ObjectSpace Reaches Licensing Agreement With Novell for Voyager Product
Line; Companies Are Partnering to Integrate Voyager Technology for
Networking Customers
DALLAS, Jun 15, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) -- ObjectSpace Inc.,the premier provider of
Internet and Intranet solutions, Tuesday announced it is partnering with Novell, a global leader in
networking, to implement a powerful new Java-centric object request broker (ORB) technology into
Novell's products.
The Novell-ObjectSpace partnership will bring universal ORB functionality to its networking customers,
and will combine Java portability with its Novell Directory Services (NDS) which will make networks easier
to use and manage.
Combined with the robust technology of NDS, Voyager(TM), ObjectSpace's standards-neutral, 100%
Pure Java(TM) family of distributed computing products, will streamline application design, shorten
development cycles, reduce costs, and make applications easier to maintain and modify.
Voyager's robust underpinning for writing applications to large markets and its universal platform make it
possible for Voyager to leverage Java's dynamic capabilities and to transparently interface among
incompatible ORB standards while allowing components to interact across the wire without being aware
that they are communicating remotely.
"This partnership will give Novell and its customers greater freedom to build networks that connect more
globally than ever before," said David Norris, ObjectSpace president, CEO and co-founder. "The ongoing
goal at ObjectSpace is to establish the Voyager platform as the technology of choice for creating Intranet
and Internet solutions."
"Novell is always seeking to satisfy customer needs with solutions and software which complement
Novell products in their effectiveness and quality," said Art Nevarez, chief architect for Novell's Java
Technology Group. "Novell sees the Voyager product family as a leading ORB and smart networking
infrastructure that forms the basis for adaptive, intelligent Application Server technologies that are widely
available to NDS users."
ObjectSpace Voyager speeds development and simplifies maintenance by leveraging existing JNDI
implementations while monitoring and managing programs from its management console. All this,
coupled with innovative features like Dynamic Aggregation(TM) and its support for mobile agents, makes
Voyager an ideal choice for distributed computing requirements.
Voyager users write just a single line of code to dynamically CORBA-enable Java objects at runtime
without modification. Rich messaging, parallel multicast and publish/subscribe with future and one-way
dynamic remote construction allow developers to quickly design and build advanced solutions.
"Novell is delighted with ObjectSpace's efforts in seeking to provide Novell and its customers the freedom
to connect more globally and personally to the user's needs," said Chris Stone, senior vice president of
strategy and corporate development. "Combined with market-leading NDS and Java and ORB
interoperability, Voyager is providing technology that will help pioneer networking in a new, more
productive era."
ObjectSpace
ObjectSpace, with headquarters in Dallas, is an industry-leading provider of products and services
focused on creating Intranet and Internet Solutions. ObjectSpace award-winning products provide the
foundation for real-world solutions. When combined with the company's industry-recognized consulting
and training services, a complete solution quickly becomes a reality.
ObjectSpace is the recipient of numerous industry and business awards, including Inc. Magazine's 1998
Inc. 500 Award; Deloitte & Touche's 1998 Technology Fast 500 Award; JavaWorld 1998 Editor's Choice
Award for ObjectSpace Voyager and JGL(TM); and Java Developer's Journal 1998 Editors' Choice Award
for JGL.
ObjectSpace has offices throughout the United States and utilizes an extensive worldwide distribution
network. Customers include AMD, EDS, Novell, Sprint, Boeing, Chevron, Cisco, Chicago Board of Trade,
ClubCorp, Global Mobility Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Kodak, Lehman Brothers, Lucent
Technologies, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Peapod, Nortel, and PageMart.
For more information on ObjectSpace solutions, contact the company at 972/726-4100 or visit online at
objectspace.com.
Voyager is a trademark of ObjectSpace Inc. Java and 100% Pure Java are trademarks of Sun
Microsystems. All other tradenames, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. |
