Motorola and Wind River Join Forces to Provide Integrated AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Communications Servers
Alliance bundles standards-based hardware and software solutions for
next-generation networking applications
TEMPE, Ariz. and ALAMEDA, Calif., Aug. 6 / / -
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Wind River Systems (Nasdaq: WIND) today
announced that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to provide
integrated AdvancedTCA® (ATCA®) and MicroTCA(TM) communication platforms
with Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks runtimes.
Through this agreement, Motorola's embedded communications computing
business and Wind River will work together to deliver bundled hardware and
software solutions for next-generation networking designs for the telecom,
military and aerospace, medical and industrial automation industries. The
companies also will provide joint customer support, as well as collaborate on
product development and on driving joint value for industry initiatives such
as OpenSAF high availability software, virtualization technologies and
development environments for multicore processors.
"Collaborating with an industry leader like Wind River demonstrates
Motorola's commitment to extend the benefits of leading-edge, multicore
technologies such as MicroTCA and AdvancedTCA to our joint customers," said
Stephen Dow, vice president and general manager, Embedded Communications
Computing, Motorola, Inc. "It also enables us to offer our customers a choice
of the best components from third party software providers, illustrating the
strength and maturity of the xTCA ecosystem."
"We look forward to strengthening our relationship with a respected
industry leader such as Motorola. Through our alliance, we expect to provide
our customers with access to leading edge technology as well as a simplified
path for them to adopt COTS hardware and software solutions," said Ken Klein,
chief executive officer of Wind River. "Implementing fully tested, integrated,
and validated solutions from Motorola and Wind River will help our joint
customers to accelerate application development for next generation Linux and
VxWorks networking platforms."
The first bundled solution, a MicroTCA-based COTS solution with Wind River
Carrier Grade Linux, is now available through leading global distributors
Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Avnet Applied Computing Solutions. Other solutions
including the ATCA-9301 Cavium Octeon-based solution are expected to be
available later this year.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in
wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless
mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply
and seamlessly to the people, information and entertainment that you want and
need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do"
experiences and powerful networks - along with a full complement of support
services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had
sales of US $42.9 billion in 2006. For more information about our company, our
people and our innovations, please visit www.Motorola.com.
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, California,
with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at
http://www.windriver.com or call 1-800-872-4977.
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent &
Trademark Office. Service Availability Forum is a proprietary trademark used
under license. All other product or service names are the property of their
respective owners. (C) Motorola, Inc. 2007. All rights reserved.
The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind
River and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems. Other marks
used herein are the property of the respective owners.
SOURCE Motorola, Inc.
/CONTACT: Lee Ann Kuster, +1-602-438-3623, leeannkuster@motorola.com, or
Shreek Raivadera, +44-0-116-267-7396, shreek@motorola.com, both of Embedded
Communications Computing, Motorola
/Web site: www.motorola.com
www.windriver.com /
CO: Motorola, Inc.; Wind River Systems
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