ANNOUNCE: OAK CORBA ORB Available Now
PS: This can also be viewed at http://www.paragon-software.com/press/ PARAGON SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES RELEASE 5.0 OF THE OAK CORBA SUITE FOR DEVELOPING DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS USING CORBA TECHNOLOGY A proven CORBA 2.0 IIOP-compatible ORB especially suited to the NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP marketplace VIENNA, VA -- August 18, 1997-- Paragon Software, Inc., a leading provider of custom enterprise application solutions, announces Release 5.0 of its OAK CORBA suite. OAK supports deployment of CORBA-based solutions on a wide variety of UNIX and Windows platforms. The 5.0 release includes full IIOP support and is 100% compatible with other CORBA 2.0 ORB products, including Orbix and VisiBroker. Available platforms include HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Windows NT, Windows 95, any POSIX-compliant UNIX system, NEXTSTEP 3.X, and OPENSTEP 4.X. OAK 5.0 and the CORBA 2.0 Specification --------------------------------------- OAK is Paragon Software's implementation of the OMG CORBA 2.0 core architecture, as defined in the CORBA 2.0 specification. Release 5.0 implements four main components of the CORBA specification: the Object Request Broker, IIOP interoperability, name services, and OMG IDL language mappings with C++ and Objective-C bindings. Additional components of the CORBA specification are currently being developed, including an Interface Repository and CosEvents. Especially Suited to the NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP Marketplace ---------------------------------------------------------- Developers using Apple's advanced Objective-C development environment can now take advantage of the latest CORBA distributed application technology while developing their applications using familiar Apple tools. A proven tool in its fifth release, the OAK CORBA suite is the only CORBA implementation in the world to support Objective-C language bindings, finally bringing the standards and advanced architecture of CORBA to the OPENSTEP development environment. In addition, IIOP support allows new and existing NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP applications to interoperate in an open, standards-based distributed environment. ``The power and reach of CORBA continues to grow in the technology marketplace, and it will be very important for Apple customers to be positioned to take advantage of this,'' said Jeff Marshall, President of Paragon Software. ``We are very excited to bring CORBA solutions to customers developing OPENSTEP applications. With the combination of Apple Enterprise development tools and the portability and standards support of CORBA, customers can deploy applications using NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP while ensuring they will interoperate in the emerging distributed environment.'' Give New Life to Legacy NEXTSTEP Applications ---------------------------------------------- With its Objective-C binding support, OAK is the best choice for distributing new and legacy NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP applications with CORBA. OAK isideal for the conversion of existing NEXTSTEP applications using low-risk strategies for interoperability. Developers working with OAK can quickly create a NEXTSTEP CORBA implementation server using business logic from a legacy "fat" client application. A new "thin" CORBA client may then be written with OPENSTEP by leveraging the existing user interface, rewritten in C++ in any of the supported environments, or constructed from Java components for deployment in an IIOP-enabled web browser like Netscape Communicator. OAK allows developers to expand to new platforms, migrate selected components to a more open environment, or leverage an investment in NEXTSTEP technology by moving key processing components to other platforms. New initiatives by Sun Microsystems, Netscape Communications, and other key industry trendsetters ensure that a CORBA-enabled application will provide unparalleled opportunities for integration and interoperability. Availability ------------ OAK Release 5.0 suite is currently shipping. Fully functional evaluation copies of OAK 5.0 are freely available from Paragon's web site. Pricing varies based on quantity and deployment platform. Service contracts and source code licensing are also available. Paragon Software, Inc. ---------------------- Paragon Software is a consulting services organization serving Fortune 100 companies in the financial services and telecommunications industries. The Paragon team provides full lifecycle enterprise solution management and development services, specializing in outsourcing arrangements. Paragon Software, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia. For more information please visit Paragon's web site http://www.paragon-software.com. # # # Contact Information: Paragon Software, Inc. 2136 Gallows Rd. Suite F Vienna, VA 22027 703-876-1702 703-876-1818 (Fax) info@paragon-software.com Trademark Info: OAK and the Paragon Software logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Paragon Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet