The Essential CORBA: Systems Integration Using Distributed Objects

Explains the rationale, object-oriented principles and engineering strategies in order to design, utilize and establish a successful CORBA-based structure. Demonstrates how the technology can readily accommodate heterogeneous combinations of platforms, R&D prototypes as well as legacy and commercial software. Describes how these techniques and tactics are effective within organizations and across federated communities of software suppliers and consumers.

Thomas J. Mowbray, PhD and Ron Zahavi work for the MITRE Corporation where they are actively engaged in the research and development of object-based systems. Dr. Mowbray is the Chairman of the OMG Common Facilities Task Force, and "Architectures" columnist for Object magazine. Ron Zahavi is the leader of the Object Management Technologies Group in the MITRE Open Systems Center.

The Object Management Group is a nonprofit international corporation dedicated to establishing industry guidelines and object management specification to provide a common framework for distributed application development. Founded in 1989, the OMG membership includes over 350 information system vendors, software developers, and users. OMG's first specification, The Common Object Request Broker, is widely regarded as the industry standard for distributed application development.