Aonix Advances to Wind River Platform Partner Status

Over many years, Aonix has enjoyed a strong partner relationship with Wind River Systems, one of the top Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) vendors. Recently, Aonix was named a Wind River “Platform Partner”, the highest level of corporate partnership that Wind River extends to software companies. The Platform Partner level of participation is by invitation only, and requires Platform Partners' technologies to be aligned with Wind River products from roadmap through development, QA, and test to ensure seamless integration.

Platform Partnership strategically positions Aonix with select upper-tier partners focused on driving joint business through one or more of Wind River’s vertical market segments. Initially addressing Wind River’s Aerospace and Defence (A&D) segment, Aonix offers years of servicing many customers with Ada real-time and DO-178B certified development solutions. Now, as a Platform Partner, Aonix is closely aligned with Wind River strategic direction for Java developers, providing industry-leading real-time virtual machines and tools tightly coupled with the Wind River development and execution environment for A&D, and other vertical segments including Network Infrastructure and Industrial markets.

 “Safety critical expertise and ability to address customers with large or complex projects sets Aonix apart from other vendors,” said Chip Downing, aerospace & defense industry marketing manager at Wind River. “Aonix’ development tools, especially the newer PERC real-time and safety-critical products, offer significant help to VxWorks platform users wanting to move up to a more modern, cost-effective development solution for ever-increasing levels of complexity.”

 PERC Ultra is the ideal solution for embedded applications of high complexity, thanks to PERC Ultra’s predictable performance and its extensive support of off-the-shelf J2SE libraries and components. Its sister product, PERC Pico, meets the needs of resource-constrained hard real-time applications, featuring performance and footprint characteristics comparable to C. PERC Pico is smaller and faster than any other real-time virtual machine, yet it preserves key virtues of Java™ such as portability, reliability, and scalability.

PERC Ultra and PERC Pico are interoperable within a single application. For the first time, it is now possible for Java developers to create complete complex applications from infrastructure to the device level, without resorting to the use of other languages with less portability and robust memory use for specialized components.

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Aonix Signs Joint Marketing Pact with ProSyst

Aonix and ProSyst Software GmbH have joined forces to provide a Java-based service platform that can be remotely managed.  ProSyst, a leading provider of OSGi™-compliant software addresses the growing distributed computing complexities in the real-time market with its common platform architecture to ensure that all software involved in an application communicates consistently and effectively.  The new relationship provides an environment especially effective in applications with resource-constrained dynamic network devices such as those used in smart phones, infotainment and telematics systems, and remote monitoring and diagnosis of trains and fleet vehicles.

ProSyst’s mBedded Server implements the OSGi Core and Service Compendium specifications on top of virtual machines, such as Aonix PERC®. The product is organized into functional bundle packages, with the OSGi framework serving as the main package of mBedded Server. The package provides a comprehensive, modular and scalable Java-based software that enables the deployment, maintenance, and removal of applications and their components across different types of devices. Other features include the reusability of divided applications, common logic exchange through shared components and libraries, and certified compliancy with the OSGi Service Platform Release 4.0.

Aonix PERC Ultra has been successfully tested with the mBedded Server and has proven to be a predictable and reliable source to deploy OSGi applications. Together, the two products offer compelling value in the form of add-on OSGi bundles designed to suit the needs of large commercial customers.

Aonix and ProSyst are working together to establish a reference implementation for prototyping activities that will appeal to the automotive industry, created on a PowerPC-based development platform containing user-selectable RTOS environments. Both companies are currently involved in joint customer activities including a large U.S. auto manufacturer and a microprocessor supplier.

“Our OSGi solutions are used in many different environments, such as automotive telematics systems, residential gateways and mobile devices,” noted Kai Hackbarth, Product Manager at ProSyst. “Aonix PERC Ultra is a reliable, efficient virtual machine and provides the excellent execution platform that our customers seek. Used together, Aonix PERC Ultra and ProSyst mBedded Server provide a powerful combination that enables device- and car- manufacturers, service providers and service developers to build more complex and dynamic applications while reducing development and maintenance cost.”

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Concurrent Joins Aonix’ Growing List of Real-Time Partners

Concurrent has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Aonix®, which provides PERC® real-time solutions for embedded Java™ developers. This solution will prove to be a win for customers as well as the future of both companies.

Aonix and Concurrent are collaborating to support the growing number of customers in the real-time computing market seeking modernization of their mission-critical software with Java technology. How? By delivering Concurrent/Aonix solutions leveraging the power of Aonix’s PERC real-time virtual machine and tools on Concurrent’s real-time Linux operating systems including SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time and RedHawk Linux.

Concurrent is a leading provider of time-critical Linux operating system technology and integrated computer solutions for mission-critical applications. Concurrent’s popular real-time Linux operating systems (SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time and RedHawk Linux), are rapidly becoming the de facto standard in real-time computing for those looking to stay ahead of the curve in this constantly evolving age of information delivery. RedHawk Linux is compatible with Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time is the real-time version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Both provide fast response to external events, optimized interprocess communication with high I/O throughput needed for time-critical applications and a guarantee that user applications can respond to external events in less than 30 microseconds on a dedicated processor.

“Aonix PERC meets the stringent requirements of resource-constrained or large, complex hard real-time applications, as those developed by our most demanding customers,” said Gary Beerman, Director of Real-Time Marketing at Concurrent. “The capability of the PERC real-time virtual machine and strength of the Aonix technical team will enable us to respond to the hard real-time and mission-critical markets we serve.”

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