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Objective Interface Systems
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<p>Objective Interface Systems, Inc. is a computer communications <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> and <a href="/facts/Computer_hardware/8jSjsCNv">hardware</a> company. The company's headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Herndon%2c_Virginia/pSdUIAv3">Herndon, Virginia</a>, USA. OIS develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software and hardware products that generally fit into one or more of the following markets: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">Real-time</a> communications middleware software and hardware</li> <li><a href="/facts/Embedded_system/a4muX1wU">Embedded</a> communications middleware software and hardware</li> <li><a href="/facts/High-performance_computing/HT9NwGAN">High-performance</a> communications middleware software and hardware</li> <li><a href="/facts/Communications_security/tp0Q3jHp">Secure communications</a> software and hardware</li></ul> <p>A popular OIS product is the <a href="/facts/ORBexpress/F6jDgCYE">ORBexpress</a> <a href="/facts/CORBA/VUDlTHs5">CORBA</a> <a href="/facts/Middleware/HobNosz9">middleware</a> software. ORBexpress is most popular in the <a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real-time</a> and <a href="/facts/Embedded_computer/a4muX1wU">embedded computer</a> markets. OIS supports the software version ORBexpress on more than 6,000 computing platforms (combinations of the versions of <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> families, operating systems, and language compilers). OIS also has <a href="/facts/FPGA/M8LSGcAU">FPGA</a> versions of ORBexpress to allow hardware blocks on an FPGA to interoperate with software. </p><p>OIS engineers invented a form of communications security called the <a href="/facts/Partitioning_Communication_System/cr6bchaT">Partitioning Communication System</a> or PCS. The PCS is a technical architecture that protects multiple Information Flows from influencing each other when communicated on a single network wire. The PCS is best implemented on a software separation <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> such as <a href="/facts/Security-Enhanced_Linux/YcTycMEN">SELinux</a> or a <a href="/facts/Separation_kernel/d2zsWB3z">separation kernel</a>. </p><p>OIS's communications products are most frequently found in the enterprise, telecom/datacom, mil/aero, medical, robotics, process control and transportation industries. Objective Interface is a privately held company and has developed software products since 1989 and hardware products since 2001. </p><p>The company is actively involved with various standards groups including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Common_Criteria/6Tln3R2k">Common Criteria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/IEEE/UddC4pUW">IEEE</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Network_Centric_Operations_Industry_Consortium/Ip4kBq25">Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Object_Management_Group/SNpN8n9U">Object Management Group</a> (OMG)</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Open_Group/uRoDdEae">The Open Group</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wireless_Innovation_Forum/sVyl7Lc5">Wireless Innovation Forum</a></li></ul>