Siemens Cuts Costs and Accelerates Time-to-Market with Wind River VxWorks
November 25 2014 - 3:01AM
Business Wire
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Wind River real-time operating system
selected to power Siemens’ high-performance industrial PCs.
- VxWorks enabled Siemens to accelerate
time-to-market by four months and cut engineering costs by
50%.
- Wind River showcases Siemens technology
in VxWorks demonstrations at SPS IPC Drives, booth no. 6-305.
Wind River®, a world leader in delivering software for
intelligent connected systems, announced that Siemens Digital
Factory Division selected VxWorks® real-time operating system
(RTOS) as the foundation for its market-leading high-performance
industrial PCs.
Siemens’ industrial PCs operate in extremely demanding
environments, often directly on the plant floor. Because a standard
PC operating system does not always fit the requirements of
sophisticated industrial applications, Siemens required an RTOS to
execute tasks requiring determinism, fast response times, and
safety. The company concluded it could eliminate a number of steps
in development and significantly reduce costs with a proven
commercial RTOS, so VxWorks was chosen to replace Siemens’
in-house-developed operating system.
In addition to Wind River’s long track record of success in the
industrial segment, the company’s deep knowledge of markets like
aviation, automotive, and defense, where reliability, safety, and
security are critical, was an important factor in Siemens’
selection of VxWorks.
“Using VxWorks versus building and maintaining our own operating
system has enabled us to accelerate our time-to-market by four
months, cut our engineering costs by 50%, and improve the overall
productivity of our engineering team,” said Anton Sauter, product
manager SIMATIC IPC at Siemens. “The combination of Wind River
industry-leading technology with Siemens’ engineering expertise has
resulted in a high-performance industrial PC for today’s
high-volume production environments.”
Alexander Damisch, senior director of business development at
Wind River, commented, “For two decades, Siemens has been setting
the standard for innovative, durable industrial computers. Enabling
them to deliver a superior product to market more quickly and gain
a competitive edge is extremely rewarding. This is a great example
of the trend we’re seeing where companies that originally chose to
build are now choosing to buy, migrating from in-house systems to
commercial solutions that allow them to focus more on value-added
business capabilities instead of maintaining the core
platform.”
Wind River is showcasing Siemens technology in its VxWorks
demonstrations at SPS IPC Drives this week, booth no. 6-305.
More information about VxWorks is available at
http://tinyurl.com/VxWorks. And to learn more about Wind River
industrial solutions, visit http://tinyurl.com/WRIndustrial.
About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel® Corporation
(NASDAQ:INTC), is a world leader in delivering software for
intelligent connected systems. The company has been pioneering
computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is
found in nearly 2 billion products. Wind River offers the
industry's most comprehensive embedded software portfolio,
supported by world-class global professional services and support
and a broad partner ecosystem. Wind River delivers the technology
and expertise that enables the innovation and deployment of safe,
secure, and reliable intelligent systems. To learn more, visit Wind
River at www.windriver.com.
Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River
Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks
of their respective owners.
Wind RiverJessica Miller,
510-749-2727jessica.miller@windriver.com
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