Wind River to Offer Commercial Android Solution
Signs Android Commercialization Customer, Kyocera Wireless Corp.
ALAMEDA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) October 21, 2008 --
Wind
River (NASDAQ:WIND) today announced that the company will offer a
commercial software solution based on open source mobile software,
Android. The solution will comprise software systems integration
services and a compatible commercially supported Android software
platform for handset manufacturers and mobile operators planning to
develop Android-based devices and services.
This announcement follows today’s news by the
Open Handset Alliance to release the Android platform under an open
source license. Wind River formally joined the Open Handset Alliance in
November 2007 as an Android commercialization partner, and since then
has been an active, contributing member to the consortium.
In conjunction with today’s announcement, Wind
River announced that Kyocera Wireless Corp. has selected Wind River to
help develop a new product platform incorporating Android. The companies
intend for Wind River to provide software systems integration services
inclusive of technologies from other Open Handset Alliance members and
third-party partners (see
separate announcement).
Wind River’s software systems integration
services include deep professional services offerings for
customer-specific, end-to-end Android implementations, including
customization, optimization and testing tailored to customer’s
devices. These services for Android are currently being deployed to
customers worldwide.
“Wind River is leveraging its deep involvement
with the Open Handset Alliance to offer a Wind River supported and
maintained Android solution to companies planning to deploy Android,”
said Jason Whitmire, general manager of the Mobile segment at Wind
River. “This is compelling to manufacturers
and operators because it mitigates the cost and risk associated with
open source solutions.”
Wind River's commercial software platform for Android is expected to
include the latest open source Android software, Wind River's
commercial-grade Linux, including Android-specific Linux patches, and
pre-integrated third-party technologies to help commercialize Android.
Additionally, the platform is expected to be optimized on leading mobile
semiconductor hardware from which manufacturers can quickly build
market-differentiated products. During the development of the platform,
Wind River will leverage its unique technologies such as its layer-based
build system and automated test framework, which will further test and
validate the platform, reduce development time and risk, and improve
quality.
Earlier this year, Wind River partnered with Texas
Instruments, NEC
Electronics and STMicroelectronics
to demonstrate the Android platform at Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona, Spain. Company-wide, Wind River plays leading roles in
industry consortia and communities aimed at developing Linux-based open
software platforms across a variety of adjacent industries, including:
Eclipse, SCOPE-Alliance, The Linux Foundation, LiMo Foundation, OpenSAF
and Moblin.org.
Availability
Wind River’s commercially supported Android
software platform is expected to be available in the first half of
calendar-year 2009.
For more information about Wind River’s
solutions for the mobile market, visit: http://windriver.com/oha/.
About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO).
Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software
faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms
are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development
solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and
reliability at all phases of the device software development process,
from concept to deployed product.
Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with
operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements regarding the expected availability, features and benefits of
Wind River products and services. These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences
include but are not limited to the ability of Wind River to access, use
and/or distribute certain open source and proprietary technologies and
hardware in its product and services strategies, the success of Android
and the OHA in the marketplace, and the ability of Wind River to deliver
its software platform in a timely manner. More details about these and
other risks that may impact Wind River and its business are included in
Wind River's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2008, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its other
periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements are based on information as of the date of
this press release, and Wind River does not undertake any obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind
River and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc.
Other marks used herein are the property of the respective owners.
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