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Enea 'Middleware' Breakthrough Cuts Software Development Time, Cost in Half; Slashes Product Development Cost for Telecom, Automotive and Medical Equipment Manufacturers

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 09:00 CDT

Enea, the world leader in advanced device software, today announced Element(TM), a breakthrough solution for multiprocessor software development. Element redefines the software development process, providing a reliable off-the-shelf middleware solution that can cut software development time in half for telecom, automotive, and medical equipment manufacturers.

Software complexity is increasing at an exponential rate, replacing hardware as the dominant factor in overall product development cost. From telecom switching systems and smart cell phones, to automobiles and medical instruments, consumer products and industrial systems are running millions of lines of code, spread across a growing number of processors and operating systems. So-called "middleware" is the key to managing that complexity, providing reliable high-level communications and management facilities that make it possible to develop, deploy, configure, service, and upgrade this multiprocessor software.

"Element represents a fundamental shift in software development, from an inefficient, proprietary in-house model, to a cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf model," said Johan Wall, CEO of Enea. "Large telecom OEMs often dedicate entire departments to middleware development, and automotive and medical equipment OEMs are beginning to do the same. Element lets equipment manufacturers outsource this complex function, saving millions of dollars in development cost, and enabling in-house engineers to focus on more profitable value-added services and application software."

Element provides a standard, scaleable out-of-the-box solution that makes it easy for OEMs to outsource their middleware and integrate it with the target hardware. Element provides core services for synchronizing and establishing communications between applications spread across multiple operating systems and processors. It also provides network supervision, fault management, and upgrade management services that make it easy to dynamically monitor, repair, configure/provision, and upgrade distributed systems as they operate live in the field.

Element is the first HA middleware optimized for multiprocessor embedded systems, providing an end-to-end solution that makes it easy to combine Linux with real-time operating systems in the same system. Element is also the first HA middleware equipped to run on DSPs and network processors as well as 32-bit CPUs. This flexibility greatly simplifies application development, enabling designers to use a common set of services with a single API to partition, distribute, and manage applications spread across multiple processors, blades, and operating systems.

About Enea

Enea is the leading supplier of real-time operating systems, middleware, development tools, database technology and services for high-availability distributed multiprocessing applications such as telecommunications infrastructure, mobile devices, medical instrumentation, and automobile control/infotainment. Enea's flagship operating system, OSE(TM), is deployed in 50 percent of the world's new mobile phones and base stations. For further information on Enea, please visit www.enea.com.

Source: Business Wire

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