Rocket® CORBA 

(formerly part of Micro Focus)

Discover the future of CORBA: REST, Docker containers, IoT, and the Cloud.

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The next generation of CORBA solutions. Rocket Software leads in CORBA innovation, integrating expertise from industry pioneers like Borland®, IONA®, and Prismtech®. For over 30 years, we’ve helped customers modernize with innovative products, superior support, and technical leadership.

Our add-ons seamlessly integrate CORBA with modern deployment models like Cloud and Containers, using REST, OpenAPI, and Swagger—no prior CORBA knowledge needed. Our vision is to foster the next generation of developers who will deliver the future of CORBA.

Strategic partnerships

Our strategic partnership and collaboration with the Object Management Group (OMG) is constantly developing innovations in the areas of Telecoms, Finance, Medical Devices, Military applications, Space, Robotics, and IOT applications. Micro Focus is a Platform member of the OMG and holds a seat on both the OMG Architecture Board and on the OMG Board of Directors. We are also members of the Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium as well as Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA).

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Premier ORBs

VisiBroker

VisiBroker delivers enterprise-grade performance with real-time CORBA features in a cost effective and easy to set up infrastructure. VisiBroker will run both BOA- and POA-based ORBs. High availability through smart agent functions.

Read VisiBroker datasheet

Orbix

Orbix provides high availability, replication, scalability, and flexible deployment along with configuration management integration. Orbix is available in both POA- and BOA-based ORBs. Orbix is also available for Mainframe environments.

Read Orbix 3 and Orbix 6 datasheets

CORBA add-ons

Our strategic partnership and collaboration with the Object Management Group (OMG) is constantly developing innovations in the areas of Telecoms, Finance, Medical Devices, Military applications, Space, Robotics, and IOT applications. Micro Focus is a Platform member of the OMG and holds a seat on both the OMG Architecture Board and on the OMG Board of Directors. We are also members of the Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium as well as Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA).

 

Real-time & embedded

Micro Focus real-time CORBA implementations are suitable for demanding applications in sectors including defense, aerospace, air traffic management, telecom, data communications, satellites, rail, and financial systems.

  • VisiBroker-RT: Fast, efficient, enterprise level functionality
  • OpenFusion RTOrb Java: Enterprise level functionality, not just minimum CORBA
  • OpenFusion RTOrb Ada: High performance, robust, and feature rich Ada ORB

Open source

OpenFusion TAO (C++) and JACOrb for organizations that require open-source solutions for their CORBA applications. OpenFusion Orbs are CORBA 2.6 compliant POA only, with moderate performance characteristics.

Products

Rocket® VisiBroker® (formerly a Micro Focus® product)

Delivers enterprise-grade performance with real-time CORBA features in a cost effective and easy to set up infrastructure. VisiBroker will run both BOA- and POA-based ORBs. High availability through smart agent functions

Rocket® OpenFusion (formerly a Micro Focus® product)

The leading choice in many of the world’s largest integration projects that require high performance, massive scalability, high availability, predictable end-to-end QoS, security, and with the ability to be easily configured and managed.

Rocket® Orbix® (formerly a Micro Focus® product)

Provides high availability, replication, scalability, and flexible deployment along with configuration management integration. Orbix is available in both POA- and BOA-based ORBs. Orbix is also available for Mainframe environments.

Rocket® OpenFusion RTOrb Java Edition (formerly a Micro Focus® product)

Use Rocket® OpenFusion RTOrb Java Edition technology to integrate your most demanding real-time applications. OpenFusion RTOrb Java Edition is our real-time CORBA-compliant ORB for the Real-time Specification for Java (RTSJ).

Rocket® OpenFusion RTOrb Ada Edition (formerly a Micro Focus® product)

We designed our robust, feature-rich Ada ORB for critical, real-time applications. It implements many advanced CORBA features, such as Objects By Value (OBV) and CORBA Messaging, including Asynchronous Method Invocation (AMI).

CORBA add-ons

Rocket® CORBA Add-On for REST (formerly a Micro Focus® product)

Rocket® CORBA Add-on for Cloud, Containers & Virtual Environments (formerly a Micro Focus® product)