Attachmate ships first application certified for windows vista


EXTRA! X-treme v9 Drives End-User Efficiency, Reduces Costs and Eases Migration to New Windows Platform

LEIDEN, 20061108 -- Demonstrating its continued commitment to the secure host access market, Attachmate Corporation today announced the worldwide availability of EXTRA!® X-treme v9, its productivity-focused terminal emulation solution for connecting Microsoft® Windows® users to IBM zSeries, IBM iSeries and UNIX systems. The first software application to achieve certification for Windows Vista, EXTRA! X-treme v9 eases migration to the new Windows platform while offering enhanced productivity and security features that allow customers to safeguard data in motion, boost user productivity and make reliable connections from any desktop to any host.

On October 12, 2006, Attachmate announced that, following a rigorous testing process, EXTRA! X-treme v9 achieved certification from Microsoft for Windows Vista. The Certified for Windows Vista logo assures customers that EXTRA! X-treme v9 will seamlessly integrate with and take advantage of the enhanced security, manageability and productivity features within the new operating platform. With support for Windows Vista x86 and x64 editions, as well as Windows XP x64 edition, the new offering helps further Attachmate's commitment to helping customers ease the migration to new platforms and network infrastructures.

"Attachmate is dedicated to helping customers enable growth and change in the organization by mitigating the risks associated with embracing new and exciting technologies," said Eric Varness, vice president of marketing at Attachmate. "EXTRA! X-treme v9's support for emerging and evolving technologies, including its Certification for Windows Vista, ensures customers can continue to leverage their valuable legacy assets, enhance end-user productivity and safeguard critical business data while moving to these new platforms."

EXTRA! X-treme v9 is tightly integrated with Microsoft Office, which means users can access all of their familiar Office productivity features and applications from within an emulation session without having to toggle back and forth between screens, accelerating data entry and host navigation. EXTRA! X-treme helps companies boost end-user productivity and realize significant cost savings through the combination of industry-leading terminal emulation technology with a comprehensive, productivity-focused feature set, including:

--Auto Complete: recalls what users type and automatically makes suggestions to auto-populate fields as it learns common commands that are repeated;
--Auto Expand: lets users pre-set acronyms or shortcuts for long words, phrases, or complex repeat commands;
--Screen History: enables users to view, copy and paste information from previous host screens into current active host screens with mouse-click ease;
--Recent Typing: lets users quickly view and select repeat words and commands, eliminating the need to manually re-enter information and reducing redundancies;
--Scratch Pad: ideal for customer service-centric organizations, lets users take notes as they work with their customers and/or host applications; and,
--Spell Check: helps eliminate user errors with fully configurable spell check features.

EXTRA! X-treme v9 ensures the integrity and privacy of data in motion, which is essential to commercial businesses and is required by government organizations. In addition to securing host assets with SSL and SSH encryption, as well as full support for Microsoft Windows XP SP2 security features, EXTRA! X-treme v9 now offers enhanced security features and functionality with Attachmate Reflection® Secure FTP Client. This new functionality includes cryptographic modules built to meet Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 and Department of Defense (DoD) Class 3 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Public Key-Enabled (PKE) application requirements, as well as support for SSL/TLS, SSH, Kerberos and SOCKS security protocols.

EXTRA! X-treme v9, which is currently available, also provides the following key features:
*Support for Windows Vista features such as User Account Control, Anti-Spyware Coalition policies, Windows Error Reporting, and restart manager
*Designed for Windows XP logo, and support for Windows XP x64 Edition and Windows 2000
*Support for Multi-user environments including Windows Terminal Server and Citrix MetaFrame
*SSH keyboard interactive authentication
*Support for IBM Express Logon Feature (ELF)
*Enhanced support for integration with portals
*Enhanced support for Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy
*Application self-repair via Microsoft Installer (MSI)

About EXTRA!
EXTRA! X-treme is part of the Attachmate® terminal emulation and secure host access product family, which securely connects web and Windows users to applications housed on IBM zSeries, IBM iSeries, UNIX, HP, Unisys, and OpenVMS systems. EXTRA! safeguards data in motion, boosts user productivity and makes reliable connections from any desktop to any host.

Attachmate EXTRA! works collaboratively or as a stand-alone 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 businesses.

About Attachmate
Attachmate, owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, enables IT organizations to extend mission critical services and assures they are managed, secure and compliant. Attachmate's leading solutions include host connectivity, systems and security management, and PC lifecycle management. Our goal is to empower IT organizations to deliver trusted applications, manage service levels, and ensure compliance by leveraging knowledge, automation and secured connectivity. For more information, visit www.attachmate.com.

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