Attachmate Corporation today announced the results of a new study by independent testing and strategic consulting organisation, The Tolly Group. Results of the third-party testing found that Reflection 2008 software provides a more comprehensive, productive and secure emulation solution than the competition, through a unique set of advanced capabilities and deep integration with the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office.
The Tolly Group engineers tested Reflection 2008, Attachmate's next-generation terminal emulation software, to verify its productivity features and integration with Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007, comparing it to IBM Personal Communications 5.9.1 (PCOM), MicroFocus Rumba 7.5.2 (Rumba) and Open Text HostExplorer 2008. The report found that Reflection 2008 provided richer productivity features and superior integration with Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 over its competitors.
“Today more than ever, IT administrators need software solutions that embrace and enhance their desktop technology investments,” said Kevin Tolly, founder of The Tolly Group. “From the Windows operating system to Microsoft Office suite, Reflection 2008 takes unique advantage of a range of desktop technologies. Reflection 2008 is an outstanding solution that provides end-users with improved productivity and administrators with new levels of flexibility as they continue to depend on their mainframe resources.”
Reflection 2008 delivers the flexibility organisations need to manage complexity on their desktops. With support for virtualisation technologies, a full range of Windows operating systems and stringent security standards, Reflection 2008 provides a powerful combination of flexibility and security. Additionally, customisation through Microsoft .NET, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Web services gives enterprises total freedom to leverage mainframe data.
Some of the test highlights of Reflection 2008 in the comparison report include:
* Increased user productivity up to five-times faster for the performance test scenarios conducted.
* Broader feature set with richer capabilities, including support for Auto Complete, Auto Expand, Scratch Pad and Windows Desktop Search.
* Superior administrative features, including support for Microsoft Windows Vista features, such as User Account Control (UAC), to assist in desktop management.
* The highest level of integration with Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 to increase user efficiency.
“In this current economic climate, our customers are tasked with doing more with less. Reflection 2008 demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing these customers with products and solutions that help them meet increasingly complex demands in a cost-effective and efficient manner,” said Michael Miller, director of product marketing and management for Attachmate. “The Tolly Group report validates our achievement in delivering a terminal emulation solution that delivers maximum security for mainframe assets and supports existing and emerging IT technologies.”
To download the complete report from The Tolly Group, please visit here.
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The Tolly Group
The Tolly Group, an independent testing and strategic consulting organisation based in Boca Raton, Florida, offers a full range of services designed to furnish both the vendor and end-user communities with authoritative and unbiased information. Additionally, The Tolly Group is recognised worldwide for its expertise in assessing leading-edge technologies. For more information on The Tolly Group's services, visit its Web site at http://www.tolly.com, or call (561) 391-5610.
Reflection
Reflection 2008 is part of the Attachmate terminal emulation and secure host access product family, which provides secure connections to any host from any desktop, inside or outside the firewall. With robust Web- and Windows-based Reflection products, customers can meet their host access needs while minimising costs, maximising IT flexibility and safeguarding critical business data. Attachmate Reflection works collaboratively or as a standalone tool along with the company's host access, security and management products, enabling companies to extend the use of existing IT investments while adopting valuable new technologies to improve their business.
For more than 25 years, Attachmate has developed industry-leading products that are installed on over 16 million systems worldwide. Attachmate's entire range of solutions are backed by an award-winning team of highly trained and tenured service professionals who possess, on average, more than nine years of experience supporting Attachmate products. Organisations are switching to Attachmate and are realising management, productivity and cost benefits in the process.
Attachmate
Attachmate, owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Bravo, enables IT organisations to extend mission-critical services and assure they are secure and compliant. Attachmate's leading solutions include host connectivity and systems and security management. Our goal is to empower IT organisations to deliver trusted applications, manage service levels, and ensure compliance by leveraging knowledge, automation and secured connectivity. For more information, visit http://www.attachmate.com.
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