IONA, and Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of the Boeing company, has announced that IONA's Orbix and Orbix/E are serving as the integration broker technologies helping to power the delivery of high-speed internet connectivity services to mobile travellers.

The Italian Ministry for Justice has chosen Orbix 2EA Application Server Platform for its Sicap project.

IONA has announced its intention to join the Web Services Interoperability organisation, an open industry group formed to accelerate the adoption and deployment of web services.