RSD releases new EOS Thin Client

Geneva, Switzerland – February 27, 2003 - RSD introduces its new EOS Thin Client 2.0 based on Java servlets and J2EE technology, offering extensive functionality for users and product administrators.

This ready-to-use Web-enabled client interface accesses business critical information stored in one or more EOS databases. Its full compliance with the J2EE specification ensures a secure, robust application operating across the enterprise computer environment.

The burden on IT resources, to install and maintain the application, is noticeably reduced by eliminating the deployment of client software on the user computer and providing top level customization in accordance with workflow requirements. The administration module can be used to set defaults for servers accessed, language for help and screens, information shown in report lists and filters to limit these lists. To improve user productivity, ready-to-apply report transform and formatting templates can be made available and where AFP viewing software is unavailable, AFP reports can be set to open, on-the-fly, in PDF format.

Java servlets guarantee significantly faster browser-access and offer a sophisticated toolset, previously available only with PC applications. To ensure that users can rapidly see pertinent information, our Thin Client provides functionality to:

• Use pre-defined indexes to instantaneously access the desired section of a report.
• Filter the list of reports to those that are relevant and customize its "look".
• Export a report in its original format.
• Benefit by accessing the already personalized interface defined by the application administrator.

In addition, when displaying a text report, users can:

• Analyze report information locally. For text reports, this transform function outputs only specified data in a format immediately usable by most PC applications (for example Microsoft Excel) and eliminates the need for intervention by application personnel to generate special "download" reports.
• Perform powerful searches and choose how to display the results of the find operation.
• Format the report (freezing lines and columns) for a more comprehensible display.

"In keeping with RSD goals, this full-featured user-centric interface uses the latest technology to ensure that the enterprise can deliver essential information anytime, anyplace, regardless of where and in what format it is stored," says Alain Després, Managing Director at RSD.