Ice is a distributed computing platform, backed by ZeroC.
According to ZeroC, the developers of Ice (Internet Communications Engine);
(Ice) is a modern distributed computing platform with support for C++, .NET, Java, Python, Objective-C, Ruby, PHP, and ActionScript. Ice is used in mission-critical projects by companies all over the world.
Ice is cross-platform, supports multiple language bindings and is open-sourced under the GPL.