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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Objective Interface Systems, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Private_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Private company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">Computer software</a> <a href="Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">Computer hardware</a> <a href="Publishing" title="Publishing">Publishing</a> <a href="Research_and_development" title="Research and development">Research and development</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Reston%2C_Virginia" title="Reston, Virginia">Reston, Virginia</a> (1989)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Herndon%2C_Virginia" title="Herndon, Virginia">Herndon, Virginia</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Bill Beckwith, CEO/CTO</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="ORBexpress" title="ORBexpress">ORBexpress</a> <a href="Black_Channel_(products)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Channel (products)">Black Channel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/">www.ois.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. is a computer communications <a href="Software" title="Software">software</a> and <a href="Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">hardware</a> company. The company's headquarters are in <a href="Herndon%2C_Virginia" title="Herndon, Virginia">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:

<ul><li><a href="Real-time_computing" title="Real-time computing">Real-time</a> communications middleware software and hardware<a href="#cite_note-PRI_INV-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-SEC_CORBA-2">[2]</a></li>

<li><a href="Embedded_system" title="Embedded system">Embedded</a> communications middleware software and hardware<a href="#cite_note-DIICOE-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-ROBOT_CORBA-4">[4]</a></li>

<li><a href="High-performance_computing" title="High-performance computing">High-performance</a> communications middleware software and hardware<a href="#cite_note-HAHPEC-5">[5]</a></li>

<li><a href="Communications_security" title="Communications security">Secure communications</a> software and hardware<a href="#cite_note-MILS_DEMO-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-MILS-7">[7]</a></li></ul>

A popular OIS product is the <a href="ORBexpress" title="ORBexpress">ORBexpress</a> <a href="CORBA" class="mw-redirect" title="CORBA">CORBA</a> <a href="Middleware" title="Middleware">middleware</a> software. ORBexpress is most popular in the <a href="Real-time_computing" title="Real-time computing">real-time</a> and <a href="Embedded_computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Embedded computer">embedded computer</a> markets.<a href="#cite_note-DIICOE-3">[3]</a> OIS supports the software version ORBexpress on more than 6,000 computing platforms (combinations of the versions of <a href="CPU" class="mw-redirect" title="CPU">CPU</a> families, operating systems, and language compilers).<a href="#cite_note-RT_PLATFORMS-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-ois_platforms-9">[9]</a> OIS also has <a href="FPGA" class="mw-redirect" title="FPGA">FPGA</a> versions of ORBexpress to allow hardware blocks on an FPGA to interoperate with software.<a href="#cite_note-automation_isr_techn-10">[10]</a>

OIS engineers invented a form of communications security called the <a href="Partitioning_Communication_System" title="Partitioning Communication System">Partitioning Communication System</a> or PCS.<a href="#cite_note-MILS-7">[7]</a> 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="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> such as <a href="Security-Enhanced_Linux" title="Security-Enhanced Linux">SELinux</a> or a <a href="Separation_kernel" title="Separation kernel">separation kernel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-MILS-7">[7]</a>

OIS's communications products are most frequently found in the enterprise,<a href="#cite_note-EN_CORBA-11">[11]</a> telecom/datacom,<a href="#cite_note-TELECOM_CORBA-12">[12]</a> mil/aero,<a href="#cite_note-MIL_CORBA-13">[13]</a> medical,<a href="#cite_note-MEDICAL_CORBA-14">[14]</a> robotics,<a href="#cite_note-CONS_CORBA-15">[15]</a> process control<a href="#cite_note-PROCESS_CORBA-16">[16]</a> and transportation industries.<a href="#cite_note-TRAN_CORBA-17">[17]</a> Objective Interface is a privately held company and has developed software products since 1989 and hardware products since 2001.

The company is actively involved with various standards groups including:

<ul><li><a href="Common_Criteria" title="Common Criteria">Common Criteria</a></li>

<li><a href="Network_Centric_Operations_Industry_Consortium" title="Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium">Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium</a></li>

<li><a href="Object_Management_Group" title="Object Management Group">Object Management Group</a> (OMG)</li>

<li><a href="The_Open_Group" title="The Open Group">The Open Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Wireless_Innovation_Forum" title="Wireless Innovation Forum">Wireless Innovation Forum</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_Headquarters">Corporate Headquarters</h2></div>

OIS headquarters is located at 220 Spring Street, Herndon, VA, 20170-6201.

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Products/Platforms-Supported-for-Real-time-and-Embedded.html">"ORBexpress RT Platforms Supported for Real-time and Embedded"</a>. OIS ORBexpress RT Real-time and Embedded Webpage.</cite>

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Finance.html">"Real-time Communications in On-line Financial Systems"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-TELECOM_CORBA-12"><a href="#cite_ref-TELECOM_CORBA_12-0">^</a> <cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090623035053/http://www.ois.com/Markets/Telecom/Datacom.html">"Flexible, Robust Middleware Infrastructures in Telecommunications and Data Communications Equipment"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Telecom/Datacom.html">the original</a> on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-05-31.</cite>

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Military-and-Aerospace.html">"Military and Aerospace Applications of High-Assurance Middleware"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage.</cite>

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Medical-Devices.html">"High-Assurance Middleware for Medical Devices"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage.</cite>

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Robotics.html">"Next Generation Architectures for Industrial Automation Robotics"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage.</cite>

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Process-Control.html">"Implementing Large-Scale Process Control Systems"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage.</cite>

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<cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/Markets/Transportation.html">"Reliable, Safe Transportation Control Systems"</a>. OIS Industry Webpage.</cite>

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<ul><li>Objective interface

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ois.com/">Objective Interface Systems</a> - 'Official website'</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Object_Management_Group" title="Object Management Group">Object Management Group</a> (OMG) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.omg.org">[1]</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Open_Group" title="The Open Group">The Open Group</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.opengroup.org">[2]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110226000721/http://opengroup.org/">Archived</a> 2011-02-26 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li>

<li><a href="Wireless_Innovation_Forum" title="Wireless Innovation Forum">Wireless Innovation Forum</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.wirelessinnovation.org">[3]</a></li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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