Specialist host access and management solutions provider, Attachmate Corporation, has announced a cost-effective, easy-to-install PC X server that offers built-in central management capabilities and now supports Broadway - the X11R6.3 release of the X Window System.
Paul Cripsey, GM of Attachmate SA, says the new product incorporates KEA! 420 - the company`s PC-to-Unix/Open VMS host access system as well as TCP/IP applications, licence metering and Attachmate`s new NFS Client. "KEA! X 4.0 represents a high-value, integrated, managed solution for IT organisations seeking X Windows connectivity along with access to disparate systems."
The KEA! X management console simplifies deployment and administration with centralised control of configuration, distribution, installation, upgrades, inventory and usage. The central graphical interface can be used to define custom configurations for cross-network installation on a per-seat, per-workgroup, or per-enterprise basis. "Metered licence use of KEA! X clients is also made easy with the product`s management console," adds Cripsey.
KEA! X implements the LBX protocol - the open standard serial X technology which is part of the Broadway release. This alternative to the X protocol addresses performance issues associated with accessing X applications over dial-up or other slow leased-line connections and, since LBX is an extension to the X server, it reduces configuration effort.
Attachmate`s KEA! X automatically and transparently selects either the X or the LBX protocol depending on the connection speed.
"The use of the LBX protocol requires a host component - an LBX proxy server. Although these proxy servers are available through various Unix vendors and The Open Group, KEA! X is the first solution to include them with the PC X Server. It provides LBX proxies for Digital Unix, AIX, Solaris and HP/UX, in a readily installable binary format."
Broadway Web Integration Technology allows X clients to be centrally deployed and displayed within a Netscape or Internet Explorer browser window. KEA! X 4.0 allows Web-based installation, configuration and application launching.
For more information about Attachmate`s products, contact the local subsidiary in Johannesburg on (011) 784-0414 or surf to the company`s Web site at http://www.attachmate.com.
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