IONA's iPortal Application Server Achieves Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition -J2EE- Certification.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 15, 2000 IONA Delivers the Industry's First J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. (TM)Technology-Based Portal Platform to Address the Development, Integration and Web Presentation Requirements of Enterprise Portal See corporate portal. Applications IONA(R), the Enterprise Portal Company(TM) (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 : IONA), today announced the release of the 1.3 version of its iPortal Application Server(TM), which has successfully attained Sun Microsystem's Java(TM) 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) Certification. IONA's iPortal Application Server is a cornerstone of the iPortal Suite(TM), which is a standards-based integration, development and web presentation platform for the creation of e-business applications and enterprise portals. "We're pleased to welcome IONA, a leader in e-business infrastructure, to the family of application servers that have received J2EE certification," said George Paolini, vice president of System Software Technology Evangelism and Marketing at Sun Microsystems. "IONA's leadership in the middleware market, and their newly-certified application server, position them well to provide customers with an open, standards-based approach to developing integrated e-business solutions and enterprise portals." "IONA is one of our most trusted, long standing partners," said Dr. Pehong Chen, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BroadVision(R). "We already work with IONA to incorporate their market-leading Orbix offering into our suite of e-business applications. With the J2EE certification of IONA's iPortal Application Server, we can ensure interoperability between our applications and iPortal. We look forward to extending their application server technology to our customers." Unlike other application servers based on EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. (TM) technology, IONA's iPortal Application Server has been built from the ground up to leverage EJB 1.1 standards. It includes an EJB 1.1 technology-based container, a Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (language, programming) Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition - (J2EE) Sun's Java platform for multi-tier server-oriented enterprise applications. The basis of J2EE is Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB). See also the Standard edition J2SE and the Micro edition J2ME. (J2EE(TM)) Web container that supports JavaServer Pages(TM) technology, Servlets, and complete support for other enterprise technology specifications included in the J2EE platform. Additionally, IONA's iPortal Application Server version 1.3 features the following enhancements: --Seamless EJB 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 interoperability using the industry's most advanced CORBA infrastructure --Complete mainframe connectivity, where CICS/IMS applications written in Cobol and PL/1 can be accessed seamlessly through enterprise beans running in IONA's J2EE certified-compliant container --Support of management and administration using JMX JMX Java Management Extensions JMX Air Jamaica Express (ICAO code) JMX Jumbogroup Multiplex standard --Support for the dynamic re-deployment of containers, allowing rapid replacement of application server logic in 24-by-7 operating systems --New features including lightweight pure Java(TM) Transaction Manager and HTTP server support for deployed J2EE technology-based web applications "Receiving J2EE certification underscores IONA's commitment to supporting open standards that protect our customer's investments," said Barry Morris, IONA's CEO. Recently, industry analysts recognized IONA as a leading platform provider for integrating, building and deploying enterprise portal applications, and today's certification from Sun further illustrates this leadership." Compliance Testing: Sun's J2EE technology certification is the industry's only comprehensive test suite for assessing compatibility with J2EE specifications. Since bringing the iPortal Application Server to market, IONA has passed more than 6,500 tests. About IONA: IONA, 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 a full diversity of languages, including Java and C++, and distributed computing technologies, including SOAP, 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. , EJB, J2EE, 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. . Founded in 1991, IONA is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with US headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company had revenues of $105 million in 1999 and employs more than 750 people in 30 offices worldwide. For more information, please see www.iona.com. IONA and Orbix are registered trademarks of IONA Technologies. The Enterprise Portal Company, IONA iPortal Application Server, and IONA iPortal Suite are trademarks of IONA Technologies. SUN, Sun Microsystems, the Sun [pilcrow (paragraph sign)]Logo, Java, J2EE, JavaBeans, EJB, and JavaServer Pages, and Java Servlets are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc in the United States and other countries. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Object Management Group,Inc in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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