BELLEVUE, Wash. - April 7, 2003 - Attachmate Corporation, 20-year veteran of legacy integration, today announced its support for BEA WebLogic Server 8.1™, the foundation for BEA Systems' (Nasdaq: BEAS) unified application infrastructure platform. Attachmate myEXTRA!™ host integration and Web services solutions are designed to complement the award-winning BEA WebLogic Server for a unified, simplified, and extensible application infrastructure that can allow customers to realize time-to-value from their IT investments.
Together, Attachmate and BEA can provide an integrated development environment for building enterprise-class applications that leverage legacy assets. Attachmate myEXTRA! Smart Connectors support BEA WebLogic Server through JCA, EJB, and Web services. These solutions for real-time access to host information and business logic are designed to preserve the integrity of legacy applications, while securely exposing legacy assets to new applications. Customers can re-gain the Quality of Service from legacy investments to increase their business agility in today's competitive environment.
"BEA's partnership with Attachmate can allow our customers to continue to leverage their investments in their legacy systems," said Scott Edgington, vice president and general manager, global software partners, BEA Systems. "Attachmate's Smart Connectors are designed to simplify the integration of legacy information and business logic with BEA WebLogic Server. The combined power and performance of BEA and Attachmate technologies position our customers to greater advantage - with adaptability, scalability, and accelerated deployment of solutions."
Attachmate BEA Ready certified solution
Attachmate's myEXTRA! Smart Connectors are designed to extend the reach of BEA WebLogic by providing a vital link to information and applications on legacy IBM® mainframe, iSeries®, or Unisys® host systems. Attachmate Smart Connectors can enable real-time access to legacy back-end systems via direct transactional, user interface, and CICS Bridge methods. Built on open standards, Smart Connectors can provide an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface to capture host information and business logic as reusable objects for use within new e-business applications.
"Attachmate and BEA use open standards and are platform independent, so customers can build applications for today that can be used for tomorrow," explained Markus Nitschke, Attachmate vice president of Marketing. "myEXTRA! Smart Connectors can help organizations simplify the development of WebLogic enterprise applications and boost the productivity of any development team."
About Attachmate
Attachmate Corporation is a privately held, worldwide supplier of host data and business-logic access and management solutions for Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises. The company provides solutions for direct, real-time access to back-office systems, Web-to-host and desktop-to-host solutions, plus flexible enterprise application integration and Web services offerings. Attachmate is a BEA Star Partner, a Microsoft® Certified Gold Partner, and Unisys® (NYSE: UIS) partner. News and information is available at http://www.attachmate.com or by calling Attachmate® worldwide headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, at (425) 644-4010.
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