### Orbix/Smalltalk

Orbix is IONA Technologies' flagship product and a full and complete implementation of the Object Management Group's (OMG) Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). With Orbix, programmers can create and deploy distributed applications using object-oriented technology, and use object technology to compose new applications from existing components and subsystems. Heterogeneous platforms and programming languages integrate seamlessly as required.

The first version of Orbix was released in June 1993 and since then it has become the leading CORBA compliant Object Request Broker (ORB). It is used by the major software providers across the banking, communications, healthcare, engineering, petroleum and government sectors in addition to the general software market.

Orbix/Smalltalk is available for OS/2, Windows NT/95, and a range of UNIX platforms, including AIX, Solaris and HP-UX, supporting Smalltalk, C++, Ada95 and Java. Orbix/Smalltalk is available for VisualAge for Smalltalk, and VisualWorks. Check the IONA Technologies' home page for availability of your configuration.

Orbix/Smalltalk provides CORBA 2.0-compliant connectivity through the Smalltalk-based IDL compiler, an Interface Repository and an ORB run-time system. Orbix/Smalltalk's built-in Interface and Implementation repositories encapsulate shared objects that can use and provide services with other objects on the network. Using Orbix/Smalltalk, you can connect applications running on any CORBA 2.0-compliant ORB.

Smalltalk application developers can use Orbix/Smalltalk to develop and deliver distributed applications. Versions for both VisualAge for Smalltalk and VisualWorks are available.

The following "CORBA Services" are available, written natively in Smalltalk. Orbix/Smalltalk users may also use IONA Technologies' range of CORBA Services implemented in other languages:

- Naming Service enables you to associate meaningful names with object references, within contexts. Multiple, nested, and federated contexts are all fully supported.
- Event Service supports 'disconnected' communication between groups of objects, via a managed event channel.
- Life Cycle provides basic object life cycle services, including remote object creation, duplication, moving and deletion

Contact IONA Technologies if you have questions or to purchase Orbix/Smalltalk.

| IONA Technologies Phone: 1-800-Orbix4U E-mail: info@iona.com Web: http://www.iona.com

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