IONA ANNOUNCES ORBIX E2A APPLICATION SERVER PLATFORM FOR COMPAQ'S OPENVMS OPERATING SYSTEM

IONA Orbix E2A Application Server Platform Enables Development and Deployment of Web Services Applications in the OpenVMS Operating Environment

JavaOnesm Conference 2002 - San Francisco, CA. - March 27, 2002 -- IONA®, the leading e-Business Platform provider for Web Services Integration (NASDAQ: IONA), today announced the availability of the Orbix E2A™ Application Server Platform on Compaq's OpenVMS operating system. IONA's Orbix E2A Application Server Platform offers Compaq's OpenVMS customers a J2EE™-compliant and Web services-architected platform for application and e-Business infrastructure development.

"We are excited that IONA's J2EE-compliant Orbix E2A Application Server Platform with Web services support is now available to our OpenVMS customers. This is important technology for customers looking for a standards-based, state-of-the art eBusiness Platform," said Mark Gorham, vice president of Compaq's OpenVMS Group. "Compaq OpenVMS customers have come to depend upon this type of collaboration between Compaq and IONA to provide new solutions optimized to build and deploy standards-based development environments and e-Business infrastructure."

"We have a long history of success delivering unmatched standards-based development and infrastructure solutions to customers of the world's leading high-tech manufacturers," said Paul Moxon, vice president of product management, Orbix E2A Application Server Platform, IONA. "Our understanding of the challenges and strategies of developers and IT staff is driving IONA to break new ground with our J2EE and Web services offerings for our strategic technology partners."

OpenVMS is a general-purpose, multi-user operating system that runs in both production and development environments. Users of the OpenVMS operating system will now have access to J2EE™ compliant developer and infrastructure tools to create world-class distributed computing environments. IONA offers Orbix E2A Application Server Platform run time functionality to OpenVMS customers.

Orbix E2A Product Lines
The Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform - which combines business-to-business, enterprise integration, and application development functionality - is built on Web services standards and a services-oriented architecture to cut the cost of application integration both inside and outside the firewall. The Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform provides all the tools and the management services required for reliable, scalable, and secure dynamic data exchange, business process automation, and composite applications. The Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform is available in three editions: XMLBus, Partner and Collaborate.

The Orbix E2A Application Server Platform is the most deployed, heterogeneous application server in the industry. Orbix E2A Application Server Platform combines the scalability of CORBA and the productivity of J2EE, with Web services standards. The Orbix E2A Application Server Platform provides the management services required for reliable, scalable, and secure applications. The Orbix E2A Application Server Platform is available in three editions: J2EE Technology, Standard and Enterprise.

About IONA
IONA is the leading e-Business Platform provider for Web Services Integration with more than 4,500 customers worldwide. IONA Orbix E2A™, which consists of the award-winning Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform and Orbix E2A Application Server Platform, enables the flow of information across disparate systems and the liberation of application assets for new business opportunities.

Founded in 1991, IONA® (NASDAQ: IONA) is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company had revenues of $181 million in 2001 and employs 900 people in more than 30 offices worldwide. For additional information about IONA, visit our Web site at http://www.iona.com.

IONA, IONA Technologies, the IONA logo, Orbix, E2A, End 2 Anywhere, End To Anywhere, Orbix E2A, IONA E2A, IONA e-Business Platform, iPortal Application Server, SureTrack, IONA XMLBus, Adaptive Runtime Technology, Orbacus, Orbix/E, IONA University and Total Business Integration are trademarks or registered trademarks of IONA Technologies PLC and/or its subsidiaries. Compaq and OpenVMS are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Java and J2EE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc in the United States and other countries. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Object Management Group, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks that may appear herein are the property of their respective owners.

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