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» A Comparison of three CORBA Management Tools
   Evaluates three tools that focus on management of distributed applications based on the Orbix C++ CORBA implementation: Orbix Manager, Corba Assistant and Object/Observer and investigates the capabilities of these tools and identifies the benefits and sho
   http://www.luxnet.at/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=downloadFile&JAS_File_id=3

» Bootstrapping Techniques
   Discusses the issues raised by, and choices available for bootstrapping a CORBA application so that each of the processes may access the services of its peer processes. Describes the options for developers and considers the performance, and reliability/fa
   http://www.ociweb.com/cnb/CORBANewsBrief-200208.html

» Building a Distributed Object System with .NET and J2EE Using IIOP.NET
   This article shows how the .NET and J2EE platforms can tightly interoperate together, as it is often needed when developing distributed enterprise applications. For this purpose, an open-source custom remoting channel called IIOP.NET is used.
   http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/dist_object_system.aspx

» CORBA 3.0 Notification Service
   Explains how to use COSNotification Service and points out the advantages over the COSEvent Service. Covers structured events, filters, and Quality of Service issues.
   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/co-cjct8/

» CORBA Component Model (CCM)
   Outlines upcoming changes to the CORBA specification, and explains what it means for current and future projects, and interoperability with other component models.
   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/co-cjct6/

» CORBA Metaprogramming Mechanisms, Part 1
   Describes CORBA Portable Interceptors, which are objects that an ORB invokes in the path of an operation invocation to monitor or modify the behavior of the invocation transparently.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403860

» CORBA Notification Services
   Covers existing CORBA CosEvent services and the enhancements which will be made to them with the introduction of advanced notification services in CORBA 3.0.
   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/co-cjct7/

» CORBA Security: An Overview
   Scratches the surface and lays the groundwork for demystifying security as it relates to CORBA middleware.
   http://www.ociweb.com/cnb/CORBANewsBrief-200205.html

» CORBA and XML, Part 1: Versioning
   Takes a look at the relationship between XML and CORBA and explores the topic of versioning.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403783

» CORBA and XML, Part 2: XML as CORBA Data
   Discusses various alternatives of passing XML-defined data between client and server. Concludes with a brief discussion of SOAP and Web Services and how they relate to CORBA.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403790

» CORBA and XML, Part 3: SOAP and Web Services
   Compares SOAP and IIOP and then concludes that Web services and CORBA are not rivals, but instead are complementary.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403802

» Can CORBA Sidestep Open-Source Licensing?
   Takes a look at how to extend the functionality of an open-source program without actually changing the source code.
   http://www.ddj.com/architect/184413466

» Dynamic CORBA, Part 1
   Covers the basics of the DII (Dynamic Invocation Interface), the client-side interface used for dynamic CORBA applications.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403833

» Dynamic CORBA, Part 2
   Explains the Dynamic Any, which is the standard facility for manipulating values of constructed types within Dynamic CORBA applications.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403840

» Dynamic CORBA, Part 3
   Presents the CORBA DSI (Dynamic Skeleton Interface), which is the server-side counterpart of the CORBA Dynamic Invocation Interface.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403847

» Dynamic CORBA, Part 4
   Shows how CORBA developers can use the IFR (Interface Repository) to construct truly dynamic applications that discover all necessary type information at run time.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403854

» Help with Designing or Debugging CORBA Applications
   This article explores how some useful extensions to an open-source protocol analyzer in order to allow the extraction of OMG IDL (interface definition language) defined data types from TCP/IP traffic (using GIOP/IIOP) have been added.
   http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5453

» Implementing a Caching Service for Distributed CORBA Objects
   This paper discusses the implementation of CASCADE, a distributed caching service for CORBA objects.
   http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/labs/transis/Abstracts/mware.html

» Introduction to Fault Tolerant CORBA
   Introduces Fault Tolerant CORBA and describe the architecture set forth in the FT CORBA specification.
   http://www.ociweb.com/cnb/CORBANewsBrief-200301.html

» JMS & CORBA Notification Interworking
   This article introduces JMS and the CORBA Notification Service and describes the challenges being addressed in providing an interworking solution. By Steve Trythall.
   http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/12/12/jms_not.html

» Java and CORBA - A Smooth Blend
   While there may still be a place for technologies such as RMI, CORBA represents a great threat, and offers great rewards for those Java developers that adopt it.
   http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/articles/javaidl/javaidl.html

» Local Invocation for CORBA
   This article explains how to simulate the pass-by-value strategy in CORBA 2.2 using Java so that a client virtual machine can locally invoke methods implemented.
   http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/23/corba.html

» Local Objects
   Describes what local objects in CORBA are and why they are required to utilize many advanced CORBA features such as servant managers, portable interceptors, and policies.
   http://www.ociweb.com/cnb/CORBANewsBrief-200207.html

» Object Caching in a CORBA Compliant System
   This paper investigates performance issues for distributed object systems. Claims that object caching is a must for improved performance and scalability in distributed object systems.
   http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/coots96/full_papers/kordale/index.html

» Object References, Memory Management, and Parameter Passing in C++, Part 1
   Discusses the C++ language mapping for object references, addresses memory management issues related to object references, and demonstrates the correct means of exchanging object references during CORBA request invocations. This article focuses on object
   http://www.ociweb.com/cnb/CORBANewsBrief-200211.html

» Real-Time CORBA Priority and Threadpool Mechanisms
   Takes a look at the Real-Time CORBA specification that defined several mechanisms to provide for end-to-end deterministic performance for CORBA operations.
   http://www.ociweb.com/cnb/CORBANewsBrief-200210.html

» Real-time CORBA, Part 1
   Describes how middleware is evolving to support distributed real-time and embedded systems. Focuses on real-time CORBA.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403809

» Real-time CORBA, Part 2
   Shows C++ code examples that illustrate how to program the real-time CORBA priority mechanisms.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403812

» Real-time CORBA, Part 3
   Describes real-time CORBA's support for thread pools and synchronizers.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403820

» Real-time CORBA, Part 4
   Explores features that allow distributed real-time and embedded applications to select protocol properties and to explicitly bind clients to server objects using pre-allocated connections, priority bands, and private connections.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403827

» Servlet Inter-communication with CORBA
   Gives a brief overview of CORBA, then discusses servlets and demonstrates how servlets can communicate with CORBA servers.
   http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Servlets/corba/

» The CORBA Component Model, Part 1
   This column is the first in a series that focuses on the CORBA Component Model (CCM). It first outlines the evolution of programming abstractions from subroutines to modules, objects, and components. Then it describes how this evolution has largely been m
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403884

» The CORBA Component Model, Part 2
   This column discusses a hybrid publisher/subscriber and request/response distribution architecture that uses CCM features to implement stock-quoter example.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403885

» The Rise and Fall of CORBA
   Michi Henning argues why this distributed computing technology fell short and what can be learned from it.
   http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=396

» The Trouble with CORBA
   This article covers the pitfalls of CORBA.
   http://www.chappellassoc.com/articles/article_Trouble_CORBA.html

» Under the Hood: IORs, GIOP and IIOP
   Explains the low-level protocols used.
   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-underhood/

» XML Reflection for CORBA
   Shows an alternative approach to supporting reflection in CORBA. The basic approach involves having each object returns its own metadata, rather than relying on an external service, such as the IFR.
   http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403881