IBM Shows World's First Support for Java Beans Initiative

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.

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