Objectrad has demonstrated its expertise in the following Java Enterprise technologies and important related areas.

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) provides a component-based approach to solutions targeted for execution in Application Servers. BEA WebLogic provides a family of EBJ Application Servers that provide robust, scalable performance. Their products are far and away the industry leaders in Java Server infrastructure. However, once your EJB application is developed for one vender's server, it can be easily ported to other vendors' EJB implementations, removing the dependence on a single vendor.

Objectrad's EJB experience includes a CRM application running in the BEA WebLogic Server. Additionally, our extensive experience in Java Server development and the Java Enterprise technologies described below has given us the solid background for EJB development.

XML is providing a simple, flexible way to exchange information. XML is really a metalanguage, since tags can be defined to represent all kinds of information. Each specific XML language is defined by a DTD (and soon by XML Schema). This means that XML can be used any kind of information interchange.

An enterprise's metadata defines the enterprise. It represents what the enterprise does, and how it does it. Metadata is the information about data - what kind of data is available and what it means. Metadata also represents the workflow, activities, and business rules and logic.

Objectrad understands metadata (and even meta-metadata and meta-meta-metadata). We developed a metadata server that supported the definition of new forms of metadata, extension of existing kinds of metadata, and transformations from one kind of metadata to another. Objectrad also, through a contract with an OMG member, was a key contributor to the definition of metadata industry standards.

CORBA provides an industrial-strength enterprise middleware for distributed computing. It is mature, robust, and interoperable with many platforms and languages, making it a clear choice for enterprise-wide use, or for legacy application integration.

Objectrad has made extensive use of CORBA for C++, Smalltalk, and Java applications for the past 4 years. We understand the underlying technologies, giving us a perspective on performance issues.

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) defines a common way to represent models. In solution development, models are a useful way to understand and refine the solution. Models can represent high-level views, or specific areas of interaction. Under a model-based development approach, models can be refined to form the point of generated code for the application.

Objectrad has a close history with UML. We provided training on the major precursor design notations. One Objectrad team member, GK Khalsa, was a member of the core team that developed UML. Our metadata server project included a repository for UML models, based on the UML metamodel.

Objectrad often uses UML notation in communicating among team members. For technically-savvy clients, we sometimes use UML to represent proposed solutions. We avoid a document-driven development approach, however, which entails publishing a large number of detailed models.

The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), part of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition, provides a common approach to accessing information hierarchical, information by name, such as directories. Any number of Service Providers can be plugged into JNDI to be accessed through this common interface.

Objectrad developed JNDI Service Providers to provide distributed, federated repositories through the common JNDI interfaces.

Objectrad uses JDBC to access enterprise databases, such as Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server. We balance the often conflicting goals of vendor-neutrality, application performance, and development time. We have a deep understanding of the issues involved in mapping application objects to database elements, gained through years of implementation experience.

Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI) provides a powerful middleware for distributed computing. It's capabilities for distribution of code and transmitting objects by value, are particularly useful.