IONA Technologies and Symantec Corporation Inaugurate Strategic Partnership.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999-- Companies Will Collaborate on Integrated Java(tm) 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) Industry Solutions; IONA(r) Will Resell VisualCafe Enterprise Suite Worldwide 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 :IONA), the world leader in Making Software Work Together(tm), and Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC SYMC Symantec Corporation (stock symbol) ), the leading provider of corporate Internet development solutions, today announced a new strategic relationship. As part of a long-term agreement, the two companies will work together on more tightly integrated solutions for enterprise developers working with CORBA and Java technologies, and IONA Technologies will resell VisualCafe Enterprise Suite to the global market. As a result, developers worldwide will be better able to extend their VisualCafe-built applications across the enterprise, leveraging IONA's powerful Orbix(r) enterprise 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 product family. "Symantec recognizes IONA's Orbix products as the industry-leading solution for enterprise CORBA development challenges," remarked Mansour Safai, vice president of Symantec's Internet Tools Division. "As we work more closely together, the combination of VisualCafe development solutions and IONA's middleware products will provide a complete and compelling development solution for enterprise developers in every industry." "This agreement with Symantec heralds a promising future for Java and CORBA development," noted Annrai O'Toole, chief technical officer at IONA Technologies. "As Java is used for larger and more complex applications, so IONA and Symantec will deliver a powerful solution that opens the way for a new generation of Java development projects. The result will be a Java solution that traverses diverse IT platforms and provides support for industrial-strength transaction, security and systems management." About Orbix, Orbixweb and Symantec Visualcafe Enterprise Suite The Orbix product family offers seamless standards-based integration of software from desktop to server, mainframe to web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Orbix and OrbixWeb(tm) are C++ and Java-based CORBA application development and deployment products that allow developers to create application components and spread them easily across a network. For more information, please visit: http://www.iona.com. Symantec's VisualCafe Enterprise Suite is the industry's first Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. ) for the creation of distributed Java(tm) technology-based applications. Featuring unique technology that acts intelligently and proactively, VisualCafe Enterprise Suite automates many development tasks, such as configuring applications for interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. across different platforms, including multiple application servers. For more information, please visit: http://www.VisualCafe.com. Symantec Forward Looking Statement This press release contains some forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . There are certain important factors that could cause Symantec's future development efforts to differ materially from those anticipated by some of the statements made above. Among these are the anticipation of the growth of certain market segments, the positioning of Symantec's products in those segments, the competitive environment in the software industry, dependence on other products, changes to operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and product strategy by vendors of operating systems, and the importance of new Symantec products. Additional information concerning those and other factors is contained in the "Risk Factors" section of the company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended April 3, 1998 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarter ended January 1, 1999. About IONA Founded in 1991, IONA Technologies (NASDAQ:IONA) 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 Sarah Lima at sarahl@iona.com. About Symantec's Internet Tools Division The Symantec Internet Tools Division pioneered the Java development tools market by delivering the first integrated development environment (IDE) for Java in March 1996. Symantec continues a tradition of innovation that distinguishes VisualCafe as the market share leader in Java(TM) development technology. Symantec's suite of Java development tools includes VisualCafe Enterprise Suite, VisualCafe Database Edition, VisualCafe Professional Edition, VisualCafe Standard Edition and Visual Page. More information can be obtained at www.visualcafe.com. About Symantec Symantec is the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. . Symantec products and solutions help make users productive and keep their computers safe and reliable anywhere and anytime. Symantec offers a broad range of solutions and is acclaimed as a leader in both customer satisfaction and product brand recognition. Symantec is traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC. More information on the company and its products can be obtained at www.symantec.com. Note to Editors: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, view the Symantec Press Center at http://www.Symantec.com/PressCenter/ on Symantec's web site. Symantec and VisualCafe are registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation. 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. 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