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The Internet Communications Engine (Ice) is a modern object-oriented middleware with support for C++, .NET, Java, Python, Objective-C, Ruby, and PHP. Ice is used in many mission-critical projects by companies all over the world.

Ice is easy to learn, yet provides a powerful network infrastructure and vast array of features for demanding technical applications.

Ice is free software, available with full source, and released under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL). Commercial licenses are available for customers who wish to use Ice for closed-source software.

 
Ice 3.4 Beta Released
Ice 3.4 offers a number of significant enhancements that improve scalability, simplify your development chores, and broaden your design and implementation options. This beta release is an opportunity for you to evaluate these changes and give us your feedback prior to the final release. Refer to the release notes for migration instructions and an overview of the new features, or visit the download page to get started right away.
Screencasts: Ice Touch, IDEs, and IceGrid
Matthew Newhook has recorded several new screencasts, most addressing Mac OS X development using our Xcode plug-in and Windows development using our Visual Studio extension. Another screencast shows how to build the Ice for Java sample programs on Windows and run one of the IceGrid applications. Let us know on the forums if there are other topics you would like to see discussed in a screencast.
Ice Touch 1.0 Released
Ice Touch has matured from its incubation phase in ZeroC's Labs and become a fully-fledged product. Ice Touch targets the iPhone and iPod touch as well as the Cocoa framework on OS X, allowing you to seamlessly integrate Apple's mobile devices into your corporate infrastructure or to create Internet-enabled games and groupware.
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