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News Release

Recon-X Adds Persistency to Hummingbird Exceed & ReflectionX

CIO FORUM 2008 -- NEW YORK, NY – April 15, 2008: StarNet Communications of Sunnyvale, California, a leading developer of Windows-to-Linux/UNIX connectivity solutions, announced the release of Recon-X, a low-cost add-on product that vastly improves the functionality of Hummingbird Exceed and Attachmate’s ReflectionX, the two most widely used UNIX/Linux host access solutions deployed at large corporate enterprises.

Recon-X gives Exceed and ReflectionX users the ability to suspend and resume their      X server sessions, reconnect to sessions on a remote UNIX/Linux host after a Windows, power or network failure, and move sessions from one PC to another.  No upgrade of the PC X server is required as Recon-X works with Exceed and ReflectionX releases issued in the past 10 years.

Thanks to data compression, Recon-X also vastly boosts performance when connecting to remote UNIX & Linux hosts over slow Internet connections.  Because Recon-X tunnels sessions over strongly-encrypted SSH connections, Recon-X also provides unmatched user authentication and data security.

Last fall, StarNet announced X-Win32 LIVE, the first fully-featured PC X server offering session persistency, allowing Windows users to disconnect their PC from the network while their remote sessions continue to run on the UNIX and Linux host.  With Recon-X, StarNet is making the persistency available for users of Exceed and ReflectionX as well.

“When we developed our LIVE functionality, we realized that no matter how revolutionary, not all Exceed and ReflectionX customers would be able to migrate to X-Win32 LIVE.  Recon-X allows enterprises that are deeply invested in Exceed or ReflectionX to both protect and enhance those investments,” said Steven Schoch, StarNet co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.  “Recon-X provides the vast installed base of Exceed and ReflectionX users the simplest and most cost-effective means to improve their productivity through session persistency.”
 
Recon-X consists of two components;

sessions are running and which have been suspended. Simple “Suspend” and “Resume” buttons allow users to bring up or suspend any of their remote sessions.

 

Recon-X vastly improves end-user productivity, especially when connecting over slow Internet connections. Even over 56K modems, Recon-X allows Exceed and ReflectionX to work productively. Users with WiFi, DSL or Cable connections usually experience LAN-like performance.

In addition to suspend/resume and crash recovery, Recon-X also allows provides session mobility. When setting up an identical Recon-X session on a second PC, users can start a remote UNIX/Linux application on one PC, suspend it and resume the session on a second machine, even from home.

Pricing & Availability

Recon-X for Exceed and ReflectionX starts at $150 in volume 1-10. Additional volume discounts are available as well as special pricing programs for government and educational institutions.

Exceed and ReflectionX customers can download an evaluation copy of Recon-X from http://www.starnet.com/products/reconx/download.php

About StarNet Communications

StarNet Communications Corp., founded in 1989, develops and markets X11 solutions on the Windows platform for corporate, educational and government organizations. StarNet's family of X-Win32 and Recon-X PC X server products offers cost-effective, best-of-breed X terminal emulation solutions. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company is privately held. For more information, visit www.starnet.com

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