Here comes the java appliances. Wish we were in this one though.
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Tadpole Chooses Wind River's Tornado for Java-Enabled Handheld Appliance
New Device Based on VxWorks Real-Time Operating System With Personal JWorks
ALAMEDA, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind River Systems (Nasdaq: WIND - news), the leading provider of integrated development software tools, real time operating systems, and engineering services for embedded applications, and Tadpole Technology Plc announced today that Tadpole chose Wind River software for its new internet appliance. The Tadpole-Cartesia J-Slate(TM), a diskless, rugged hand-held computer was built using the Tornado(TM) development environment, VxWorks® real-time operating system and Personal JWorks(TM), Wind River's implementation of Sun Microsystems' PersonalJava specification. This device is a unique, Java-based mobile information system that allows utility workers to retrieve and update on-line information while in the field.
''Delivering such a complex, Internet-enabled appliance for the utility industry within a limited development window was a key challenge,'' said Bernard Hulme, group CEO of Tadpole Technology. ''When we began development of the J-Slate hand-held device, we were very pleased to find that Wind River already had a Sun Microsystems-certified PersonalJava solution ported to our OS of choice, VxWorks. By using the highly productive Tornado development environment in conjunction with Personal JWorks, we not only saved development time, but we were also assured our product would be based on a stable and efficient PersonalJava virtual machine tightly bound to the most reliable RTOS on the market.''
''Tornado and Personal JWorks meet all of the requirements for the development of next-generation information appliances -- extensibility; upgradability; Internet-connectivity; and security,'' commented Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing for Wind River Systems. ''With Tornado and Personal JWorks, Wind River is delivering Java technologies to the embedded market that are available now. Tadpole's selection of our software products is an excellent example of how Wind River can help customers build the connected device of the future -- today.''
Availability
Please contact Tadpole Plc. 01223-278200 or www.tadpole.com directly for availability. For more information, see www.tadpole.com/cartesia/cartesia.html.
Tadpole-Cartesia J-Slate
The Tadpole-Cartesia J-Slate's diskless, rugged, hand-held pen computer has been specifically designed for field workers. More cost-effective and reliable than conventional or Windows®-based laptops, J-Slate provides field workers with timely, accurate, and job-specific data and detailed maps to better understand and respond to planned and emergency tasks. Information including detailed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping data is downloaded to the handheld J-Slate hardware via conventional or digital cellular phones and displayed on designed-for-the-field hand-held computers. Job information can also be uploaded to corporate headquarters. J-Slate has configuration options that include user accessible PCMCIA sockets, integrated cellular phone, radio and GPS, as well as modem and Ethernet connections.
Tornado Development Environment, VxWorks & Personal JWorks Available for UNIX, Windows 95, and Windows NT host platforms, more than twenty target processor architecture families and hundreds of variants and derivatives, Tornado is the only complete software cross-development environment for embedded systems. Tornado is seamlessly integrated and includes the industry's most powerful development tools and VxWorks, a feature-rich, high performance and scalable real-time operating system. Completely open and customizable, Tornado also facilitates the use of third-party and customer-developed tools to enhance its capabilities and meet unique customer requirements. Tornado has more than 270 software and hardware partners and is used by thousands of developers worldwide.
Personal JWorks is a complete Java solution for embedded applications, addressing the fundamental embedded requirements of small memory footprint and high performance. Personal JWorks provides an unmatched, economic way for integrating the PersonalJava environment in memory-constrained network-connectable consumer applications such as set-top boxes, smart-phones, car navigation systems, game consoles, and hand-held devices.
Tadpole Technology Plc
Tadpole Technology, a listed company on the London Stock Exchange, is the global leader in portable UNIX workstations and servers and also pioneer of mobile Java solutions called Cartesia for the world's utilities and related industries. Leveraging developments in Java and intranet technology, Cartesia brings the full advantages of integrated corporate workflow to the mobile environment allowing utilities to deploy the first set of truly location-independent, platform-neutral business tools that generate reductions in IT costs and gains in mobile workforce productivity. Further information call 0117 923 8853 or visit www.tadpole.com/.
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River Systems, Inc., an ISO 9001 registered company, is the leading provider of integrated software development tools for real-time embedded applications in the Internet, telecommunications, data communications, office automation, networking, computer peripherals, medical, automotive, industrial, aerospace/defense and multimedia markets. Through the industry's most comprehensive product line and customer support, Wind River enables customers to develop and reuse application software across a variety of products and platforms, shortening development cycles and improving time-to-market. Incorporated in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California. Wind River reported revenues of $129.4 million in fiscal year 1999, a 40% increase from fiscal year 1998.
NOTE: Tornado is a trademark and Personal JWorks, VxWorks, Wind River Systems, and the Wind River Systems logo are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.
SOURCE: Wind River Systems, Inc.
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