Enterprise Connectivity Benefits

The result of the Attachmate / CAIL partnering initiative is Customers receive an integrated Enterprise Connectivity Solution that provides a “single icon” for connectivity to “all” or “selected” Host based applications.–

The significant benefits include:

1. Simplified information access to NonStop/Tandem (6530), IBM (3270,5250) UNIX (VT,X), Unisys (T27,UTS) and other systems.
2. Reduced - costs
- screen clutter
- support demands
- license administration
3. More easily manage change and minimize the work to upgrade systems
4. Increase user and systems personnel productivity
5. Consistency in –
- Evolving systems/applications across platforms.
.… including enterprise initiatives pertaining to security
SOA / Web Services, single sign-on, information integration, modernizing / guizing applications, etc.
- Operations
ie: system access, setup, selecting configuration options, etc.
- Licensing across the enterprise
6. Have a “connectivity standard” across platforms with a “common look and feel” for users.
7. Better integrate and aggregate information from various systems for enhanced analytics and reporting with the ability to -
- move data from one Host system to another
- utilize data from Host based systems in Windows applications (ie: Word, Excel, etc.)

…. with superior interfacing capabilities for seemless presentation of information services to users
(based on .Net, ActiveX, Java, Smart Connectors, etc.)

8. A low cost, low risk solution that -
- builds on - user familiarity with current systems
- proven CAIL and Attachmate products
- minimizes change to move systems forward
- leverages the investment in current system infrastructure
- (including Attachmate / CAIL licenses)
- supports a strategy to - deliver business benefits quickly
- realize a fast Return On Investment
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