Elastic Networks Standardizes On IONA Technologies for Internet Applications Services Platform.Business/Technology Editors IONA World WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2000 IONA's Orbix 2000 to Underpin the Evolution of Elastic's YesWare Internet Access See how to access the Internet. Application Server Elastic Networks, Inc., today announced that they will adopt IONA Technologies' Orbix 2000(TM) as the architectural basis for their next generation of YesWare(TM) Internet access solutions. IONA's Orbix 2000 is a 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 2.3 (Common 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. Agent) middleware engine based on a new modular architecture designed for the dynamic operations of Enterprise Portals. Orbix 2000 is the foundation for IONA's iPortal Suite,(TM) and also provides a primary development and deployment platform that gives thousands of CORBA developers a migration path into the new world of enterprise portals. Elastic Networks' new generation of CORBA-based YesWare applications will enable service providers to scale beyond brick and mortar-based server deployments by creating a migration path to network-based, enterprise level systems, capable of providing access solutions to many sites from a central operations Central Operations (CO) is a major command of the London Metropolitan Police that provides operational support to the rest of the service. It is commanded by Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur. center. Additionally, the Orbix 2000 platform provides the building blocks necessary to create seamless interfaces with other e-commerce and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems, which will enable service providers such as Elastic to assimilate transaction information from their entire network into one enterprise system. In addition to providing increased network flexibility for enterprise based solutions, CORBA is the technology of choice for interfacing with telecom service provider operation support systems. The next generation of Elastic's YesWare applications based on Orbix 2000 will be generally available for shipment beginning in the third quarter of this year. "By evolving YesWare on the Orbix 2000 platform, we will be able to reach beyond premise-based internet access and billing solutions, allowing Elastic Networks to expand our applications into the network based business-to-business market," said Michael VanPatten, senior vice president of business development at Elastic Networks. "Our partnership with 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. is a key enabler of our business expansion in this market." "Integrated transaction management is key to our ability to scale," said David Wigglesworth, hospitality president of Darwin Networks, a rapidly growing application service provider and Elastic Networks business partner. "As we move to real-time, transaction-based enterprise systems, the flexibility and ease of integration offered by a CORBA based YesWare product is a key element to our continued growth." "We view Elastic's adoption of Orbix 2000 as a strategic win for IONA", said Bob Wamsley, senior vice president of sales for IONA. "Our partnership with Elastic's industry leading YesWare solution expands our presence into their high growth market sector." "Leading-edge companies like Elastic Networks continue to validate the success of IONA's e-business infrastructure offerings, such as Orbix 2000 and the iPortal Suite," said Ed Gaudet, vice president of worldwide marketing for IONA. "Elastic expands IONA's presence into their high growth market sector, and we look forward to working with Elastic to meet the needs of our mutual customers." About IONA Technologies IONA Technologies, the Enterprise Portal Company, is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure that helps organizations build and deploy enterprise portals, Internet commerce sites, and other large-scale distributed applications. IONA supports the full diversity of languages -including Java and C++ - and distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. technologies -including XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , Enterprise JavaBeans, CORBA, Microsoft's Windows DNA 2000 and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/390, CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without and IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. - used by today's development organizations. Founded in 1991, IONA Technologies is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company had revenues of $105 million in 1999 and employs more than 625 people in 25 offices worldwide. For more information, please see www.iona.com. About Darwin Networks Darwin Networks provides high speed Internet access and network solutions to small and medium-sized businesses; office, flex, industrial and retail properties; apartment, condominium and student housing complexes; and hotels and telephone companies using wireless, wireline and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary technologies. The company offers a full complement of marketing and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , including training, to assist business owners, property managers and their staffs in marketing and implementing the new services. Darwin Networks has corporate offices in Louisville, KY; San Diego and Walnut Creek, CA; and Seattle, WA. The company has agreements in place and in progress to launch services in more than 400 locations in over 20 states. Darwin's investors include Broadband Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (led by Chrysalis chrysalis (krĭs`əlĭs): see pupa. Ventures, LLC), Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Richland Ventures, River Cities Capital and associates of Moore Capital. For more information about Darwin Networks, please visit www.darwin.net. About Elastic Networks, Inc. Elastic Networks is the leader in innovative, next generation EtherLoop DSL technology and YesWare high-speed Internet access solutions, enabling service providers to easily offer affordable broadband services that simplify the way people connect. By leveraging its technological differentiation in speed, deployability, and economics, and by building strategic relationships with distributor, chip manufacturing, and data networking partners, Elastic Networks continues to increase the pervasiveness of its innovative technology in markets throughout the world. Elastic Networks Inc., based in Alpharetta, GA, is a private company funded by Nortel Networks; Texas Instruments; Pequot Capital; MF Private Capital; Williams, Jones & Associates; ComVentures and Wolfson Equities. For more information about Elastic Networks and its high-speed access and subscriber management solutions, visit www.elastic.com or contact (678) 297-3100. IONA and Orbix are registered trademarks of IONA Technologies. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademarks of the Object Management Group, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. IONA iPortal Suite and Orbix 2000 are trademarks of IONA Technologies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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