Save Money by Replacing your Terminal Emulator

Every day, we hear from different organizations about the huge costs they pay for their 3270 terminal emulator and the problems they face each year managing this critical application. Zephyr clearly recognizes the principal factor driving most organizations to consider replacing their terminal emulator is lower costs. Still, even when presented with proposals of reduced fees of up 85% per year, organizations can remain reluctant to switch vendors and products for the following reasons:

Fear of Hidden Costs

Even after discovering the huge reduction in software license and maintenance fees that Zephyr can offer, there can still be some concern in regards to the costs associated with the deployment, distribution and configuration of a replacement terminal emulator.

Zephyr eases these concerns through centralized configuration of the terminal emulator and support for multiple deployment options that require no change to existing hardware or software. Further, we can often automatically convert configuration files from your existing terminal emulator. In any case, full technical support and conversion services are included in our low cost annual software license fee.

Future Upgrade Costs

The Zephyr license fees also allows for free terminal emulator upgrades when you migrate your Windows desktop operating software. That is important, because many organizations current standard is Windows XP, yet PASSPORT is already certified for Windows 7 and Vista.

Customized Applications

Most organizations have invested time and resources in tailoring their terminal emulator, developing macros and writing integrated applications. This has taken place over many years and is often viewed as "too complex" to migrate from. The problem is further accentuated if the resources that developed the integrated legacy applications are no longer available.

Although this is an understandable concern, Zephyr solutions greatly reduce this perceived risk because our application interfaces are often fully compatible with competitor products and there is minimal or no code change required.

At no extra cost, Zephyr will convert macros and applications written for Attachmate® EXTRA!® into a format to be used with the alternative Zephyr PASSPORT, and provide expertise and advice on the use of Zephyr's PASSPORT as an alternative terminal emulation solution to Attachmate EXTRA!.

Business Disruption

While this is another justifiable concern, disruption of business is minimized because Zephyr's PASSPORT software can simply co-exist alongside your existing terminal emulator, enabling a planned and careful migration. With super-quick deployment and migration services that we have developed through years of experience, a migration to Zephyr PASSPORT is simple, fast and will usually result in improved productivity, due to identified deficiencies in older software and deployment methods.

User Interface

Since terminal emulation is very much an "end user" product, changes to the user interface (UI) can be very disconcerting. Zephyr software is easily configured to present a familiar look and feel, and of course, the keyboard maps and display settings can be identical.

Therefore, if your organization is faced with high costs for terminal emulation, talk to Zephyr about replacement terminal emulation and let us propose and help you implement a solution to satisfy your requirements and help you reduce costs, now and for the future.

Just Paid your Annual Maintenance?

If you have just paid your annual maintenance renewal, that is unfortunate, but contact us now for a migration-renewal plan for next year.

We will provide our software and support services, often without charge, for up to 12 months to enable a timely and easy migration path and ensure that your organizations future costs for terminal emulation and legacy application are dramatically reduced by between 30% and 85%.