SilverStream Software and ObjectEra Announce Strategic OEM Relationship.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1999-- SilverStream to Embed Object Era ORB Technology Into Its Upcoming Release 3.0 Enterprise Application Server SilverStream(R) Software, Inc. (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 :SSSW) today announced a strategic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement with ObjectEra, Inc. SilverStream will incorporate ObjectEra's JBroker technology into the 3.0 release of the SilverStream Enterprise Application Server, beginning immediately with the shipping of its beta version. This agreement underscores SilverStream's commitment to providing developers and application architects with a product based on accepted industry standards. ObjectEra's JBroker product is an advanced Java-based 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. (ORB) and service designed for building high-performance, enterprise applications using the latest 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 and Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) technology. JBroker is one of the first commercial products to support the latest Java standards such as RMI over IIOP (Remote Method Invocation over Internet Inter-ORB Protocol) An extension to Sun's RMI procedure call that enables Java programs to execute CORBA objects. It allows Java access to non-Java processes via CORBA. See RMI. included in the Java(TM) 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (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. ), from Sun Microsystems, as well as newer technologies defined in CORBA 2.3. "We share SilverStream's vision for standards-based application server architecture and we're pleased to be working together," said Rohit Garg, chief technology officer, ObjectEra. "JBroker has been designed from the ground up to be a high-performance server ORB for large scale Java platform and EJB implementations. It provides persistent objects, server activation, support for millions of objects via the Portable Object Adapter (architecture) Portable Object Adapter - (POA) Part of the CORBA architecture. , and support for tens of thousands of clients via ObjectEra's patent-pending Connection Concentrator technology. Overall, we view JBroker as vital infrastructure technology that will play an important role in SilverStream's EJB application server." Based on the agreement, both development and deployment versions of the SilverStream Enterprise Application Server 3.0 will embed the full-service JBroker ORB at no additional cost. In addition, SilverStream Software will have the right to resell the JBroker family of products. "Java and the J2EE platform have brought a new set of requirements to ORB technology," said Dave Litwack, 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. , SilverStream Software. "SilverStream believes that JBroker is a best-in-class Java ORB, based on both performance and functionality. We are pleased to be offering it as a core piece of our J2EE-based release 3.0 Enterprise Application Server. With JBroker, we will be able to provide full ORB server capabilities, as well as high performance, standard RMI-IIOP RMI-IIOP Remote Method Invocation Over Internet Inter-Orb Protocol (Rmi Over Iiop) for our EJB server." About ObjectEra ObjectEra Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , is a leading provider of distributed computing solutions built using Java(TM). ObjectEra products include JBroker, a high performance and scalable Java CORBA ORB, development tools, and services. ObjectEra was founded in 1998 in San Jose, California and is privately held. For more information on ObjectEra visit online at http://www.objectEra.com. About SilverStream SilverStream Software, Inc. is the pioneering developer of the SilverStream Application Server, one of the industry's most comprehensive enterprise application servers. SilverStream empowers users to build and deploy standards-based Web applications for the Enterprise. Users can design secure, enterprise-level, three-tier Intra/Inter/Extranet applications for deployment in Java and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. -- providing an optimized, appropriate weight client. Led by an accomplished management team, SilverStream Software includes founders, executives and developers from some of the software industry's most influential organizations such as Powersoft, Lotus and Watermark. In addition to strong leadership and an award-winning product, the company has assembled a global network of ISV, VAR, consulting and training partners. SilverStream Software http://www.silverstream.com is publicly traded on the NASDAQ national market under the symbol (SSSW) and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts. SilverStream is a registered trademark of SilverStream Software, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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