IONA Technologies Protects the Enterprise with OrbixSecurity.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998-- In line with its vision of delivering the tools organizations need to support enterprise strength middleware solutions, 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. (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) is today announcing the availability of OrbixSecurity, a comprehensive security solution built around the Object Management Group's 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 Level 1 Security specification. As enterprise business systems evolve from traditional stand-alone systems to distributed installations employing sophisticated business transactions, so they require a powerful security solution to prevent threats and violations. OrbixSecurity is tightly integrated with IONA's Orbix(r) family of products and enables developers to design and deploy secure distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. in a heterogeneous IT environment. OrbixSecurity takes advantage of security concepts and standards already defined in the computing industry for traditional client-server and mainframe environments. OrbixSecurity supports the principal requirements of a secure environment including authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , authorization, message protection, auditing and credential delegation. "As more organizations deploy middleware solutions built around the Orbix product family, the demand for additional services for those applications grows," stated Colin Newman Colin Newman (born 16 September 1954, Salisbury, Wiltshire) is an English musician, record producer and record label boss. Biography Newman is a member of the art rock band, Wire. When the band temporarily split in 1980, Newman pursued a solo career. , executive vice president of marketing at IONA Technologies. "IONA is focused on providing those services. With products such as OrbixSecurity we are delivering the functionality required to successfully deploy their applications. OrbixSecurity provides developers with the technology which enables the deployment of secure applications across the Orbix platform." "CyberSafe has been providing distributed security solutions since 1991 and understands the importance of meeting customers' evolving security needs," said Joe Kovara, chief technology officer at CyberSafe Corporation. "CyberSafe is committed to supporting companies like IONA and we believe that OrbixSecurity will deliver the integrity, confidence and assurance that customers demand in today's distributed, networked environment." "Organizations moving to a flexible distributed computing environment See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks with CORBA and IIOP (Internet Inter-ORB Protocol) The CORBA message protocol used on a TCP/IP network (Internet, intranet, etc.). CORBA is the industry standard for distributed objects, which allows programs (objects) to be run remotely in a network. are increasingly concerned about enterprise security for their data and applications," said David Fowler David Fowler may refer to:
OrbixSecurity Features OrbixSecurity is a Kerberos-based, fully comprehensive security solution. A full implementation of CORBA Security Service (Level 1), OrbixSecurity comes with the following features and functionality: Authentication - Proof of the identity of users in the system Authorization - To allow fine-grained access control to objects in the system Message protection - Data encryption/digital signing to provide full confidentiality and integrity of communications Logging - All system events can be logged to track any security policy violations Delegation - Intermediates may act on behalf of other parties Security for applications that are unaware of the presence of security in the system. Pricing and Availability OrbixSecurity is available now on UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows platforms. Founded in 1991, IONA Technologies (NASDAQ:IONAY) is in the business of 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. -0- 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. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: IONA Technologies Inc. Tom Murphy / Sarah Lima 1-888-orbixPR (6724977) tmurphy@iona.com / sarahl@iona.com |
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