Maximize Your Windows 7 Investment with Reflection Desktop If you’ve migrated to the Microsoft Windows 7 platform but are still using an outdated terminal emulator, you won’t be able to take full advantage of your Windows 7 investment. This solution brief describes some of the ways that the Micro Focus® Reflection® Desktop terminal emulation and PC X server products stay in step with Windows 7 to deliver the time-saving flexibility you need, and the robust security you can’t do without.

Improve User ProductivityMany host applications are cryptic and difficult to use. Working with Windows 7 and Office 2010, Reflection Desktop leverages key pro-ductivity features that make your host appli-cations as easy to use as Office applications. With Reflection Desktop, you can:

Enhance the user experience. Reflection Desktop lets users choose be-tween a familiar Classic-mode toolbar and the modern Ribbon interface. In addition, the Reflection Workspace allows users to organize all host and web sessions via tabs, much like a contemporary web browser.

Allow faster, easier data access. With Reflection Desktop, users can employ the multiple document interface (MDI) mode to simul taneously view all application win-dows within the Reflection Workspace—and exchange data between multiple host applications. Reflection Screen History allows users to navigate to prior host screens—so that call center employees, for example, can easily retrieve contact

information rather than requesting data from the customer again.

Make search more powerful. Searching for product information on host screens, in Help content, in configuration panels, or on the Internet takes time. Reflection Desktop helps users quickly find data wherever it resides, without leaving the Reflection Desktop workspace.

Allow smarter data entry. Reflection Desktop users can save thousands of keystrokes and improve data accuracy with AutoExpand, AutoCorrect, AutoComplete, and Spell Check. For example, AutoExpand saves data-entry time by converting acro -nyms to commonly used words or phrases.

Automate tasks. Reflection Desktop’s easy-to-use macro-recording feature allows users to automate repetitive tasks without programming skills. Power users can enhance recorded macros with the powerful, fully integrated Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor. Built-in VBA support also enables data exchanges between host and desktop applications.

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Meet New Security RequirementsWindows 7 offers revolutionary advances in security, but unless your terminal emulator is in synch with those capabilities, you won’t gain much benefit from them. With Reflection Desktop, you can:

Meet external security requirements. Reflection Desktop is certified for the U.S. Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure (DoD PKI) and offers strong SSL/TLS and SSH encryption validated for the U.S. government’s FIPS 140-2 standard. This high level of security facilitates compliance with PCI DSS,

Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and Basel III requirements.

Restrict user access. Reflection Desktop leverages the Microsoft User Account Control (UAC) security platform for limiting access to features that only an admini-strator should be allowed to modify.

Contain macro sprawl. Macros are definite time savers, but too many of them can be a security risk if IT administrators don’t know where they are, what they do, or whether they’re trustworthy. Reflection Desktop’s Trusted Locations feature enables administrators to control macro

sprawl by predefining desktop or network locations from which Reflection Desktop settings files can run.

Protect sensitive data. Reflection Privacy Filters mask sensitive data, such as social security and credit card numbers, within host applications and at all Office integra-tion points, like the Clipboard. With Privacy Filters enabled, data will be hidden when users employ features such as Screen History, Recent Typing, AutoComplete, Print Screen, and Cut/Copy/Paste. Host data can also be excluded from emails.

Enhance Administrative ControlMost IT departments manage hundreds or thou-sands of applications across the enterprise, which is why Reflection Desktop includes a number of features designed to control IT com-plexity. With Reflection Desktop, you can:

Perform easier installs. You can install Reflection Desktop using industry-standard Microsoft Installer (MSI) technology. An MSI editing tool lets you completely customize Reflection Desktop prior to deployment.

Maintain centralized control. Reflection Desktop is integrated with the optional Reflection Administrator, a powerful tool that lets you centrally customize Reflection Desktop sessions, macros, and other user settings, and then deploy them to users via a simple web link.

Leverage virtualization technologies. Reflection Desktop is optimized for the most popular virtualization platforms from vendors like VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix. In fact, Reflection Desktop recently earned both the VMware Ready and Citrix Ready logos.

Employ the Trusted Locations feature to centralize control of user macros, eliminating most security problems

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Get the Most Out of Your Windows 7 Investment with Reflection DesktopRecent studies indicate that it costs more to maintain old, unsupported software than it does to upgrade to newer products. With its many advances, Windows 7 delivers improved productivity, security, and administrative control. Reflection Desktop allows you to maximize that investment with capabilities that harmonize with Windows 7.

With Privacy Filters, you can protect just about any type of sensitive data that is displayed on IBM host screens.

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