Attachmate Continues Tradition of Putting Customer Needs First with EXTRA! New version of 16-bit EXTRA! for Windows is Year 2000 ready

Business Wire, March 24, 1998

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1998--Attachmate, the world's leading provider of host access managen, Attachmate is committed to providing customers with the solutions they need when they need them. For organizations migrating to Windows 95, EXTRA! for Windows 5.1 has been tested to run seamlessly on this 32-bit platform, assuring customers that they can migrate one step at a time.

Customers' needs change. Organizations are faced with a varied computing landscape -- different departments standardizing on different operating systems, IT wanting centralizedd-winning EXTRA! family. EXTRA! Personal Client is Attachmate's flagship client product and has both 16- and 32-bit multihost connectivity as well as the EXTRA! Objects, completely distributed objects developers can use to create their own unique, specialized host access applications. In addition to EXTRA! for Windows and EXTRA! Personal Client are EXTRA! for Windows 95 and Windows NT, a 32-bit only mainframe connectivity product, and the EXTRA! Bundle for TCP/IP, for those environments standardizing their networks on TCP/IP.

Year 2000 Ready. As the Year 2000 approaches, customers are focused on protecting the integrity of their mission-critical data and demanding software that is Year 2000 ready. Attachmate's customer-centric approach to development anticipated these needs and ensured that EXTRA! for Windows 5.1 was tested to guarantee the date change would have no adverse effect on the product.

Maximum flexibility. With the pervasiveness of mixed environments, customers rely on vendors to support multiple client desktops including Windows 3.x and Windows 95. EXTRA! for Windows 5.1 has been tested for stability under the beta 3 of Windows 98 for those organizations who will be evaluating Microsoft's updated operating system. All the manuals for this product are available on the product CD, as are hard copies with the same content, allowing customers the freedom to choose the format most suitable for their envWindows, is Year 2000 ready and thoroughly tested to run under the most recent beta of Windows 98. In addition, for customers who want to do customization work, the resellers, retailers, and VARs, as well as thrlude management software, development tools, remworldwide and off ices in 30 countries.

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