IONA Technologies to Announce Third Quarter 2006 Earnings Results October 19, 2006

IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), a world leader in high-performance Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure solutions for mission-critical IT environments, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter 2006 results on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Irish Time). Investors and other interested parties may dial into the call using the toll free number 800-619-7628 or 630-395-0180 internationally. This call is being Webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at www.iona.com/investors. The pass code is IONA. Following the conclusion of the call, a rebroadcast will be available at IONA's Web site (www.iona.com/investors) or by calling 800-468-0316 or 402-344-6637 internationally until November 17, 2006. About IONA For more than a decade, IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA) has been a world leader in delivering high-performance integration solutions for Global 2000 IT environments. IONA pioneered standards-based integration with its CORBA-based Orbix® products. Artix™, IONA’s extensible Enterprise Service Bus, enables customers to leverage Service-Oriented Architecture to generate greater ROI, streamline and modernize IT environments and lower the total cost of IT operation. IONA’s active participation in the open source community, including its leadership of the Eclipse Foundation SOA Tooling Platform Project, is a natural extension of the company’s history of solving computing challenges by leveraging open standards and distributed architectures. IONA is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts and offices worldwide. For additional information about IONA, visit our Web site at http://www.iona.com. IONA, IONA Technologies, the IONA logo, Orbix, High Performance Integration, Artix, Mobile Orchestrator and Making Software Work Together are trademarks or registered trademarks of IONA Technologies PLC and/or its subsidiaries. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks that may appear herein are the property of their respective owners.