BroadVision and IONA Technologies Deliver Powerful CORBA Based Internet Applications; Joint Solution Has Been Adopted By Over 200 Global Enterprises Since 1995.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1998--IONA Technologies (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :IONAY) the world leader in Making Software Work Together(tm) and BroadVision Inc., (NASDAQ:BVSN BVSN Broadvision, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) today announced that the latest release of BroadVision's One-to-One product will utilize the latest powerful features of IONA's award-winning Orbix(r) family of products as its middleware enabling technology. BroadVision has had great success with the products is has based on Orbix since 1995 and is excited about the powerful new capabilities of its latest generation. "BroadVision uses IONA's Orbix to build platform-independent, component-based solutions that leverage the best of DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) Formerly Network OLE, it is Microsoft's technology for distributed objects. DCOM is based on COM, Microsoft's component software architecture, which defines the object interfaces. and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global (r) technology. IONA's capabilities allow us to support our customers' requirements for integration with their mission critical business systems," says Bill Bagnell, Product Manager for BroadVision Inc. "BroadVision delivers leading web application solutions which leverage Orbix, the industry's leading object request broker See ORB. (programming) Object Request Broker - (ORB) Part of the OMG CORBA specification, an ORB's basic function is to pass method invocation requests to the correct objects and return the results to the caller. technology. We are pleased to see BroadVision extend its product set with its latest generation technology in the One-To-One Enterprise release that offers powerful new functionality," said Noel Toolan, senior vice president of marketing development at IONA Technologies IONA Technologies, NASDAQ: IONA, began life as a campus company in Trinity College, Dublin and was founded by Chris Horn, Annrai O'Toole, Colin Newman and Seán Baker.[1][2] IONA maintains headquarter offices in Dublin, Boston and Tokyo. . "BroadVision's inclusion of Orbix illustrates its rich functionality, which enables organizations around the globe make their software work together." BroadVision's one-to-one suite of relationship management applications rely on IONA's Orbix for creating a high performance, highly scalable system that can operate in a truly distributed environment. BroadVision's open architecture provides open interfaces to tie enterprise systems together using DCOM, CORBA and other open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced . CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture (standard, programming) Common Object Request Broker Architecture - (CORBA) An Object Management Group specification which provides a standard messaging interface between distributed objects. The original CORBA specification (1. ) is the world's leading middleware standard which is managed by the OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group (tm) (Object Management Group) offers software developers an open, proven approach to making diverse IT systems work together. IONA's Orbix is the world's leading CORBA product, used by over 3,500 organizations. About BroadVision Products BroadVision provides solutions that enable the creation of online communities using a customer-centric approach through which companies can market and respond to the needs of customers on a one-to-one basis. BroadVision solutions offer advanced customization, dynamic content matching, and online alerts that are driven by user profiles. These solutions integrate easily with existing front and back office systems. Specific offerings include the BroadVision One-To-One Enterprise, a relationship management system for the extended enterprise, and One-To-One Commerce, One-To-One Financial and One-To-One Knowledge applications. Also available are associated easy-to-use One-To-One business manager tools for dynamic control of web sites including the creation of business rules and content management. About BroadVision Founded in 1993, BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN - news) is the leading worldwide supplier of One-To-One relationship management applications for the extended enterprise. These end-to-end solutions enable companies to rapidly deploy and cost-effectively operate secure, scalable, intelligent, and flexible electronic business and knowledge management applications for the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , retail/distribution, high technology, telecommunications, and travel/leisure industries. BroadVision is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. and maintains an extensive network of subsidiaries and licensed resellers in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. The company can be reached at 650-261-5100 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.broadvision.com. About IONA Technologies Founded in 1991, IONA Technologies (NASDAQ:IONAY) is the world leader in Making Software Work Together(tm). IONA's leading product, Orbix(r), provides customers with a standards based enterprise middleware solution to make diverse software components work together in a reliable, dependable and scaleable manner. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC's market research, Orbix, which is used by over 3,500 businesses worldwide and conforms to the Object Management Group's CORBA specification, is the world's leading object middleware product. NOTE TO EDITORS: To access IONA press releases and background material on the web, visit: http://www.iona.com/news/pressroom/. If you would like to receive IONA press releases by e-mail, contact Tom Murphy at tmurphy@iona.com Orbix is a registered trademark of IONA Technologies. Making Software Work Together is a trademark of IONA Technologies. BroadVision is a registered trademark of BroadVision, Inc. BroadVision One-To-One is a trademark of BroadVision, Inc. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of Object Management Group, Inc. in the US and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion