IONA Launches Services Packages for Customers Utilizing ObjectWeb Celtix Open Source ESB Project

Services Packages Tailored for Organizations Taking Advantage of Open Source in SOA

DUBLIN, Ireland & WALTHAM, Mass. - January 30, 2006 - IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), a world leader in high-performance integration solutions for mission-critical IT environments, today announced the introduction of Celtix™ Services Packages that address the requirements of customers embracing two of the driving factors in the IT industry, the move to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the expanding acceptance of open source in the enterprise.

"The Celtix Services Packages are well aligned with our enterprise customers' typical model for the adoption of new technology. They support an organization's ability to start with a strategic plan and then incrementally adopt the technology required to reach their desired goal," said Andrew O'Sullivan, vice president, Services, IONA. "With the introduction of the Celtix Services Packages, users of the ObjectWeb Celtix open source Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) now have access to expert support and professional services as they incorporate Celtix into their SOA environments."

IONA's Celtix Services Packages are available via IONA's global Services organization and include targeted support, consulting, and training programs that help customers meet their business objectives by combining the innovation and flexibility of open source with the assurance of enterprise-class support and professional services. By addressing the unique requirements of organizations at all stages of their open source and SOA adoption plans, Celtix Services Packages provide users with the highly skilled resources they require to maximize the success of their Celtix projects. These packages are ideal for any enterprise that has realized the value of open source as part of their strategic commitment to SOA.

"Our clients tell us that they are looking for ways to improve ROI, reduce total cost of ownership and streamline their IT infrastructure, and we believe SOA is one of the ways to accomplish this," said Massimo Pezzini, vice president and distinguished analyst, Gartner. "It is also increasingly likely SOA deployments will include a combination of open source and commercial software, and it is vital world-class services are available to support these mixed environments."

The Celtix Services Packages are comprised of the following:

Celtix Global Training and e-Learning - IONA's training programs are designed to make learning about Celtix and its role in successful SOA as accessible as possible for the broadest number of users anywhere in the world. Celtix training is available as:

  • Free online access to course materials and demos
  • On-site classroom training programs

Celtix Consulting - IONA leverages its decade-long experience in helping customers architect mission-critical distributed systems to deliver Celtix Consulting programs that include:

  • Customized sessions such as How to Architect and Design an SOA or Using Celtix as the foundation for an SOA; and
  • A four-day Celtix FastStart program that combines Celtix training and consulting to help participants build a working prototype of an SOA deployment.

Celtix Global Support- Celtix Services Package customers can have support provided by IONA and matched to the specific phase requirements of the SOA deployment cycle. Celtix Global Support packages include:

  • Free Support packages, intended for organizations at the early stages of Celtix exploration and delivered through email and access to the online Celtix Knowledge Base;
  • Per-incident Developer Support for those customers in a program's development phase;
  • Standard Support delivered as a subscription-based service geared toward those organizations using Celtix in both development and production environments; standard support customers receive 8x5 access to the IONA Technical Support Center, unlimited incident support and one-business day response times on critical issues; and
  • Enterprise Support delivered as a subscription-based package intended for those organizations that have Celtix in large-scale development and runtime environments; enterprise support customers receive 24x7 access to the IONA Technical Support Center, unlimited incident support and immediate response to critical issues.

"The Celtix Services Packages support our customers using both open source and SOA to generate real business value," continued O'Sullivan. "The Celtix Services Packages are designed to help organizations deploy Celtix in real-world SOA projects. Our heritage in SOA and distributed computing, as well as our leadership position in open source software, make IONA uniquely qualified to help our customers capitalize on the growing innovations available in the Celtix open source community."

For more information about IONA's Celtix Service offerings please visit http://www.iona.com/info/services/oss/. For more information about ObjectWeb Celtix, or to become involved in the Celtix community, please visit http://celtix.objectweb.org.

About IONA

For more than a decade, IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA) has been a world leader in delivering high-performance integration solutions for Global 2000 IT environments. IONA pioneered standards-based integration with its CORBA-based Orbix® products. Artix™, IONA's extensible Enterprise Service Bus, enables existing enterprise systems to be integrated with an organization's common infrastructure components. IONA's sponsorship of the ObjectWeb Celtix open source ESB is a natural extension of the company's history of solving integration problems by leveraging open standards and distributed architectures.

IONA is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts and offices worldwide. For additional information about IONA, visit our Web site at http://www.iona.com.

IONA, IONA Technologies, the IONA logo, Orbix, High Performance Integration, Artix, Mobile Orchestrator and Making Software Work Together are trademarks or registered trademarks of IONA Technologies PLC and/or its subsidiaries. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks that may appear herein are the property of their respective owners.

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