e-Vantage from Attachmate Corporation (server-based, host access management solution)
Platforms: OS/290, AS/400, most Unix servers, Windows NT
Price: host access server: $4,995
URL: http://www.attachmate.com

Server-based, host access management solution that lays the necessary foundation for evolving corporate systems to e-business. Attachmate e-Vantage consists of a comprehensive set of products, global consulting services, and strategic partnerships that help organizations extend existing host-based business applications to new groups of users using Web technology.

Attachmate e-Vantage allows IT managers to dramatically reduce network complexity while providing secure user access to any type of host application or data. It helps organizations capitalize on e-business opportunities today with an object-oriented architecture, industry-standard interfaces, customized access to a variety of host systems including IBM S/390, and centralized software management and distribution.

Attachmate e-Vantage offers several key advantages to server-based host access:

• Control Over Complexity. Attachmate e-Vantage is one of the first solutions to incorporate enterprise-wide management of host access including centralized configuration, fault-tolerant software distribution for both thin and thick clients, and VPN (Virtual Private Network) security. Regardless of the type of host access, an administrator can control who has access to host systems, what information they can see, how it is presented, and how they stay current with the latest software.

• Ability to Evolve. Attachmate e-Vantage allows customers to evolve in segments. The management technology, combined with a highly flexible licensing plan, gives Attachmate e-Vantage customers the ability to combine different types of host access at-will, whether they are traditional client- or server-based access products. In addition, clients can move from thick-to-thin clients and implement e-business applications, all without re-licensing or additional cost.

• Freedom of Choice. Attachmate e-Vantage supports industry standards such as the recently proposed OHIO standard, jointly authored by IBM and Attachmate, for integrating host systems with new e-business applications.

• Faster Time to Market. All major components of Attachmate e-Vantage share a common set of host access objects that are also accessible to application programmers. This architecture, along with extensive development studios, expert consulting services, and fault-tolerant software distribution, provide a foundation for rapid development and deployment of new, host-integrated e-business applications - regardless of LAN, WAN, Internet, extranet, or intranet needs.

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