Attachmate Delivers Seamless, Full-Featured Integration Between the X Windows Environment and the Windows Desktop

Business Wire, March 10, 1997

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1997--

- With KEA! X 3.0 Attachmate adds an X server to its

full range of Open Systems solutions -

Attachmate(R) Corporation today announced KEA!(TM) X 3.0, the next generation of its PC X server for the X Windows market. KEA! X provides both 16- and 32-bit products on the same CD, allowing corporations to migrate to Windows(R) 95 and Windows NT(R) at their own pace without the expense of managing platform-specific licenses. KEA! X 3.0 provides an alternative to the remote administration hassles traditionally required of X servers. Users can create and re-use as many configuration profiles as required. These profiles can easily be distributed to any other user. Through the X Application Manager, KEA! X allows users to easily define and save the settings needed to launch an X application from a remote host. This simpler, more elegant solution eliminates the need for complex and cumbersome remote administration.

KEA! X leverages Attachmate's expertise in KEA! 420 and KEA! 340, market leaders in VAX(R) and UNIX(R) connectivity. KEA! X provides seamless access to X Windows-based applications from any Windows 3.x, Windows 95, or Windows NT desktop. It combines Attachmate's best-of-breed PC X server with its industry-leading TCP/IP stack and full-featured VT420 emulator. To this impressive list of capabilities, Attachmate adds its world-class support -- making KEA! X 3.0 the premier Windows PC X server connectivity solution.

"KEA! X gives us the X Windows connectivity we require while avoiding the administrative and configuration headaches usually associated with this type of solution," said Brad Caldwell of Software Development Corporation. "KEA! X lets us leverage our existing equipment. We're running it under Windows 95 and NT -- without it, we would have to purchase additional UNIX systems. Its easy configuration and management place KEA! X ahead of other solutions we've looked at."

KEA! X 3.0 supports X11R6, the latest industry-standard X specification. With this support, KEA! X users are assured full capabilities and all functions including fonts and colors. KEA! X 3.0 provides many features that increase the product's ease-of-use and manageability while maximizing the installation's investment in legacy systems and X Windows applications. These features include:

-- Installation and configuration - by making use of an intuitive Windows-standard interface, KEA! X provides simple and fast installation and easy configuration from a single tabbed configuration dialog box. KEA! X eliminates the need for sophisticated remote administration. It allows users to store multiple configuration profiles, empowering users to launch X applications with the look and feel they require. A simple file copy to the KEA! X installation directory will restore custom settings.

-- X Application Manager - KEA! X allows users to launch multiple X applications with point-and-click Windows functionality. These applications can be on different hosts and use different remote execution methods. Each Application Manager profile can use a different configuration profile.

-- Easy migration to 32-bit technology - As corporations migrate users to Windows 95 and Windows NT, KEA! X provides the flexibility to move at their own speed with full support of Windows 95 features. The KEA! X 3.0 CD contains both 32- and 16-bit products providing an easy migration path with no additional investment.

-- Multi-instance support - KEA! X allows several X Windows sessions to run simultaneously, each with a unique configuration. This feature becomes increasingly important as X Windows applications integrate with other environments such as Windows application servers.

-- Scripting and OLE automation - KEA! X leverages the full scripting and OLE capabilities of previous KEA! products. This capability allows users to create custom execution of X applications via menus, SmartPads, and dialog boxes. OLE automation allows application development utilizing components of the KEA! emulation engine through tools such as Visual Basic(R).

Pricing and Availability

KEA! X 3.0 will be available March 5, 1997, from Attachmate authorized dealers, value added resellers, and direct from Attachmate. The product carries a U.S. suggested list price of $395. For a limited time, users of Attachmate's EXTRA!(R) X and IRMA(TM)/X products can upgrade to KEA! X 3.0 for $99 (U.S.) after May 31, 1997 the upgrade carries a suggested list price of $118.50. Until May 31, users of competitive products can "trade-up" for $150 (U.S.) after which time the price increases to $197.50. Add-on licensing to other Attachmate products is available for $197.50 (U.S.). KEA! X already includes localized French, German, and Spanish versions of KEA! 420, its VT420 emulation component, with full product localization due for release in May, 1997.

Attachmate Corporation

Attachmate is the leading supplier of information access software and services to major corporations, large organizations and government agencies worldwide. The company's connectivity solutions -- object-oriented client and server software, authoring tools, management software, and hardware -- safely extend enterprise systems, applications and data to end user customers. With Attachmate's award-winning solutions, desktop and mobile users can transparently access, manage, and use any business information inside or outside their organization.