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To: formula1 who wrote (312)	4/6/1998 2:28:00 AM
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Sunday April 5, 9:03 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release NEC Australia's Multi-Service Broadband Delivery Platform Uses IONA Technologies' Orbix Range of Products PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1998--Responding to growing customer demand for broadband telecommunication services that are more efficient, flexible and cost effective, NEC Australia has developed a state-of-the-art Multi-Service Broadband Delivery Platform using IONA Technologies' Orbix(r) product range. It provides for delivery of interactive broadband services to the customer using a range of advanced digital subscriber line (xDSL) technologies. The NEC Multi-Service platform has been developed to support a wide range of services such as video services (e.g. Pay-TV, Pay Per View, Near Video on Demand), high speed Internet, Intranet and Business data services. The NEC Multi-Service platform includes a comprehensive Service and Network Management System, which provides operations support for both Service Providers and Telecommunication Operators. IONA Technologies' Orbix product suite provides the distributed object layer and CORBA Services for the NEC Multi-Service platform Management System infrastructure. Dominic Dias, assistant general manager for NEC Australia's Network Software Technology Sub-Division, explains, ''NEC Australia chose CORBA for its standardized support of object distribution and open interfaces. This provides for an open plug and play infrastructure that allows for better integration of the business models, processes and views in the design of Operational Support Systems. NEC Australia's selection of the Orbix product range was based on the recognition of IONA Technologies as the leading ORB vendor''. The IONA products involved in the NEC Multi-Service platform Management System are Orbix, OrbixWeb(TM), OrbixTalk(TM) and OrbixNames(TM). As part of the IONA product portfolio, OrbixTalk was used as a foundation for the NEC Multi-Service platform Management System's Event Services. It provides an efficient broadcast mechanism for an asynchronous delivery of notification generated by the business model to all the registered views. Extensive use of OrbixWeb, IIOP, Java and the Internet in general, complimented by partitioning of object hierarchies based on OrbixNames, significantly simplified development of the NEC Multi-Service platform Management System's presentation and access layers. This enables scoped visibility, control and management of data models, services and functions from remote operational and customer sites across the Internet and Intranets. Service Providers, Network Operators and End-Users of the NEC Multi-Service Broadband Delivery Platform are the ultimate beneficiaries of the consistent and integrated solutions provided by this product. As Alexander Gontmakher, project manager with NEC Australia says, ''The maturity of IONA products, complemented by the level of support provided by IONA, allowed NEC Australia to successfully apply CORBA technology to the commercial state-of-the-art development of interactive mission critical systems. The CORBA framework from IONA made it possible to design and deliver complex management products based on advanced modular architecture, reducing development cost and shortening time to the market''. NEC Australia is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation [Nasdaq:NIPNY - news], Japan, a US $41 billion company in the top five worldwide for semiconductor, computer and communications products. NEC Australia is a Design Center of Excellence for communications products and has been involved in the development of leading-edge access and broadband technologies for more than 20 years. Together with NEC Australia's proven capability as a systems integrator, NEC Australia provides total Multi-Media solutions, solutions that 'Touch Your Life' through C&C. Founded in 1991, IONA Technologies (NASDAQ:IONAY - news) is in the business of 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 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: iona.com. If you would like to receive IONA press releases by e-mail, contact dianaws@iona.com.au. Orbix is a registered trademark of IONA Technologies. Making Software Work Together is a trademark of IONA Technologies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Contact: NEC Australia Pty Ltd. Dominic Dias Dominic@tsd.neca.nec.com.au OR IONA Technologies Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. Diana Wearing Smith, +61-8-9288 4051 dianaws@iona.com.au