IONA Technologies

IONA Technologies, Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: IONA
IndustryComputer software
Consulting
IT Services
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Defunct2008 (2008)
FateAcquired
Headquarters
Dublin
,
Ireland
ProductsIONA Artix, Fuse ESB, Orbix, Orbacus
Websitewww.iona.com

IONA Technologies, Inc. was an Irish software company founded in 1991. It began as a campus company linked to Trinity College Dublin[1] had its headquarters in Dublin, and eventually also expanded its offices in Boston and Tokyo. It specialised in distributed service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology, its products connecting systems and applications by creating a network of services without requiring a centralised server or creating an information technology project. IONA was the first Irish company to float on the NASDAQ exchange.[2] It was valued at up to US$1.75 billion at its peak. It was one of the world's 10 largest software-only companies, and around 30 new ventures spun out from it. IONA was sold to Progress Software in 2008.[3]

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