OrbixTalk 2.0 from IONA Technologies (Enterprise Middleware Messaging)
Platforms: Solaris, Windows NT and HP-UX
Price: contact vendor for price
URL: http://www.iona.com

OrbixTalk enables the creation of powerful middleware solutions by providing the technology to support large, scalable messaging applications. This version introduces a range of new features which enhance the performance and reduce the complexity and maintenance costs of messaging systems. In addition, OrbixTalk 2.0 includes a suite of complimentary products including Orbix, OrbixTalk IIOP Gateway and OrbixTalk MessageStore, providing a complete off the shelf solution to middleware messaging.

OrbixTalk 2.0 Features

• Fault Tolerance: eliminates memory and network failure of messaging services; a critical component of applications such as those for financial trading which require instant and continuous access to market data. Achieved by ensuring pairs of OrbixTalk programs operate simultaneously and can run singly in the event of one of the pairs failing.

• Integration Hooks: allows messaging applications built using OrbixTalk to easily integrate with other enterprise applications and services.

• Total off the shelf solution: The OrbixTalk 2.0 development kit now includes a copy of Orbix 2.3, OrbixTalk MessageStore, OrbixTalk IIOP Gateway and OrbixTalk Directory Enquiries Daemon. MessageStore provides guaranteed delivery by ensuring that if registered 'listeners' miss messages through system or network difficulties, any missed messages will be forwarded as soon as the target recipient comes back on line. The OrbixTalk Directory Enquiries Daemon stores information about applications which have sent and received messages. The OrbixTalk IIOP Gateway allows access to OrbixTalk by Java, Smalltalk or other IIOP based clients.

• Unattended Operation: allows OrbixTalk services including OrbixTalk Directory Enquiries and OrbixTalk MessageStore to start up and shut down independently and removes the need to manually administer each messaging service individually.

• OrbixTalk Version Independence: removes the need to standardize on the same versions of Orbix and OrbixTalk and allows greater flexibility in integrating messaging applications with other enterprise systems within or outside the organization or network.

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