IONA Technologies Introduces New Quality of Service to Component Based Messaging Applications.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--IONA(r) 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) is today announcing the availability of OrbixNotification(tm), a new software product which enables organizations to develop, manage and administer large applications through the content based filtering and routing of messages between applications and end-users. OrbixNotification, which has been jointly developed by IONA and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NIPNY), combines the expertise of the world's leading 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) middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a vendor with extensive expertise in delivering robust messaging solutions. The result of this collaboration is a powerful solution which conforms to the Object Management Group's(r) (OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group ) Notification Service specification. "Middleware is being used as a core enabling technology in the modern business environment," 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. Paul Donnelly Paul Donnelly played his schoolboy football with Tolka Rovers and Rathoath Harps before joining Home Farm F.C. and then moving over to England with Leeds United F.C. in 1996. , product group director for messaging products 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. . "Our customers are using middleware to solve ever more complex and sophisticated business problems. As a result, they demand greater flexibility and quality of service from middleware products. OrbixNotification delivers quality of service, which enables them to build greater flexibility and scalability into applications. In addition, OrbixNotification delivers intelligent filtering for the first time in any enterprise CORBA product." "Popular messaging technology has been traditionally proprietary in nature," according to Kensi Ogawa, OSTC OSTC Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (Belgium) OSTC Open System Testing Consortium OSTC Oregon Society of Tax Consultants, Inc. Director of NEC Systems, Inc. "OrbixNotification heralds the arrival of a mainstream product which adheres to open, industry standards while offering robust, industry-strength messaging functionality. In the collaborative development of OrbixNotification, we have brought extensive experience of messaging applications, and coupled that with IONA's knowledge of delivering powerful middleware technology. The result is a new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. for enterprise messaging." OrbixNotification Features OrbixNotification offers a wide range of features designed to enable organizations to create large, mission critical applications, through providing the tools and technologies that intelligently manage the messages sent and received throughout the application. --Full support for the Object Management Group's Event Service which provides an entry level messaging solution --OrbixNotification enables existing applications to scale by extending their existing messaging infrastructure. --OrbixNotification, through its support for industry standards, offers organizations an open approach to messaging development, which will protect investment over time and enable seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with existing IT resources. --OrbixNotification supports asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. , decoupled, multicast communication between components and clients --Asynchronous requires that components communicate messages as events occur, not simply in response to a request --Decoupled communication highlights that suppliers and consumers of events are not aware of each other's existence --Multicast is the communication of one message to multiple recipients simultaneously --Delivers new levels of Quality of Service including persistence and reliable delivery. --Content-based filtering enables applications and clients to only receive tightly defined messages, if desired, thereby ensuring economical use of bandwidth. --Leverages IONA's Orbix(r) product family, which offers a powerful infrastructure for enabling large enterprise middleware applications. --Provides tools to ease the task of administering and configuring large numbers of messages. Availability OrbixNotification is available immediately worldwide on Sun Solaris, HP UX and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . For further SALES information, please contact: Telephone: 1-800-orbix4u (6724948) or E-mail: info@iona.com 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 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. For further press information, please contact: IONA Technologies Inc. Sarah Lima Tel: 1-888-orbixPR (6724977) E-mail: sarah.lima@iona.com 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 Sarah Lima at sarah.lima@iona.com IONA and Orbix are registered trademarks of IONA Technologies. Making Software Work Together is a trademark of IONA Technologies. 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 |
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