Aonix's Ben Brosgol Recognized by Sun as Real-Time Java Expert.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--Aonix, a leading provider of safety-critical solutions, announced today that Dr. Ben Brosgol, an industry veteran and one of the company's senior technical staff members, was selected by Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) as a core member of the Real-Time Java Expert Group, launched by Sun earlier this month. This group, led by IBM's Greg Bollella, is the first technology development organization formed under Sun's Java Community Process Sun's system for allowing third parties to submit requests for new features to Java. JCP is a formal process that must be adhered to, and fees are involved. In 1999, Sun submitted Java to the ECMA standards body, but withdrew its J2SE specification later in the year. for specifying extension APIs (Application Program Interfaces). Aonix is an active participant in the Real-Time Java Expert Group, whose core members also include other industry leaders such as Cyberonix, Microware, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. , Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems, solutions, and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers. , and Sun Microsystems. The Group's charter is to specify the extensions for the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). that will allow developers to write real-time Java applications. "I am pleased to be recognized by Sun and IBM and to participate in the Real-Time Java Expert Group," said Ben Brosgol, senior technical staff member at Aonix. "The Java platform has the potential to be a serious candidate for many kinds of real-time applications, and Aonix's experience developing real-time compilers and tools will be directly relevant to the work that the Expert Group is undertaking." Real-time programming provides a device or system with predictable response time and the ability to coordinate functions that need to meet strict time deadlines. While invisible to the everyday user, real-time software controls many of the devices that consumers interact with every day including pagers, mobile phones, office peripherals, car controls, medical devices, telephony infrastructure equipment, and ATM machines. About Aonix Aonix, headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide-based company and a major player in the software-development tools market. It currently has more than 20,000 installations with half a million users worldwide. Aonix's products and array of consulting services provide complete lifecycle solutions for analyzing requirements, designing, implementing, testing, and deploying software for even the most challenging commercial or technical projects. Its comprehensive set of offerings address the needs of a variety of applications, from network distributed to embedded/real-time including safety-critical, on all major development platforms. Aonix can be found on the Internet at http://www.aonix.com or reached by phone at 800/97-AONIX. |
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