Wind River Drives IoT Development of Intelligent, Connected and Secure Devices with Enhanced Linux Solutions
March 23 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Wind River open source solutions help
developers rapidly address IoT challenges to meet critical needs
across a diverse range of markets.
- Wind River Linux profiles updated with
the latest kernel and toolchain from the Yocto Project 1.7 release
to enable even greater flexibility and scalability.
- Latest Wind River Linux solutions will
be showcased at Embedded Linux Conference, March 23–25.
Wind River®, a world leader in delivering software for
intelligent connected systems, has delivered enhancements to Wind
River Open Virtualization, Security Profile for Wind River Linux,
and Carrier Grade Profile for Wind River Linux. These profiles
provide developers with key capabilities to create the safe,
secure, and reliable intelligent systems that will harness the
power of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Open Virtualization, Security Profile, and Carrier Grade Profile
have been updated with the latest Linux kernel, toolchain, and user
space from the Yocto Project 1.7 release. These software profiles
are high-value add-ons to Wind River Linux, with features that
seamlessly integrate with validation tools, documentation, and
hardware support.
In IoT, a steady flow of intelligence and actionable insights
can emerge only if connectivity is present and persistent. However,
as a result of persistent connectivity, exposure to security
threats increases. Additionally, if devices are not properly
protected, the ability for persistent connectivity itself is
threatened.
"The challenges around security and connectivity are becoming
more complex with the growth of IoT. Developers must work on
projects demanding higher levels of security and performance within
tighter schedules and budgets. Our Linux profiles provide a
jump-start to address these demands for intelligent, connected, and
more secure devices for a range of IoT needs,” said Dinyar Dastoor,
vice president and general manager of operating system
platforms at Wind River. “In addition to the challenges that arise
with deploying large IoT systems, companies also face the
difficulties of maintaining many deployed devices over a long
period of time, well after repeated updates to the Linux kernel and
its packages. Wind River provides support for long lifecycles,
including updates and security patches for new
vulnerabilities.”
Built to align with the Common Criteria for Operating System
Protection Profile and Evaluation Assurance Levels (EAL), Security
Profile delivers security capabilities to help developers protect
against future threats from the growth of IoT. As other industries,
such as networking, industrial, and automotive, are increasingly
asked to comply with similar Common Criteria requirements to
evaluate and certify products that demand greater security and
connectivity, developers are facing new challenges. Meeting these
needs can be expensive and time-consuming, adding cost and risk to
programs. Customers can reduce risks by relying on Wind River to
deliver a fully maintained and securely monitored commercial
embedded Linux distribution with built-in security features such as
a hardened kernel, secure user space, and secure boot process.
Virtualization, a game-changing technology in the IT,
networking, and communications industries, also offers the promise
of system consolidation, reduced capital and operational expenses,
and new cloud services ripe for IoT opportunities, to many other
industries, from aerospace and defense to medical and automotive.
Using open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology
combined with the proven commercial Wind River Linux distribution,
Open Virtualization delivers near-native hardware performance and
enables many applications and functions running on dedicated
operating systems and hardware to consolidate into one intelligent
system, enabling highly scalable systems at lower cost.
As more devices become connected in the IoT age, they will
require increased performance and zero downtime. For certain
applications, such as critical infrastructure for energy or medical
use cases, the network simply cannot go down, and carrier grade
reliability is essential. Strict requirements to achieve these
specifications are mandated by the Linux Foundation in the Carrier
Grade Linux (CGL) specifications. Carrier Grade Profile meets the
registration requirements of the Linux Foundation’s CGL 5.0
specification. This turnkey solution delivers all of the
technologies essential to building a powerful, flexible,
responsive, stable, and secure platform.
Wind River Linux delivers the flexibility and innovation that
comes with open source technology, combined with the long term
commercial support needed for the lifetime maintenance of a device.
Wind River Linux can help developers significantly reduce
production and maintenance costs and speed build cycles by more
than 30 percent compared to roll-your-own (RYO) in-house efforts.
To calculate the costs of building an RYO embedded Linux project
versus the savings from using Wind River Linux, use the total cost
of ownership (TCO) calculator at http://tinyurl.com/LxTCOcalc.
In addition to security and connectivity, flexibility and
scalability are essential to an IoT infrastructure. The Yocto
Project provides the technical flexibility to allow teams to scale
one common runtime across a variety of IoT devices of virtually any
size, industry, or architecture, all leveraging the same technical
infrastructure for greater efficiencies and cost savings. Developed
from the Yocto Project open source development infrastructure, Wind
River Linux uses the latest Linux kernel as its upstream source to
ensure customers have commercially supported access to the newest
advancements from the open source community. With numerous key
maintainer and technical lead positions within the Yocto Project
and other open source projects, Wind River is an active leader in
the open source community. To learn more about Wind River
contributions, visit http://tinyurl.com/LxLdrshp.
Wind River Linux and its software profiles are part of the Wind
River Helix™ portfolio of products enabling IoT advancements. Wind
River open source solutions will be showcased at Wind River booth 9
at Embedded Linux Conference 2015 in San Jose. For more information
about the Wind River presence at the show,
visit http://tinyurl.com/windELC.
Separately, Wind River also recently announced the addition of
application and data services in the cloud to Wind River Linux via
Wind River Edge Management System, its cloud-based IoT
platform.
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 RiverJenny Suh, 510-749-2972jenny.suh@windriver.com
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