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OCI offers Model Driven Architecture (MDA) services

St. Louis, MO - December, 2003 - OCI is among the first OO technology companies to join the OMG FastStart program which provides quality Model Driven Architecture (MDA) expertise to its members.

See the announcement here: http://www.omg.org/news/releases/pr2003/10-23-03.htm

OCI has been providing architecture and implementation consulting to its clients over the last year as interest in this approach has grown. OCI is a voting member of OMG and supportssource CORBA products which are evolving to support the CORBA Component Model Spec. or CORBA 3.0. OCI has been combining its expertise in large scale distributed systems, OO technologies such as CORBA and EJB, standards forsystems, and XML to ensure evolutionary MDAs.

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) is pleased to announce the availability of TAO 1.3a source code!

St. Louis, MO - June 16, 2003 - Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) today announced the availability of The ACE ORB (TAO) source code for version 1.3a. This is OCI's fourth commercially supported release of thesource, high-performance, real-time CORBA C++ Object Request Broker. TAO 1.3a is based on the TAO 1.3.1 beta kit distributed by the Distributed Object Computing (DOC) group with members at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of California, Irvine, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and other centers throughout the United States and Europe. OCI has performed rigorous testing of TAO 1.3a on over 40 platforms to ensure a robust, stable distribution.

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OCI Sponsors Gateway Java Software Symposium

St. Louis, MO - May 22, 2003 - OCI is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the upcoming Gateway Java Software Symposium May 30 - June 1 at the Marriott West. Our own Mark Volkmann, Principal Software Engineer and Partner, will be speaking on "Java Architecture for XML Binding".

For more information on the Gateway Java Software Symposium, click here.

Java Message Service (JMS) training is now available!

St. Louis, MO - Mar 12, 2003 - OCI is pleased to announce that our Java Message Service (JMS) is now an integral part of the Java curriculum. This class was designed for the software developer with Java experience wishing to integrate Java messaging applications with message-oriented middleware.

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2003Enrollment Courses!

St. Louis, MO - Nov 25, 2002 - OCI is pleased to announce the release of the 2003Enrollment schedule!

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) is pleased to announce the availability of TAO 1.2a CDs and TAO Developer's Guide!

St. Louis, MO - May 9th 2002 - Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) today announced the availability of The ACE ORB (TAO) Developer's Guide and CDs for version 1.2a. This is OCI's third commercially supported release of thesource, high-performance, real-time CORBA C++ Object Request Broker. TAO 1.2a is based on the TAO 1.2.1 beta kit distributed by the Center for Distributed Object Computing at Washington University in St. Louis and the Laboratory for Distributed Object Computing at the University of California, Irvine. OCI has performed rigorous testing of TAO 1.2a on over 30 platforms to ensure a robust, stable distribution.

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OCI closes in on middleware market

St. Louis-based Object Computing Inc. has helped Raytheon upgrade its early warning radar system; it has worked with NASA on its preflight launch systems and United Airlines on its automated baggage handling. The BBC is using Object Computing Inc.'s services for its editing systems and Cisco deploys OCI's software in its switches.

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) announces the availability of commercial support for JacORB, ansource, high performance, implementation of CORBA 2.

St. Louis, MO - June 14th 2001 - OCI announced today that it has commenced providing support for thesource Java ORB known as JacORB. This highly rated object request broker (ORB) has been developed over the last few years to meet the challenging needs of the Java market for a CORBA compliant middleware product. It already has a large user base, which is expected to expand rapidly as a commercial support model is implemented. The hallmark of this Java ORB is its wide platform availability combined with absence of license fees. Many of JacORB's potential users have been reluctant to progress beyond the evaluation stage until they could be sure of quality commercial support. This announcement by OCI meets that need.

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) announces the availability of its Version 1.1a of The ACE ORB (TAO), for Sun's ChorusOS ™ real-time operating system.

TAO and ChorusOS software together provide real time middleware and operating systems characteristics for applications that need end to end deterministic behavior. TAO and ChorusOS run on a variety of embedded systems targets, including the Ultra SPARC II ™ chip board set.

St. Louis, MO - February 15, 2001 - OCI announced today the release of its Version 1.1a of TAO, ansource, C++ high performance implementation of CORBA 2.3, which supports ChorusOS real-time operating system from Sun Microsystems. This highly rated object request broker (ORB) has been developed over the last few years to meet the challenging needs of high-performance and real-time distributed applications and makes it an excellent match to the ChorusOS which is also targeted at the embedded systems market.

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Register today for Advanced Servlets and JSPs

OCI has further expanded its Java training program with this new course that goes far beyond Servlet basics, covering topics such as JSP custom tags, using XML with Servlets, and framework implementation.

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) gave a presentation on TAO's support for real-time CORBA at the recent OMG meeting the week of July 21, 2000.

The presentation slides are available on line.

Object Computing Inc. (OCI) announces the availability of commercial support for The ACE ORB (TAO), ansource, real time, high performance, implementation of CORBA 2.2 for Sun's ChorusOS[TM] real-time operating system.

The ChorusOS software / TAO combination runs on a variety of targets including the Ultra SPARC II™ chip board set. TAO also runs on Solaris™ (on SPARC and Intel processors) and inter-operates with Java™ technology based Orbs. This enables clients to easily move applications along the spectrum of Sun™ environments.

St. Louis, MO - May 31, 2000 - OCI announced today that it now provides commercial support for TAO on the ChorusOS ™ real-time operating system from Sun Microsystems. This highly rated object request broker (ORB) has been developed over the last few years to meet the challenging needs of high-performance and real-time distributed applications and makes it an excellent match to this operating system from Sun and targeted at the embedded systems market.

Object Computing Inc. (OCI) announces the availability of commercial support for The ACE ORB (TAO), ansource, real time, high performance, implementation of CORBA on the 64 bit Alpha platforms from Alpha Processor Inc. The operating systems supported are the popular Linux versions.

St. Louis, MO - May 08, 2000 - OCI announced today that it now provides commercial support for TAO on the high performance 64 bit Alpha systems from Alpha Processor Inc. (API), a leading developer of the highest bandwidth platforms for high performance computing markets. This highly rated object request broker (ORB) has been developed over the last few years to meet the challenging needs of high-performance and real-time distributed applications and makes it an excellent match to this 64 bit chip and the powerful systems that use it.

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) announces the availability of commercial support for The ACE ORB (TAO), ansource, real time, high performance, implementation of CORBA 2.2 used with the high performance KAI C++ Compiler. The popularsource Linux operating system is also among the platforms supported.

St. Louis, MO - March 14th, 2000 - OCI announced today that it now provides commercial support for TAO Version 1.0 using the highly optimizing C++ compiler developed by Kuck and Associates Inc. (KAI). This support is initially provided for Solaris, HP-UX and Linux on Intel. This highly rated object request broker (ORB) has been developed over the last few years to meet the challenging needs of high-performance and real-time distributed applications. This makes it an excellent match to the KAI compiler features. TAO already has a large user base, and this is expected to expand rapidly as OCI's commercial support model, previously limited to general-purpose operating systems, is expanded into the realm of even more demanding environments.

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Object Computing Inc. (OCI) announces the availability of commercial support for The ACE ORB (TAO), ansource, real time, high performance, implementation of CORBA 2.2 on Lynx operating systems. TAO to be available for both LynxOS and BlueCat Linux.

St. Louis, MO - February 14, 2000 - OCI announced today that it now provides commercial support for TAO on both the LynxOS® and thesource BlueCat™ Linux from Lynx Real-time Systems, Inc. This highly rated object request broker (ORB) has been developed over the last few years to meet the challenging needs of high-performance and real-time distributed applications and makes it an excellent match to the operating systems from Lynx.

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Object Computing Inc. announces the availability of commercial products for The ACE ORB (TAO), ansource, real time, high performance, implementation of CORBA 2.2.

The popularsource Linux operating system is among the platforms supported.

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OCI and other Java business leaders held an All Day Conference: "Java and the Internet - A Technology Update" on February 12, 1999.

We hope you didn´t miss this exciting event! Be sure to check back often for more opportunities to expand your technical horizons. However, if you can´t wait, check out one of our Java classes right here at OCI.

Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) announces expansion into the Southwest. OCI a new office in Phoenix, Arizona to better support an established client base.

OCI its first office outside the St. Louis area. The strategically placed Phoenix office provides OCI the opportunity to leverage its leading-edge client consulting services to Phoenix area companies working with progressive technologies.

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"The ACE ORB" (TAO) Obtains Commercial Support OCI and Washington University sign a joint agreement authorizing OCI to provide commercial support for "The ACE ORB". This agreement enables a joint working relationship with the Distributed Objects Computing Group so as to ensure a smooth and quality transition of TAO into the market place.

This the second major agreement in two months, demonstrating the confidence of major technology organizations in OCI's capabilities. Last month it was Sun Microsystems, this month it is Washington University in St. Louis.

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OCI and Sun Microsystems announce a new Authorized Java Center Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) and Sun Microsystems announce a new Authorized Java Center for the Mid West to help meet the needs of their customers in developing solutions, using the new universal software technology called Java.

OCI is one of the first consulting companies to be selected for this new program and the only company in the St Louis area. OCI exemplifies the kind of partners that Sun is using to leverage this key technology into vertical markets.

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CORBA on LINUX Gains Momentum

Framingham, MA - Programmers and end-users can now obtain implementations of the Object Management Group's (OMG's) Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) for Linux. As the momentum has grown behind thesource Linux operating system, more and more OMG members have requested this support. The emergence of CORBA-conformant ORBs for Linux is an indicator of the commercial confidence and industry support for both CORBA and Linux.

For the full story, see the Press Release.