Kirkland, Washington-headquartered Wall Data Inc has launched Rumba for the Internet, claiming it as the industry’s first ‘ready for the enterprise’ Microsoft Corp Windows-based Internet access and navigation product. For Internet navigation, the new product includes Rumba Air Mosaic for charting the World Wide Web, Rumba Air News for browsing and posting to UseNet news groups, Rumba Air Gopher for accessing Gopher servers, Rumba Air Mail for sending and receiving Internet electronic mail, and Telnet for logging on to Unix systems. According to the company, the offering also features a suite of TCP/IP-based access applications, including Rumba File Manager, line printer redirector, a line printer daemon and a Point-to-Point Protocol dialler. Rumba for the Internet is available now as a stand-alone product, or as an upgrade to existing Rumba software products. A single-user licence fee will cost $150, while a single-user licence upgrade will come in at $100. The company has also announced Rumba for Hewlett-Packard Co, a Windows-to-Hewlett-Packard communications software package that is said to support full functionality for both HP 3000 and HP 9000 systems. It is shipping now, with a single-user licence fee costing $400, Wall Data says.
