OBJECTERA AND PERSISTENCE SOFTWARE PARTNER TO PROVIDE TRUE ENTERPRISE INTEROPERABILITY Strategic Partnership Combines Java Usability with CORBA Scalability in PowerTier for EJB SAN JOSE, CA and SAN MATEO, CA - June 7, 1999 - ObjectEra, Inc. and Persistence Software today announced that Persistence will license ObjectEra's JBroker to be included with PowerTier for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) transactional application server. The partnership provides PowerTier customers with the first object request broker (ORB) technology with support for remote method invocation over Internet inter-ORB protocol (RMI/IIOP). The powerful combination of JBroker and PowerTier enables EJB customers to have universal access to CORBA objects, bringing EJB into a true enterprise environment and enabling customers to benefit from the usability of RMI and robustness of IIOP. "We are very glad to see Persistence choose JBroker as a core technology for its PowerTier Enterprise JavaBeans server," said Rohit Garg, ObjectEra's chief technology officer. "JBroker is the next generation Java CORBA ORB that has been specially designed with performance, scalability, and features needed for building large scale Java Application Servers. We believe that the bundling of JBroker will strengthen PowerTier's offering and will result in a powerful combination of strength and usability." "This partnership is a natural marriage of two best of breed technologies," said Erik Frieberg, vice president of marketing, Persistence Software. "Our customers are using the PowerTier transactional application server to build highly scalable e-commerce solutions. We needed an ORB that would match this scalability, and provide our EJB customers with access to the world of CORBA communication." In recent internal benchmarks, JBroker proved to be twice as fast as its competitors, making it the clear choice for bundling with the PowerTier transactional application server. PowerTier, combined with JBroker, provides developers with the ease of use of RMI and the performance and robustness of IIOP. This combination creates the foundation for developing reusable and portable, industry standard distributed systems with the benefits of both CORBA and EJB. CORBA provides access to legacy systems, while EJB provides platform independence and solves developer productivity, scalability and database access issues. With EJB distributed through CORBA, the net result is a highly productive environment for a component-based server. About JBroker JBroker is a CORBA based Java server ORB, development tools, and services that have been specially designed for building large scale mission-critical systems. JBroker differentiates itself against other Java ORB products in the market in several key areas like performance, scalability, high-end features, and standards compliance. The JBroker product runs on Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Sun Solaris, with support for other major UNIX platforms scheduled for later this year. JBroker supports both JDK 1.1 as well as JDK 1.2 (Java 2). About PowerTier PowerTier 5 for EJB includes the Persistence PowerSync technology with cache replication, allowing multiple application servers to maintain a consistent set of critical application information within the application server's shared object cache. By combining PowerSync with load-balancing and failover, PowerTier 5 for EJB delivers the industry's first platform for web/internet distributed stateful, high-availability transaction services. PowerTier, combined with JBroker, also provides enterprise interoperability with its support for RMI/IIOP, enabling universal access from any client, to any database and any directory service. PowerTier's container-managed persistent objects automate mapping between software objects and relational databases saving developers from time-consuming and error-prone data access programming. PowerTier's Command Center management console provides users with the ability to monitor and manage an application once it is deployed. About ObjectEra ObjectEra Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is a leading provider of distributed computing solutions built using Java. ObjectEra products include JBroker, a high performance and scalable Java CORBA ORB, development tools, and services. ObjectEra was founded in 1998 in San Jose, California and is privately held. For more information on ObjectEra visit online at http://www.objectEra.com. About Persistence Software Persistence Software designs and develops transactional application servers used for Internet software infrastructure in high volume, high performance electronic commerce applications. The Persistence PowerTier family includes PowerTier for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and PowerTier for C++. PowerTier reduces development time for sophisticated electronic commerce applications with patented object-relational mapping technology. PowerTier's shared transactional caching feature enables multiple users to access in-memory information simultaneously, reducing network traffic between the application server and the database, thereby delivering improved performance. Persistence products are in use today in many Global 1000 companies. Persistence was founded in 1991 in San Mateo, California. For more information see http://www.persistence.com. ### (c)1999 ObjectEra Inc. JBroker and ObjectEra are trademarks of ObjectEra, Inc. (c)1999 Persistence Software Inc. Persistence is a registered trademark and PowerTier is a trademark of Persistence Software Inc. in the United States and other countries. Persistence currently holds U.S. Patents Nos. 5,499,371; 5,615,362; 5,706,506. Java and Enterprise JavaBeans are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. All other product, trademark, company, or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Daisy Biggers Persistence Software (650) 372-3607 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONTACT: Kimberlie Moutoux ObjectEra, Inc. (408) 383-0527 [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
