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- Image: Linux enlists in hunt for subs
- Boeing turns to Wind River for a version of the open-source software in a plane for the U.S. Navy.
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Wind River Systems, hunt, Boeing Co., open-source software, Linux, software
- Image galleries 2006-07-31
- Wind River further embraces Eclipse with developer tools code donation
- Deepening its support of Eclipse, and an open-source tools strategy in general, Wind River Systems this week donated some 300,000 lines of embedded development tools code to the Eclipse Foundation. The move simultaneously opens frameworks options for more C/C++ developers and further broadens the Eclipse model's reach into the development...
- Tags: Wind River Systems, Eclipse
- Blog posts 2006-07-31
- DSO diagnostics and remediation extends into full device lifecycle
- Last fall I blogged on Wind River and how their move to more aggressively enable testing, feedback, and remediation of embedded device software could shake up the definition of DSO. Well, the other shoe on that story has fallen with the announcement this week of Wind River's fuller post-production diagnostics...
- Tags: Wind River Systems, DSO
- Blog posts 2006-05-17
- Embedded development testing benefit moves to Linux
- I recently took an extended briefing in the form of attending a regional developers' conference in I-495 tech corridor Massachusetts on embedded development and deployment strategies. The host, Wind River, did a good job of balancing their desire to promote their COTS wares with highlighting the building wave Multi-core devices...
- Tags: parallelism, Wind River Systems
- Blog posts 2005-12-20
- Full development platform emerges for embedded software lifecycle
- At a developer conference today in Santa Clara, CA, architects and specifiers of embedded development infrastructure are getting the first glimpses of a milestone in real-time operating systems RTOS and associated development suites. Wind River is unveiling an integrated test and diagnostics capability that ships with the Nov. 7 release...
- Tags: Wind River Systems
- Blog posts 2005-11-03
- Full development platform emerges for embedded software lifecycle
- At a developer conference today in Santa Clara, CA, architects and specifiers of embedded development infrastructure are getting the first glimpses of a milestone in real-time operating systems RTOS and associated development suites. Wind River is unveiling an integrated test and diagnostics capability that ships with the Nov. 7 release...
- Tags: Wind River Systems
- Blog posts 2005-11-03
- Look for a Linux distro face-off in the embedded space
- Embedded software developers put Baskin-Robbins to shame when it comes to dishing up a large variety of operating systems flavors. The swirl of Linux permutations alone puts a rocky road in front of those seeking a smooth ride for reuse and modularity of device code. ...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Wind River Systems Inc., embedded Linux
- Blog posts 2005-09-26
- Look for a Linux distro face-off in the embedded space
- Embedded software developers put Baskin-Robbins to shame when it comes to dishing up a large variety of operating systems flavors. The swirl of Linux permutations alone puts a rocky road in front of those seeking a smooth ride for reuse and modularity of device code.Yet the use of and preference...
- Tags: Wind River Systems, embedded Linux, Linux
- Blog posts 2005-09-26
- Wind River's open source moves
- Wind River has continued its move toward open source, joining Eclipse and even contributing to SourceForge. I think this is big news, and not just because yet-another proprietary software outfit is dipping its toe in the open source water.Real Time Operating Systems like Wind River's VxWorks go into discrete devices...
- Tags: Wind River Systems
- Blog posts 2005-03-10
- Wind River's Linux Embed
- I think there is a boom waiting to happen.It starts by seeing wireless networking as a platform on which you build applications. That can happen when your Wi-Fi access point is built with a robust, scalable, modular operating system, like Linux. It can't happen when the access point is built...
- Tags: access point, Wind River Systems
- Blog posts 2004-11-01
Additional Resources
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- A Friday Active Directory puzzler
- We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application install with lots of storage and a moderately speedy quad-core Xeon. The existing server is out of space, out of resources, recently...
- Tags: Domain, User Profile, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gateway stops selling PCs direct
- Gateway, one of the early PC makers that sold their wares direct, said Friday it will sell its systems completely through channel partners and retailers. The company, now a part of Acer, said shifting to a channel-based distribution model will simplify its business and cut costs. ...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., PC, Acer Inc., Retail, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop
- Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up
- Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...
- Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Bausch
- BauschInteresting pairing...and one that seems to make a little more sense than the traditional IT/Accounting duopoly you generally see in the enterprise. Consumer oriented businesses in this day and age should have consumer oriented systems in place. I think the change in attitude should provide immediate dividends. ...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Bausch
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- The little wind turbines that could
- The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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