
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