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IBM Shows World's First Support for Java Beans Initiative

Java and OpenDoc Integration Using Java Beans

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 29, 1996 . . . IBM demonstrated a prototype of Arabica, the world's first support for the Java** Beans initiative, today at JavaOne**, Sun Microsystems' Developers Conference. Arabica, which is based on OpenDoc** technology, will provide an open, cross-platform component architecture for developing Java applets and applications.

The Java Beans initiative will allow developers to write portable Java applets and applications from reusable software components. Through OpenDoc, which is the Object Management Group and Component Integration Laboratories industry standard, Arabica augments the functionality of Java in more complex business environments by enabling diverse Java applications to interoperate seamlessly. Arabica also provides the means for connecting applications on the Internet to enterprise transaction systems and databases.

"Java has opened the door to radically new applications," said John Slitz, vice president, application development and object technologies, IBM Software Group. "We are pleased to be working with JavaSoft on open standards for Java. Arabica's open architecture and use of OpenDoc provide the needed industry standard to ensure that Java applications work together easily and facilitate exploitation of the Internet."

David Spenhoff, director of product marketing, JavaSoft, said, "IBM's demonstration of Arabica shows the power that can result when you combine Java and OpenDoc."

Independent software vendors (ISVs) and other developers can create Arabica components through any Java development environment, including IBM VisualAge* for Java, which will be in beta testing in the second half of 1996. VisualAge for Java extends IBM's unique visual construction-from-parts technology to the Java programming environment, enabling developers to visually build Java applets. It will also provide visual partitioning tools, enabling users to connect to existing enterprise systems.

Commenting on today's announcement, Richard Kilmer, president of Cue Systems, a developer of Java components, said, "Java gives us a platform-independent method of implementing components, and OpenDoc provides the standard-based method for components to interoperate. The two together are an extremely powerful combination."

IBM will begin beta testing of Arabica in the fourth quarter of 1996.

Additional Information

For more information on Java Beans, see this PC Week article.

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