Objective Interface Systems

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Objective Interface Systems, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	Reston, Virginia (1989)
Headquarters	Herndon, Virginia, USA
Key people	Bill Beckwith, CEO/CTO
Industry	Computer software Publishing Research and development
Products	ORBexpress PCSexpress DDSexpress
Website	www.ois.com

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. is a software company. The company's headquarters are in Herndon, Virginia, USA. Objective Interface develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software products for computing devices. Its most popular product is the ORBexpress CORBA middleware software which is very popular in the real-time and embedded computer markets.

Objective Interface is a leading manufacturer of real-time, embedded, and high-performance communications software. Objective Interface provides advanced real-time connectivity software development tools for use in the telecom/datacom, mil/aero, medical, consumer electronics, process control and transportation industries. A privately held company, Objective Interface has been developing high-performance software applications since 1989.

A pioneer in the development and adoption of advanced real-time Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) technology, Objective Interface helps different customers understand the uses, applications, and advantages of using CORBA for seamless application connectivity. Widely considered "experts" within the real-time community, Objective Interface develops real-time middleware through continuous research and development efforts.

The Company also invented a new form of communications security called the Partitioning Communication System or PCS. The PCS a technical architecture that protects multiple Information Flows from influencing each other. The PCS is best realized on a separation kernel operating system.

The Company is actively involved with various standards groups including:

Common Criteria [1]
IEEE [2]
Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium [3]
Object Management Group (OMG) [4]
The Open Group [5]
SDR Forum [6]

Corporate Milestones

1 2005
2 2004
3 2003
4 2002
5 2001
6 2000
7 1999
8 1998
9 1997
10 1995
11 1993
12 1991
13 1989
14 About ORBexpress
15 The Management Team
16 Corporate Headquarters
17 External links

[edit] 2005

Objective Interface announces PCSexpress
Objective Interface opens European office in Paris, France
Objective Interface introduces the industry's fastest and smallest Lightweight Logging Service
Objective Interface joins the Net-Centric Industry Operations Consortium (NCOIC)
Objective Interface opens Japanese office in Tokyo

[edit] 2004

Objective Interface achieves record-breaking year in sales
Objective Interface targets EAL7 in engineering process
Substantial growth of field application engineering team
Objective Interface joins SDR Forum
Objective Interface significantly expands engineering team
Continued expansion of U.S sales force

[edit] 2003

Objective Interface achieves record-breaking year in sales
Objective Interface releases ORBexpress for Java
Objective Interface releases ORBexpress RT C++ for MontaVista Linux
Green Hills Software signs distribution agreement to resell ORBexpress
Objective Interface continues to expand U.S. sales force
Objective Interface expands software development team
Expansion of executive team with addition of Senior VP of Sales and Marketing
Objective Interface launches European sales force

[edit] 2002

Launch of MILS (Multiple Independent Levels of Security) initiative
ORBexpress is available on two additional platforms: Intel's Xscale and Hitachi's SH-4 Architecture
Objective Interface releases ORBexpress C++ for the Green Hills INTEGRITY Real-Time Operating System
Motorola joins ORBalliance Partner Program
Objective Interface continues to expand sales force
Objective Interface appoints new board member

[edit] 2001

Mercury Computer signs joint development and strategic partnering agreement
Objective Interface expands sales force

[edit] 2000

Real-time CORBA enhancements complying with RT CORBA 1.0 specification ships
Nissin signed as distributor in Japan
Company expands operations and opens new corporate headquarters
Company revenue grows 100% overall and ORBexpress revenue grows 150%
Concurrent Computer Corporation signs as distributor

[edit] 1999

ORBexpress GT, a light-weight, soft real-time ORB, for embedded systems introduced
ObjecTime signed as distributor and OEM

[edit] 1998

ORBexpress RT introduced

[edit] 1997

Signed restructuring agreement with IONA Technologies to focus on Embedded market

Iona signed as distributor of ORBexpress
ORBexpress ST introduced

[edit] 1995

Jointly developed and marketed Orbix/Ada with Iona and signed as North American distributor for all Orbix products

[edit] 1993

Multi-threaded RDBMS client libraries developed for and sold by Sybase

[edit] 1991

Multi-threaded, cross-platform GUI builder product Screen Machine introduced

[edit] 1989

Objective Interface Systems founded to create advanced software development tools

[edit] About ORBexpress

ORBexpress, Objective Interface's implementation of an object request broker (ORB). ORBexpress is a lightweight CORBA-compliant product optimized for use in real-time, embedded, and high-performance systems.

ORBexpress is used in a variety of industries and applications. ORBexpress provides the communication mechanism to allow seamless transfer of information, exceeding performance and deterministic requirements. ORBexpress enables software developers to simplify the development of distributed software applications, build scalable, efficient and robust applications, and reduce overall development time, meeting time-to-market requirements. Independently recognized as having the smallest and fastest ORB on the market, ORBexpress leads the way in technological advancements while meeting the needs of customers. Click here for additional information about ORBexpress.

[edit] The Management Team

Objective Interface's management team has positioned the company as leaders in real-time connectivity software development tools.

[edit] Corporate Headquarters

Objective Interface Systems headquarters is located at 13873 Park Center Road, Suite 360, Herndon, VA, 20171-3247. Additional satellite sales offices are located in: