Eicon's Aviva for Java 2.00, Featuring SSL Security,
Provides Programming Tools for E-Business Transactions
SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA--
Eicon Technology, a global leader in remote access solutions,
today announced the worldwide availability of Aviva for Java 2.00,
complete with SSL security options, making it a secure and
flexible e-business solution for Web-based, mission-critical host access.
Eicon's Aviva for Java 2.00 is a Java-based web-to-host solution
that provides enterprise customers with vital e-business
technology. While leveraging corporate investments in existing
hardware, software and data infrastructures, Aviva for Java 2.00
also provides a reliable, secure way to leverage the many benefits
of Web-to-host, such as Web-based access, central management and
configuration, decreased cost of ownership and ease of deployment.
Aviva for Java enables valuable corporate mainframe data to be
securely accessed by business partners, employees and remote
workers via the Web.
"Eicon's Aviva for Java 2.00 will enable corporations to more
effectively deliver customized host access to heterogeneous host
environments," said Jean-Francois Levesque, Director of Eicon's
SNA Host Access Business Unit. "By using Aviva for Java as a
background host connectivity engine, developers are able to build,
with any industry standard Java development tool, custom Java
applications that can access and extract data from a 3270 back-endapplication."
Aviva for Java 2.00 supports multiple levels and types of security
as well as direct encryption with any SSL-enabled TN server.
Moreover, Aviva for Java can security-enable non-SSL TN servers
with its Java SSL redirector, which can either be installed on a
Web server or on one or more TN servers, and managed from a singleconsole.
Aviva for Java 2.00, replete with programming and customization
options, provides full support of JavaBeans as well as other
industry-standard Java development tools and API's such as OHIO
(the emerging Application Programming Interface for terminal
emulation), Eicon's Aviva Class Library (ACL), and Eicon's Page
API, a unique scripting tool that enables automation via HTML
pages. As such, Aviva for Java is perfect for building customized
user interfaces and Java-based e-business applications to extend
host information to new users untrained in SNA applications.
"Eicon's Aviva for Java has extensive programmatic capabilities -
including JavaBeans - which further enhances the appeal of the
already compelling Aviva Family," said Anura Guruge, an
independent analyst, author of "Integrating TCP/IP i-nets with IBM
Data Centers" and the Chairman of the SNA-Capable i-net Forum.
"The true strength of the Eicon host access offering is that it is
a complete, no-compromise family that includes a full-function
client, a feature-rich Java client - Aviva for Java 2.00 -a very
powerful 3270-to-HTML conversion solution, an NT Terminal Server
product, and an adaptable host print server. Aviva for Java 2.00,
with SSL, the strategic IBM-endorsed OHIO API, host printing and
JavaBeans puts Eicon in the top-tier of applet-based SNA access solutions."
In addition to SSL security, a Java-based SSL redirector (which is
Web server agnostic) and comprehensive support for programming
tools and APIs, other features incorporated into the newest
release of Eicon's Aviva for Java 2.00 include: /T/
- Server platform independence (Unix, Linux, OS/390)- IND$FILE file transfer
- multi-language support- 3270 printer support
- ability to re-map keyboard key assignments - color display support/T/
Aviva for Java 2.00 is available in French and English by either a
user, or concurrent user license, and is priced as low as $95.
For more information on Eicon's Aviva for Java 2.00, please visit
the product Web page at eicon.com.
The Aviva Family
The Aviva(TM) Family - Next Generation Host Access(TM) offers the
most comprehensive range of PC-to-host connectivity products for
delivering host applications to your desktop or Web browser via
SNA or TCP/IP centric networks. The Aviva Family, which consists
of Aviva for Java(TM), Aviva Web-to-Host Server(TM), Aviva for
Desktops(TM), Aviva for Terminal Servers(TM) and Aviva HostPrint
Server(TM) offers a choice of flexible, Inter/intranet
thin-client, browser-based and traditional desktop solutions for
secure host access for any connectivity model. Eicon's Aviva
Developer Assist Program provides corporations with the necessary
technical support to build custom PC-to-Host and Web-to-Host
applications, as well as develop Web-enabled host applications,
automate repetitive tasks and more. Eicon Technology Corporation
Eicon Technology Corporation is a worldwide provider of remote
access products for personal computers. The Company develops,
markets and supports hardware and software products for connecting
network servers and desktop and notebook PCs to corporate
networks, host computers and the Internet. Its products are sold
in more than 70 countries through a network of certified channel
partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Eicon Technology
shares are traded on the Montreal Exchange and Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol "EIC." Information about Eicon and its
products is available at eicon.com.
Eicon and Aviva are registered trademarks of Eicon Technology
Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and/or other countries. Java is a trademark of
Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their owners.
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