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Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition
[Vendor: Wind River]

Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition supplies a full device software optimization development suite for applications in the telecommunications and high-end data networking market. The Platform combines a Carrier Grade Linux reference file system, support for popular telecom boards, highly productive cross-development infrastructure, training to jumpstart your engineers and Professional Services when you need them to extend your capabilities.

Built upon the Linux 2.6 kernel along with Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) Carrier Grade Linux 2.0.1 specification, Platform NE, Linux Edition meets the high availability, high reliability, redundancy, scalability and security requirements of carrier grade networking equipment. Not only does it offer all the advantages of an end-to-end, tested, integrated and supported development platform, it addresses network equipment needs at the edge, the core, on the Internet and in the enterprise.

The development suite: Wind River Workbench 2.2

Workbench enables companies to work with both VxWorks and Linux, the standards in device software development. This new openness and flexibility give you the freedom to deploy the right technology -- where you need it, when you need it -- because Workbench supports a wide range of processors, architectures and operating systems.

Stay in the business you know best

Platform NE, Linux Edition enables you to develop your applications with these advantages:
  • All the benefits of Linux -- access to source code, hardware and middleware support, vendor independence, community support
  • Access to the latest Linux high availability management, networking, security extensions and bug fixes
  • All the benefits of an experienced, respected commercial vendor-risk mitigation, industry-leading development tools, vendor support and accountability
  • COTS hardware support
  • A standardized, Eclipse-based development environment enabling the entire development cycle
  • A single-vendor solution to the challenges of multiple operating systems
Off the shelf is not generic

Wind River Professional Services is an important part of the value of Platform NE, Linux Edition. Our global network of engineers is ready to install, integrate, migrate, unify and extend your Linux solution. We can work with our ecosystem of platform-ready partners to help you make sound 3rd party product decisions. We can help you integrate Linux with VxWorks. In short, Services can help you customize your open source COTS solution in ways that give you the advantages of Linux without the downside.


Platform Partner Ecosystem

Wind River has developed a comprehensive hardware and software ecosystem that extends the capabilities of the Platform. Partner technology has been preintegrated and validated with the stack. Our business model has been aligned with our partners' to reduce costs for our customers.

The current platform ecosystem for Platform NE consists of:
    Hardware
    • Intel -- MPCBL0001 ATCA board
    • Intel -- TIGPRU2 carrier grade server board
    • Motorola -- ATCA-717 ATCA board
    • Motorola -- CPCI-745 board

    Software
    • Solid Information Technology -- highly-available Autonomic Data Management Platform
    • GoAhead Software -- SelfReliant 3.0 fault tolerance
      middleware
    • Red Hat -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS host operating system

For more information

Further details on the Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition -- including Technical Specifications, Features and Benefits, What's Included, FAQ, and a comprehensive Product Note (PDF download) are available here.


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