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Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer software
Publishing
Research and development
FoundedReston, Virginia (1989)
HeadquartersHerndon, Virginia, USA
Key people
Bill Beckwith, CEO/CTO
ProductsMicrosoft Office
ORBexpress™
PCSexpress™
DDSexpress™
Websitewww.ois.com

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. is a software company. The company's headquarters are in Herndon, Virginia, USA. Objective Interface Systems develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a 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 market.

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 continues to develop cutting edge, real-time commercial applications through continuous research and development efforts. Committed to customer success, Objective Interface provides unprecedented customer support, and market-leading technologies.

The Company is actively involved within the Object Management Group (OMG), a standards group specifying a common architecture for building distributed systems, common services for use in such systems, and protocols for interoperability among implementations. Objective Interface is a key contributor in the development of the CORBA standard, and is a co-author of the Real-Time and Fault Tolerant CORBA submission.

Corporate Milestones

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

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

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

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

2001

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

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

1999

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

1998

1997

  • Signed restructuring agreement with Iona to focus on Embedded market

1995

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

1993

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

1991

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

1989

  • Objective Interface Systems founded to create advanced software development tools


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.

The Management Team

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

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:

  • California,
  • Texas,
  • Maryland,
  • Paris, France and
  • Tokyo, Japan.
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