Reduce Y2K Risks, Increase Productivity with Attachmate's EXTRA! Personal Client 6.5

Business Wire, March 23, 1999

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--

-- New Version Protects Mission-Critical Information, Drives Down

Costs, and Continues to Address Evolving Customer Needs --

As IT spending costs soar with Y2K issues, technology migration, and e-business opportunities, more pressure exists than ever on IT to justify expenditures and lower operating costs.

To address these challenges, Attachmate Corporation, a leading provider of host access management and e-business solutions that leverage host information, today announced the release of Attachmate EXTRA!(R) Personal Client 6.5 meeting Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance, Euro support, as well as new productivity and connectivity enhancements. Attachmate EXTRA! Personal Client, a market-leading desktop host access solution, lowers administrative overhead with wide-ranging productivity features, while providing the ability to migrate desktop clients from thick to thin.

Y2K-ready. With the desktop no longer being overlooked in regard to Y2K readiness, desktop compliance projects are becoming a major part of Year 2000 IT spending. Organizations are looking for solutions that are stable, reliable, as well as easy to deploy and manage throughout the entire enterprise. It is Y2K compliant, meeting Attachmate's Year 2000 Product Compliance Definition (www.attachmate.com/y2k).

With the deployment of Attachmate EXTRA! Personal Client 6.5 and that meets Attachmate's definition of Y2K compliance, IT departments can quickly and easily address the desktop component of their projects and devote their resources to other critical Y2K issues.

The Management Console. Attachmate EXTRA! Personal Client's Management Console allows for simple enterprise-wide deployment of the 6.5 version. The Management Console enables organizations to easily migrate all enterprise desktops to version 6.5 from older versions of Attachmate's and competitors' non-Y2K compliant products from one centralized location. In addition, the Management Console allows administrators to install, configure, distribute, upgrade and manage desktop clients and gateways.

Productivity and automation features. Attachmate EXTRA! Personal Client 6.5 addresses needs of those customers who are evaluating and implementing client-server computing as a means to lower their overall total cost of ownership. Version 6.5 offers support for the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Terminal Server and Citrix(R) WinFrame(R) platforms. Customers now have the flexibility to run their host connectivity on these servers and download only requested screens to the desktop, saving valuable network bandwidth.

The 6.5 version also includes dozens of customer-driven enhancements increasing usability, expanding printing capabilities, and adding support for legacy connectivity. Directed at mainframe, AS/400(R), and UNIX(R)/VMS(tm) environments, these enhancements make it easier for users to interact with host data and give administrators the opportunity to further reduce network complexity.

Other new features include:

-- Enhanced HLLAPI support for faster application response time.

-- Maximum display customization such as screen sizing and color

selection

-- Direct IP offers AS/400 customers the ability to support File

Transfer, Shared Folders and Remote Command over an IP network to

an AS/400.

-- TN5250E supports workstation device naming and direct printing

for AS/400 customers.

-- Support for the new Attachmate PCI SDLC adapter at speeds up to

56kb.

-- Enhanced connectivity options for international customers -

LUA/LU0.

-- Enhanced SCO(R)/ANSI support for international customers.

-- Improved coax connectivity.

-- Improvements in coax connectivity support which now includes Coax

CUT and an updated Coax driver for Windows 95/Windows 98.

Evolving to e-business with Attachmate e-Vantage. Attachmate EXTRA! Personal Client 6.5 provides feature-rich host access to conventional client desktops inside the enterprise, while providing centralized management. As companies extend Web-to-host access to remote users, business partners, and customers over the Internet, they can do so without disruption to internal users, by migrating to Attachmate e-Vantage(tm) solutions.

Attachmate e-Vantage is a server-based host access management solution, providing browser-based connectivity in both ActiveX(R) and Java(tm) Viewers. The Viewers are deployed from a centralized server to remote and thin client users. Attachmate e-Vantage also includes conventional EXTRA! desktop connectivity, ensuring a smooth migration from traditional host access to Web-to-host computing. The Attachmate e-Vantage Host Access Server Management Console centrally controls the complexity of configuring, distributing, and updating traditional, thin, and custom host-integrated client applications. The Attachmate e-Vantage family of products and services provides a secure foundation for evolving to e-business.

Pricing and Availability

Attachmate EXTRA! Personal Client 6.5 has a US suggested retail price of $425. It is currently available from Attachmate resellers, retailers, and VARs, as well as through the Attachmate sales organization.