Rocket Software Releases Next Version of Rocket BlueZone

- Offers enhanced user experience for terminal emulation -

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) today announced the availability of Rocket® BlueZone version 6.1, which includes new features and improvements to make accessing IBM Mainframe (TN3270), iSeries (TN5250), UNIX/DEC (VT), and Unisys (T27 & UTS) with BlueZone even faster and easier. With this release, 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 is always responsive to our customers’ needs, and with Version 6.1 BlueZone keeps moving the ball forward by constantly evolving our feature set to align with our customers’ needs”

Beginning with version 6.1, users can run multiple versions of Rocket BlueZone on the same PC. Newer deployments will no longer overwrite older ones, ensuring a consistent end user experience. Version 6.1 also uses text-based configuration files, allowing administrators to easily find and edit entries in the configuration files either manually or programmatically. Improved keyboard mapping capability, a master configuration/navigation pane, spell check, and scratch pad make BlueZone easier to configure and use, and make end-users more productive.

Other highlights in version 6.1 include:

• New themes, including color schemes similar to Microsoft Office™
• Configurable toolbar and status bar colors schemes
• Per user ActiveX installation that allows standard users to download, install and update the BlueZone Web to Host Control
• IBM i data/file transfer COM object
• IBM i TN5250E printer association
• Printer association based on the profile name
• Improved Arabic support
• EXE mode for Web to Host (allows Web to Host to launch from configuration file shortcuts)
• New IND$FILE file transfer interface

“Rocket is always responsive to our customers’ needs, and with Version 6.1 BlueZone keeps moving the ball forward by constantly evolving our feature set to align with our customers’ needs,” says Steve Bireley, Managing Director of Research and Development at Rocket Software.

This release also includes updated versions of BlueZone Security Server and BlueZone for Unisys. For more information on the new features in Rocket BlueZone version 6.1, visit: http://bluezone.rocketsoftware.com/products/terminal-emulation/bz-terminal-emulation-suite/features

About Rocket Software

Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) is a global software development firm that builds enterprise products and delivers enterprise solutions in the following segments: Business Intelligence and Analytics; Storage, Networks, and Compliance; Application Development, Integration, and Modernization; and Database Servers and Tools. Rocket is engaged in business and technology partnerships with IBM, EMC, Fujitsu, HP Enterprise Services, Hitachi Data Systems, Avaya, Motorola, Epicor, and many others. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.