Aton® Connect Gives Mobile Workers
Access To Corporate Mainframe Information

LOS ALTOS, California ­ Oct. 4, 2001 – Aton International, Inc. announced today that the company will be releasing the Aton Connect for the Microsoft Windows-Powered Pocket PC 2002 Software on December 1, 2001.  This ActiveX component, optimized for the Compaq IPAQ, will allow corporate IT departments the ability to provide their mobile workforce with access to data on their mid-range and mainframe computers.

     The Aton Connect provides for multiple 3278 terminal emulation sessions and allows the Compaq IPAQ application program to interface through a virtual screen and virtual keyboard paradigm to data located on mid-range and mainframe systems. This approach is particularly well suited for custom IT applications that need to acquire or transact data with a mainframe computer, yet wish to maintain full control over the user experience using the modern GUI oriented presentation methods of Pocket PC 2002. 

     The Aton Connect terminal emulation will also be available for the Windows XP desktop, Windows .NET servers, and Windows XP Embedded systems. All versions of the product allow virtual terminal access to mainframe systems such as CICS, VM/CMS, MVS, and other systems that support the TN 3270 Internet protocol.

     Charles A. Wilde, Founder and Principal, of Aton International, Inc. commented, “With so many new and enhanced features, including enhanced device security, the Pocket PC 2002, offers corporations an outstanding way to equip its mobile workforce. We have designed and priced our product, the Aton Connect, to specifically address the needs of the enterprise IT market.” The Aton Connect is sold with an enterprise wide license that is ideally suited to the company wishing to deploy a number of units to mobile workers throughout the company.

“Pocket PC 2002 has a great advantage in the marketplace because it is designed to be the most connected and expandable PDA available,” said Chris Hill, Product Manager for the Mobility Division at Microsoft Corp. “We are pleased that Aton International is taking advantage of the new feature functionalities of Pocket PC 2002 with its introduction of Aton Connect that will benefit users by providing IT departments with remote access to their most essential data.”

     Aton International, Inc., http://www.aton.com, is a Microsoft Mobile Solutions Partner and a Windows Embedded Partner offering products, consulting, system design, software development and system integration for embedded and networked systems. The company has applied a broad range of Microsoft technology to implement systems in diverse environments for original equipment manufacturers and corporate clients including biometric imaging, physical access control, medical instruments, consumer software products, Internet commerce sites, etc.

For further information, please contact Constance Wilde, Principal, Aton International, Inc. at 650-938-9328, constance.wilde@aton.com

Aton and Aton Connect are trademarks of Aton International, Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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