Zephyr launches Rumba replacement campaign

HOUSTON, USA: With the sale of NetManage to Micro Focus, Zephyr is fielding an increased number of enquiries regarding the replacement of the Rumba, OnWeb and OnNet terminal emulation software products. In response, Zephyr is pleased to launch a new Rumba replacement campaign to help customers seamlessly switch to Zephyr's PASSPORT terminal emulation software.

Zephyr's PASSPORT terminal emulation software provides access to legacy applications found on IBM zSeries (mainframe), iSeries (AS/400) and UNIX systems. Like Rumba, PASSPORT can also be used to integrate Visual Basic and C++ applications with legacy applications on the Windows desktop and features the use of VB Script as a foundation for productivity enhancing macros.

In most cases, screen scraping applications written for Micro Focus' products like Rumba that utilize the HLLAPI application programming interface can simply be used with PASSPORT as-is and no programmatic changes are required. This API compatibility is critical since many HLLAPI applications support Rumba as a standard.

As organizations worldwide seek to cut costs and lower operational expenses, PASSPORT is the number one solution chosen to replace incumbent terminal emulation solutions such as Micro Focus' Rumba, Attachmate's EXTRA!  and IBM Personal Communications or Client Access. Considerable savings can be realized through a flexible and tailored Zephyr software licensing plan.

The principal reasons to consider Zephyr's PASSPORT PC TO HOST or PASSPORT WEB TO HOST terminal emulation software as a replacement for Micro Focus Rumba and OnWeb are:

Reduced Cost - Reduces organizations terminal emulation costs by up to 73 percent, with no loss of functionality.

Simple and Fast Transition - With it's ability to be configured for Rumba compatibility, customer trials show that PASSPORT can replace Rumba simply and quickly.

Easily Administered, Flexible Licensing Options - Previous users of Rumba have sited complex, time consuming license tracking and administration requirements. Zephyr offers flexible, hassle-free licensing plans tailored to suit each customer's individual needs.

Protect Existing Screen Scraping Applications - As mentioned, in most cases, HLLAPI-based screen-scraping applications written for Rumba can be used as-is with PASSPORT and no programmatic changes are required.

Pure IP Design- PASSPORT, which was developed specifically for IP communication, is considerably smaller in terms of the installation size of Rumba and is often quoted as being faster.

Ease of Deployment - Zephyr offers many standard ways to deploy PASSPORT: MSI, SMS, Citrix, Microsoft IIS and WebSphere.

Certified for Windows Vista - Unlike Rumba, PASSPORT PC TO HOST 2007 is Certified for Windows Vista.