Reston, Virginia-based Visix Software Inc admits that from a sales point of view, the object exposure it is gaining from PostModern is proving to be more of a marketing lever than it had expected, and will likely have a more immediate effect on sales than the 2.5 release of Galaxy. The integration work was undertaken at the behest of a couple of mutual clients Visix and PostModern share in the financial community, who do not want to publicise their activities. Now smitten, Visix is champing at the object bit, and is keen to forge relationships with other Object Request Broker and object-enabling technology suppliers. It has heard subsequently that a mid-West integrator has already built a gateway between Galaxy and ExperSoft Corp’s Object Request Broker, but says it is not sure how far that work has gone. Visix, now up to 150 employees, boasts a burgeoning professional services operation and has some 2,800 Galaxy licensees. It is finalising a joint venture with a Japanese company that will lea d to the opening of a Visix office over there. It is also adding a German operation in Frankfurt to UK and French offices.
