Terminal emulation software has been a mission-critical part of enterprise IT infrastructures for the better part of two decades. But in most enterprises, the sprawl of configuration files, macros, HLLAPI applications, and other emulation collateral has grown to an unmanageable point.
Terminal emulation sprawl originated when organizations had large IT staffs and when security practices were in their infancy. But today, it could be draining valuable resources and even putting your security at risk.
As your organization migrates to Windows 7, it’s a good time to evaluate your emulation sprawl. Do you have the IT staff to support it? Are your modern security practices compatible with it? Do you know what’s in all those configuration files?
A Best-Practices Approach to Standardization
A Windows 7 migration is also a good time to standardize on a single terminal emulation solution, which can allow you to dramatically reduce costs. You’ll save by reducing license fees, reducing maintenance fees, and reducing the IT staff required to support multiple terminal emulation products from multiple vendors. And today, most terminal emulation products have built-in features to aid in migrating from one terminal emulation product to another.
With a logical, project-driven approach to standardization, you can reap benefits that go way beyond simple cost savings. You will also proactively assess the sprawl around your terminal emulation infrastructure and make key decisions that help create a more secure and manageable infrastructure going forward.
This solution brief outlines a best-practices approach to standardizing your emulation assets. You’ll learn which project phases to implement, as well as the most important steps to take and questions to ask during each of these phases.
Open the PDF to read the full brief.