IONA Expands Resources for Celtix Developer Community

Enhancements Ease Development and Speed Deployment of Open Source SOA

DUBLIN, Ireland & WALTHAM, Mass. - April 19, 200- In response to the increasingly mainstream use of open source software in strategic service-oriented architecture deployments, IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), has launched several new initiatives to enable the Celtix™ user community to more easily adopt the company's open source SOA infrastructure offerings. IONA is a world leader in distributed SOA infrastructure solutions for performance-demanding IT environments. The primary objective of IONA's open source initiative is to deliver the right combination of certified technology solutions and support offerings, along with community resources, needed by IT organizations to successfully deploy distributed SOA using open source technologies.

"We've made it significantly easier for customers wishing to adopt open source in the enterprise to download Celtix, access support and become part of an active user community," explained Debbie Moynihan, director, Open Source Programs, IONA. "The open source community is driving a significant amount of innovation as it relates to SOA, and IONA is committed to fully supporting our customers who have made the business decision to make open source technologies a part of their SOA deployment strategies."

The availability of new resources for the Celtix developer community coincides with the availability of the latest release of Celtix Enterprise. Celtix Enterprise is an open source ESB with functionality derived from several key open source SOA infrastructure projects that have been integrated, tested and certified by IONA for compatibility and interoperability. IONA has launched www.ionaceltix.com, a dedicated Web site for the Celtix user community. The new site features a streamlined download process, enhanced product demos and flash videos to aid with product installation. Members of the Celtix user community can also share tips and news of successful deployments via the new Celtix mailing list. Joining the list and entering the Celtix discussion is as easy as sending an email to listserver@celtix.org with the words "subscribe celtixusers" in the subject line.

In recognition of the development needs of enterprise SOA deployments, IONA is extending, to 90 days, the 30-day free developer support that was introduced with the launch of Celtix. Customers who download Celtix and complete a simple registration process are now entitled to an industry-leading 90 days of free developer support. Additionally, registered users have access to enterprise class account management capabilities that include the ability to create and easily manage support requests through the new customer support portal available to all Celtix Enterprise users.

Moynihan concluded, "With these new programs and enhancements in place, we're demonstrating to the Celtix user community our continued dedication to their success."

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. IONA's Artix™, an advanced SOA infrastructure suite enables customers to leverage service-oriented architecture to streamline and modernize IT environments. The Celtix™ family of open source distributed SOA infrastructure products allows customers to take advantage of the economic benefits associated with the use of open source software.

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, Celtix, Celtix Enterprise 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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