HERNDON, VA – July 25, 2011 – Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) today announced that PC/104 and Small Form Factors magazine selected ORBexpress for Android for its Editor’s Choice Award. ORBexpress for Android continues OIS’s success in delivering high-performance communications middleware solutions to the embedded market.

ORBexpress for Android is a lightweight, easy-to-use communications framework that connects disparate systems. Developers of Android apps can now extend their apps to other devices, systems and enterprise networks and applications. This framework enables Android apps to communicate with applications and other devices everywhere.

“Android’s current software development kit makes connecting apps easy on the same device, but off the device is out of the question. The ORBexpress framework, on the other hand, drills down on Android to connect Android apps to PCs, other mobile devices, enterprise networks, and pretty much anything else,” said Monique DeVoe, Assistant Managing Editor at PC/104 and Small Form Factors. “The background communication and data exchange between the different devices aims for lightning-fast UI response times. And, it’s reliable enough to use in mission-critical systems.”

ORBexpress is a proven communications framework that enhances time to market. Developers using ORBexpress for Android can focus on their unique application development challenges and not building custom connectivity protocols. ORBexpress seamlessly opens up Android apps to the world with the simplicity of an open standard framework that is widely deployed and well supported.

“PC/104 and Small Form Factors magazine continues to lead OpenSystems Media’s focus on providing top-notch resources for engineers in the embedded boards and systems industry. This magazine does a terrific job keeping engineers informed of changing industry standards while promoting the development and use of small form factor products,” said Joe Jacob, Senior VP at OIS.  “OIS is pleased to receive this recognition for our ORBexpress for Android product.”

About OpenSystems Media
OpenSystems Media has been a leading publisher of electronics magazines, e-mail newsletters, websites, and product resource guides for more than 20 years. OpenSystems Media offers E-casts and Techcasts for engineers and provides interactive tools where engineers can communicate directly with presenters and top industry editors. Current publications include: CompactPCI, AdvancedTCA, & MicroTCA Systems; DSP-FPGA.com; Embedded Computing Design; Industrial Embedded Systems; Military Embedded Systems; PC/104 and Small Form Factors; and VME and Critical Systems. For more information, visit www.opensystemsmedia.com.

About OIS
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) is the leading global provider of middleware solutions for inter-process communication for disparate systems. OIS offers ultra-low latency, real-time connectivity software development tools for use in complex and demanding environments, such as aerospace, defense, automotive, telecommunications, financial, medical, robotics, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. The ORBexpress product family is the most widely deployed communications framework for distributed and heterogeneous systems where failure is not an option.

ORBexpress is a high performance, secure real-time implementation of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) standard.  The ORBexpress product provides a common communication platform that is available on a variety of processors, operating systems, compilers, and in C++, Ada, Java and VHDL for FPGA implementations.  For more information and product evaluations, visit www.ois.com.

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