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Technology Stocks : Iona (IONA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HTO who wrote (394)	4/5/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: Champolion	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 491

IONA has a transaction processing monitor as well. + a bridge between CORBA and DCOM called COMet (through a partnership with Microsoft)! + OrbixWeb, a 100% Pure Java ORB! (through a partnership with Sun) + A new subsidiary in England that is involved in e-commerce! + Some software that allows legacy applications running on mainframes to perform ERP with a Web front end! + A co-branded IDE! (through a partnership with Symantec) So, what else? I load up big time because I know this stock will be back to 30 before July...mark my word.

To: HTO who wrote (394)	4/9/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 491

BEAS has a transaction processing monitor. This is critical for e-commerce. They are adding o-o software (probably from its Java-based WebLogic purchase) and EAI, but I am not sure exactly the nature or amount of o-o software involved. What does IONA bring to the party in e-commerce and Java? Perhaps CORBA is old hat? CORBA is object-oriented (OO) technology that acts as a bridge between traditional software systems. The vast majority of new and existing database systems are not OO, they're relational and they're equipped with procedural interfaces. Front-ends are increasingly put together using OO tools but they need to interface with the existing back-ends. What IONA needs to support is Sun Microsystem's Enterprise Java Beans which provides a simplifying layer between Java clients and CORBA middle-ware: Sun Microsystems -- EJB provides protection for IT investments: Wrap and embrace existing infrastructure, application and data stores; Existing middleware solutions are being adapted by the well-established vendors to support the EJB technology via a thin portability layer; Portable across multiple servers and databases; Serve multi-lingual clients - Browsers, Java, ActiveX, or CORBA clients; EJB technology simplifies and enhances CORBA and DCOM. EJB support from IONA announcement was made a few weeks back: cgi.iona.com