BSQUARE Offers Complete Training Curriculum for Microsoft Windows CE .NET; BSQUARE Selected to Develop Official Microsoft Windows CE .NET Training Courses.Business Editors & Technology Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002 BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq:BSQR), a Windows Embedded Partner of the Year for 2001 and the No. 1 Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. 3.0 distributor in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. for 2000, today announced availability of the official training curriculum for the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. CE .NET operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . BSQUARE will offer both introductory and advanced classes enabling industry professionals to choose the right curriculum for their specific needs. Microsoft Corp. selected BSQUARE to create the authorized Microsoft Windows CE .NET training classes. This multi-track curriculum was designed exclusively for project managers, platform porting engineers, and system/application engineers. The courses provide students with the knowledge they need to build high-quality embedded solutions and get them to market quickly. Leading experts teach the interactive courses at BSQUARE headquarters in Bellevue, Wash. The same courses will also be offered internationally and at customer sites. "Rather than take a one-size-fits-all approach, we specifically designed a modular training curriculum that meets virtually everyone's needs, whether they need to evaluate Windows CE .NET for the first time, they need to build a new Windows CE .NET platform, or they need to bring a specific service up on an existing Windows CE .NET platform," said Scott Bufkin, vice president of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. of BSQUARE. "The fact that Microsoft picked BSQUARE to develop these courses is a real tribute to the excellence of our dedicated training department." "As OEMs begin to develop their next-generation devices on Windows CE .NET, we wanted to offer them a comprehensive training curriculum to enable them to get up to speed quickly," said Keith White, senior marketing director of the embedded and appliance platforms group at Microsoft. "BSQUARE's years of experience with Windows CE, along with its proven ability to offer in-depth education, made it a natural choice to deliver these training materials." Windows CE .NET Training Curriculum The new training curriculum consists of three courses: a single one-day introduction to Windows CE .NET and two advanced four-day classes. These classes are designed to fit into two different five-day tracks. The first track is for "Platform Porting," with engineers bringing up a new hardware platform and creating a Board Support Package (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. ) on Windows CE. NET. The second track is for systems engineers implementing custom services and applications on an existing hardware platform and BSP. Project managers and decision-making executives who simply need to learn the basics about Windows CE .NET can take only the one-day introductory class. They can use this course to evaluate whether the Windows CE .NET operating system is the right technology for a particular project. All classes use both lectures and hands-on labs to ensure that students grasp key concepts. Introduction to Windows CE .NET (MSDN (MicroSoft Developer Network) A subscription service from Microsoft for software developers. It includes technical documentation and news, patches and fixes for existing products and beta copies of upcoming releases. 2530) is an introductory survey course on Windows CE .NET. There is no prerequisite for this one-day class, but students should have some background in either Windows programming or embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. development. Topics include an overview of Windows CE .NET features, general embedded development, configuring and building with Platform Builder, and debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. an operating system image. Developing a Board Support Package (BSP) for Windows CE .NET (MSDN 2535) is an advanced four-day course in Windows CE .NET platform porting. Students in this class are expected to have knowledge of C programming and embedded systems. This course covers all the components necessary to bring up a new platform and develop a Board Support Package on Windows CE .NET. Students will learn to write bootloaders, the OAL OAL Office of Administrative Law OAL Overall Length (see LOA) OAL Open Audio License (EFF) OAL Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa (Portugese: Lisbon Astronomical Observatory) , and numerous examples of common device drivers. Building Custom Solutions Using Windows CE .NET (MSDN 2540) is an advanced four-day course in Windows CE .NET system development. Students in this class are expected to have knowledge of C or C++ programming. This course is designed to aid companies that have purchased or developed their hardware and BSP, and are focused on implementing the proper features on their platforms. These features may consist of networking components, real-time communications, multimedia capabilities, shell customizations, and target application development. Windows CE .NET Windows CE .NET is the successor to Windows CE 3.0. This robust real-time embedded operating system An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. delivers the latest wireless and multimedia functionality to enable embedded developers to bring the next generation of smart, connected devices to market quickly. Windows CE .NET works on four major CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. architecture families and on over 200 CPU types, and is used in a broad range of device types, including PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , thin client, smart-phone, set-top-box, residential gateway, retail Point-of-Sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ), and industrial control. Developers will find a broad range of new and enhanced features in Windows CE .NET, including wireless technologies such as Bluetooth; device emulation; a Platform Wizard to jump-start the development process with pre-configured device designs; and rich multimedia and browsing capabilities, such as Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 5.5 and Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. (TM) codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
Pricing and Availability The current class schedule includes the following dates at BSQUARE's Bellevue headquarters: 2530+2540 on Jan 14th and 2530+2535 on Feb 4th at $3000USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. for the week. BSQUARE will also offer these classes on site at customer locations and internationally. Additional dates and details will be posted on BSQUARE's Web site at http://www.bsquare.com/training/ as they become available. About BSQUARE BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq:BSQR) is a global leader in providing solutions for smart devices in consumer, enterprise, industrial, and automotive markets. As a Windows Embedded Partner Gold-level Member for Microsoft, BSQUARE empowers the creation, connection, and management of Windows Powered smart devices through software, hardware, and service solutions. BSQUARE has an extensive product portfolio of software development and quality assurance tools, device and device management software and complete end-to-end managed device solutions. BSQUARE provides critical engineering services including device development, quality assurance, and system integration as well as services for managing client devices deployed into the market. For more information, visit BSQUARE at www.BSQUARE.com or call 888/820-4500. BSQUARE is a registered trademark of BSQUARE Corporation. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. This release may contain forward-looking statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc our sales that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect BSQUARE's actual results include adverse changes in BSQUARE's relationship with Microsoft, a decline in the market for Windows Embedded smart devices or the failure of such market to develop as anticipated, risks associated with international business, a change in strategy relating to indirect channels, delays or announcements of delays by Microsoft of Windows Embedded product releases, risks associated with fixed-fee contracts, competition and intellectual property risks. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in BSQUARE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , in the section entitled "Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. BSQUARE undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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