Orbix versus TAO

Syncom Financial Systems AB is a company that develops systems for electronic trading. These systems are based on a platform, which provides the functionality needed. An implementation of the CORBA standard, Orbix from Iona Technologies PLC, has been integrated with the platform in order to simplify some of the software development tasks. However, deficiencies in Orbix have made it interesting for Syncom to examine the qualities of other ORBs. One that is particularly interesting is an ORB developed by The ORB is called TAO, and it has been designed to meet the requirements of real-time applications. But before Syncom can even consider using TAO, it is important to investigate the qualities of TAO, and the differences between developing applications using Orbix and developing applications using TAO. ii Contents