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{{Short description|American computer communications company}}
{{Primary sources|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
| logo = ObjectiveInterfaceSystems.png
| logo_size = 100px
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = [[Reston, Virginia]] (1989)
| location = [[Herndon, Virginia]], United States
| key_people = Bill Beckwith, CEO/CTO
| industry = [[Computer software]]<br />[[Computer hardware]]<br />[[Publishing]]<br />[[Research and development]]
| products = [[ORBexpress]]<br />[[Black Channel (products)|Black Channel]]
| homepage = [http://www.ois.com/ www.ois.com]
}}

'''Objective Interface Systems, Inc.''' is a computer communications [[software]] and [[computer hardware|hardware]] company. The company's headquarters are in [[Herndon, Virginia]], USA. OIS develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software and hardware products that generally fit into one or more of the following markets:

* [[Real-time computing|Real-time]] communications middleware software and hardware<ref name="PRI_INV">
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Giddings | first1 = Victor
| author1-link = Victor Giddings
| title = Measuring Distributed and Local Priority Inversions in Real-time ORBs
| journal = Real-time Embedded Workshop
| publisher = Object Management Group
| date = 2000-07-17
| url = http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/workshops/presentations/realtime_emb_presentations/RT_Session_1_Presentations/1-5%20Giddings%20For%20Proceedings.pdf
}}
</ref><ref name="SEC_CORBA">
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Reinhart | first1 = Tod
| author1-link = Tod Reinhart
| last2 = Boettcher | first2 = Carolyn
| author2-link = Carolyn Boettcher
| last3 = Gandara | first3 = G. Andrew
| author3-link = G. Andrew Gandara
| last4 = Hama | first4 = Mark
| author4-link = Mark Hama
| title = Defining a Security Architecture for Real-Time Embedded Systems
| pages = 12–16
| publisher = AFRL/IFTA
| location = Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
| date = June 2004

| url = https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA465687.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604194840/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA465687&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
| url-status = live
| archive-date = June 4, 2011
}}
</ref>
* [[Embedded system|Embedded]] communications middleware software and hardware<ref name="DIICOE">
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Robillard | first1 = Lucie M.J.
| author1-link = Lucie M.J. Robillard
| last2 = Callison | first2 = H. Rebecca
| author2-link = H. Rebecca Callison
| last3 = Goo | first3 = Marilynn B.
| author3-link = Marilynn B. Goo
| last4 = Maurer | first4 = John...
| title = DII COE for Real Time: Becoming Reality
| journal = CROSSTALK the Journal of Defense Software Engineering
| pages = 19–25
| publisher = STSC
| location = Hill AFB
| volume = 2001-10

| url = https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA486910.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604194811/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA486910&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf| url-status = live| archive-date = June 4, 2011}}
</ref><ref name="ROBOT_CORBA">
{{Cite web
| title = AIST selects OIS ORBexpress for next-gen robotics platform
| publisher = Automation.com
| date = 2008-10-27
| url = http://www.automation.com/content/aist-selects-oiss-orbexpress-middleware-for-next-gen-robotics-platform
}}
</ref>
* [[High-performance computing|High-performance]] communications middleware software and hardware<ref name="HAHPEC">
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Beckwith | first1 = Bill
| author1-link =
| last2 = Vanfleet | first2 = W. M.
| author2-link = W. M. Vanfleet
| title = High-Assurance Security/Safety on HPEC Systems: an Oxymoron?
| journal = Proceedings of the Eighth Annual High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Workshops
| volume = 1
| location = Bedford, MA
| date = 2004-09-28
| url = https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA433019.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604194820/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA433019&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
| url-status = live
| archive-date = June 4, 2011
| id = ADM00001742, HPEC-7 Volume 1
}}
</ref>
* [[Communications security|Secure communications]] software and hardware<ref name="MILS_DEMO">
{{Cite journal
| author1-link = Plans and Programs Directorate
| title = AFRL Successfully Demonstrates High-Assurance Security Architecture
| publisher = AFRL/XP
| location = Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
| date = 2006-08-22
| url = https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/story/id/123034954/
}}
</ref><ref name="MILS">
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Vanfleet | first1 = W. Mark
| author1-link = W. Mark Vanfleet
| last2 = Beckwith | first2 = R. William
| author2-link =
| last3 = Calloni | first3 = Ben
| author3-link = Ben Calloni
| last4 = Luke | first4 = Jahn A.
| author4-link = Jahn A. Luke
| last5 = Taylor | first5 = Carol
| author5-link = Carol Taylor
| last6 = Uchenick | first6 = Gordon
| author6-link = Gordon Uchenick
| title = MILS: Architecture for High Assurance Embedded Computing
| journal = CROSSTALK the Journal of Defense Software Engineering
| pages = 12–16
| publisher = STSC
| location = Hill AFB
| volume = 2005-08

| url = http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2005/08/0508Vanfleet_etal.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060925134046/http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2005/08/0508Vanfleet_etal.pdf
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = September 25, 2006
}}
</ref>

A popular OIS product is the [[ORBexpress]] [[CORBA]] [[middleware]] software. ORBexpress is most popular in the [[real-time computing|real-time]] and [[embedded computer]] markets.<ref name="DIICOE"/> OIS supports the software version ORBexpress on more than 6,000 computing platforms (combinations of the versions of [[CPU]] families, operating systems, and language compilers).<ref name="RT_PLATFORMS">
{{cite journal
| title=ORBexpress RT Platforms Supported for Real-time and Embedded
| journal=OIS ORBexpress RT Real-time and Embedded Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Products/Platforms-Supported-for-Real-time-and-Embedded.html
}}
</ref><ref name="ois_platforms">
{{cite journal
| title=ORBexpress Enterprise Platforms Supported for Data Centers, Servers, and Workstations
| journal=OIS Enterprise Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Products/Platforms-Supported.html
}}
</ref> OIS also has [[FPGA]] versions of ORBexpress to allow hardware blocks on an FPGA to interoperate with software.<ref name="automation_isr_techn">
{{cite journal
| title= ISR Technologies selects ORBexpress middleware for Xilinx-based JTRS SDR development kit
| website=Automation.com
| url=http://www.automation.com/content/isr-technologies-selects-orbexpress-middleware-for-xilinx-based-jtrs-sdr-development-kit
}}
</ref>

OIS engineers invented a form of communications security called the [[Partitioning Communication System]] or PCS.<ref name="MILS"/> The PCS is a technical architecture that protects multiple [[Information Flow]]s from influencing each other when communicated on a single network wire. The PCS is best implemented on a software separation [[operating system]] such as [[Security-Enhanced Linux|SELinux]] or a [[separation kernel]].<ref name="MILS"/>

OIS's communications products are most frequently found in the enterprise,<ref name="EN_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=Real-time Communications in On-line Financial Systems
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Finance.html
}}
</ref> telecom/datacom,<ref name="TELECOM_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=Flexible, Robust Middleware Infrastructures in Telecommunications and Data Communications Equipment
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Telecom/Datacom.html
}}
</ref> mil/aero,<ref name="MIL_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=Military and Aerospace Applications of High-Assurance Middleware
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Military-and-Aerospace.html
}}
</ref> medical,<ref name="MEDICAL_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=High-Assurance Middleware for Medical Devices
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Medical-Devices.html
}}
</ref> robotics,<ref name="CONS_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=Next Generation Architectures for Industrial Automation Robotics
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Robotics.html
}}
</ref> process control<ref name="PROCESS_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=Implementing Large-Scale Process Control Systems
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Process-Control.html
}}
</ref> and transportation industries.<ref name="TRAN_CORBA">
{{cite journal
| title=Reliable, Safe Transportation Control Systems
| journal=OIS Industry Webpage
| url=http://www.ois.com/Markets/Transportation.html
}}
</ref> 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:

* [[Common Criteria]]
* [[IEEE]]
* [[Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium]]
* [[Object Management Group]] (OMG)
* [[The Open Group]]
* [[Wireless Innovation Forum]]

== Corporate Headquarters ==

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

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Sister project links|Objective Interface Systems}}
*'''Objective interface'''
**[http://www.ois.com/ Objective Interface Systems] - 'Official website'
* [[Object Management Group]] (OMG) [http://www.omg.org]
* [[The Open Group]] [http://www.opengroup.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226000721/http://opengroup.org/ |date=2011-02-26 }}
* [[Wireless Innovation Forum]] [http://www.wirelessinnovation.org]



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