Rocket Software Announces Windows 8 Compatibility for its BlueZone and PASSPORT Terminal Emulation Products

Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) today announced that its Rocket BlueZone and Rocket PASSPORT terminal emulation products have successfully completed Microsoft's Windows 8 compatibility testing and are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 8. Rocket terminal emulation users can now benefit from secure, reliable access to their host systems while leveraging the improved user experience and portability features of Windows 8.

Rocket Software is the first terminal emulation provider to announce Windows 8 compatibility, demonstrating our ongoing commitment to provide superior host access for the Microsoft Windows platform and IBM systems. "Earning Windows 8 compatibility for our Rocket terminal emulation solutions was important to ensure that users of Microsoft's new operating system can continue to access their IBM and other backend systems securely and reliably through TN3270, TN5250, UNIX/Dec (VT), SCO ANSI, Unisys (T27 and UTS), and Wyse terminal emulation clients", says Sam Elias, Vice President and General Manager, Application Development, Integration, and Modernization Business Unit at Rocket Software.

Rocket terminal emulation software is the ideal replacement for existing terminal emulators and provides superior technical performance and saving on annual maintenance costs over other terminal emulation solutions. Users get the critical features they need in a well-established emulator, while IT business management enjoys the overall cost savings to their IT budget line item. Multiple language, double-byte, and bi-directional Arabic support ensure that the Rocket terminal emulation solutions can be used world-wide.

"Besides significant cost savings, we make the replacement process completely painless for our customers by providing free migration and conversion tools that makes for an easily manageable and risk-free transition," says Elias.