Espial Announces the Industry's First One-Stop Multimedia Linux & Java Based Smart Device Platform.Business & High-Tech Editors 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. Conference 2000 SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000 Linux/x86 based platform comes complete with full Java support, a Java based service platform, multimedia support and core applications including a desktop functional web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. Espial es·pi·al n. 1. The act of watching or observing; observation. 2. A taking notice of something; a discovery. 3. The fact of being seen or noticed. , the market leader in infrastructure software for the Pervasive Internet, today announced the availability of Espial TotalIA, a Linux & Java based Internet appliance Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. reference platform, which includes a completely integrated hardware, and software stack that will significantly reduce time-to-market and minimize get-to-market risks for smart device manufacturers. By assembling technologies from key partners Espial offers smart device manufacturers a total smart device solution out-of-the-box, which provides them all the integrated core technologies, enabling them to focus on adding innovative and differentiating features, customizing and completely branding the solution to suit their needs. "As we move further into the Internet age and a proliferation of smart, connected devices, the challenges device manufacturers face only increase. They must deliver feature rich, easy to use and branded solutions in record time," stated Jaison Dolvane, President, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , and co-founder of Espial. "As an out-of-the-box solution, the TotalIA Linux-Java based device platform that we have assembled with our partners provides device OEMs with significant value and time to market advantages by enabling device OEMs to differentiate and focus on innovation, core value add, and brand." Java is a language that translates into a very powerful application and service platform for smart devices. It unifies the complexities across a wide range of devices providing developers with a system independent platform for which they can readily create innovative application services. According to a recent report from Forrester Research, the number of Java developers will grow to 4 million within the next 2-3 years, increasing from the current 2.5 million. As well, Linux is also set to explode in the near future. Linux is a very mature and stable OS that is highly modular and scaleable. Linux boasts a large developer community and a large base of open source code that makes it simpler to bind the operating system with the hardware and peripherals across smart devices. According to IDC reports, the number of Linux users has increased by 212% over the last year. This number is expected to grow even higher for the next couple of years. Embedded systems have become one of the hottest corners of the Linux development community. The Linux open-platform philosophy is winning over an increasing number of converts in the embedded operating systems market, a market which will begin to exceed the PC market in number of devices shipped by 2002. "Over the years, Espial has proven its ability to deliver technologies for the pervasive Internet and really understands what it takes to bring smart devices to market. This latest announcement of the TotalIA turnkey solution indicates their commitment to accelerating the delivery of smart devices to market." Said Paul Zorfass, analyst for International Data Corporation (IDC)."Espial's TotalIA solution leverages two powerful technologies -- Java and Linux, which combined creates an ideal platform for smart devices. Espial has significantly reduced the risk to device manufacturers to successfully bring to market highly differentiated products with capabilities for dynamic, personalized, interactive services. Espial TotalIA Espial TotalIA is a reference platform, which includes a completely integrated hardware and software stack to enable device manufacturers to accelerate the delivery of rich service-enabled smart devices to market. Espial TotalIA reference platform includes Tao Group's Java Virtual Machine A Java interpreter. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is software that converts the Java intermediate language (bytecode) into machine language and executes it. The original JVM came from the JavaSoft division of Sun. , Espial's DeviceTop Java technology-based application and service platform, the embedded Linux operating system and National Semiconductor's Media GX Processor Board as supplied by Arcom Control Systems. TotalIA is complete with Espial's core applications that include the full-featured Espial Escape web browser, Ebox email and Assistant personal information management technologies. Additional features include full service delivery, remote device upgrade and management capabilities, together with rich multimedia support for Macromedia Flash and MP3 -- all in a total footprint of less than 14 MB. Espial Devicetop At the core of this reference platform is the powerful Espial DeviceTop(TM), a unique service delivery platform for smart devices enabling the management of application services, a customized and branded user environment, virtual keyboards, together with complete remote device management and service delivery. DeviceTop ensures that smart devices are service enabled and attractive to service providers who are looking to deploy and deliver revenue-generating services to smart devices. The challenges of delivering services to these physically diverse devices are answered by DeviceServer, a robust service-management platform that talks to any internet-enabled device. Combined with DeviceTop, it enables remote service availability, empowering service providers with universal management of content and applications to virtually any smart device. Espial Escape Espial Escape is a small footprint, full-featured Java web-browser that supports all the latest Internet standards and protocols including HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. 4.0, HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. 1.1, JavaScript 1.4, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. 2.0/3.0 & TLS (1) (Transport Layer Security) A security protocol from the IETF that is based on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol developed by Netscape. TLS uses digital certificates to authenticate the user as well as authenticate the network (in a wireless , CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. 1.0, DOM, and DHTML See Dynamic HTML. DHTML - Dynamic HTML . Espial TotalIA includes multimedia support for Macromedia Flash and Mp3. This support can be utilized through plug-ins for Escape, which offers the most extensible plug-in capability of any browser available to the embedded market or through other application services. Availability Espial TotalIA will be on display in booth No. 7008 at Embedded Systems Conference taking place in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. from September 25-28. Espial TotalIA will become available for purchase in October 2000. For evaluation copies of this reference platform, further information or immediate evaluations, please contact your sales representative at sales@espial.com or at 972.980.7195. In Europe, please email saleseurope@espial.com or at +44 1793 698047. The pervasive Internet Espial Group(TM) is an emerging leader in Internet infrastructure software. The company's mission is to enable rapid emergence of the Pervasive Internet, which Espial defines as an Internet available to billions of users who access highly personalized information through a variety of smart devices. This information contains a high degree of personalization that enables users to access "my data, my way." The company produces an end-to-end, universal service delivery platform for smart devices on the Pervasive Internet. This software allows service providers to offer value-added services on top of their existing infrastructures, supports any content or application, simplifies smart device management and provides the key ingredients for highly personalized services through content transcoding software compatible with any business model. Espial The market leader in infrastructure software for the pervasive Internet, Espial offers a universal end-to-end service-management solution for smart devices. This includes core applications and development tools for device manufacturers like Espial Devicetop(TM), a service-enabled platform, and Espial Escape(TM), the world's most advanced web browser. It also includes Espial DeviceServer(TM), a service-management platform that allows service providers to deliver and manage content and application services to a wide variety of smart devices, including set-top boxes, screenphones, gaming consoles, smart cars, and handheld devices. For further information on Espial products, visit the Espial web site at http://www.espial.com or call 888.4ESPIAL. Espial products are supported on leading device operating systems and Java virtual machines This article provides non-exhaustive lists of J2SE Java virtual machines (JVMs). It does not include a large number of Java Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) vendors. Note that J2EE runs on the standard J2SE JVM but that some vendors specialize in providing a modified JVM optimized from companies such as Microsoft -- WinCE, Linux -- Redhat (Nasdaq:RHAT RHAT Red Hat (stock symbol) RHAT Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania RHAT Register Hba Attributes ), Symbian -- EPOC A 32-bit operating system for handheld devices from Symbian Ltd., London, (www.symbian.com). Used in Psion and other handheld computers, it supports Java applications, e-mail, fax, infrared exchange, data synchronization with PCs and includes a suite of PIM and productivity applications. 32, Wind River (Nasdaq:WIND) -- VxWorks and pSOS, 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. -- QNX 4 and Neutrino neutrino (n  trē`nō) [Ital.,=little neutral (particle)], elementary particle with no electric charge and a very small mass emitted during the decay of certain other particles. , Microware -- OS9, Be -- (Nasdaq:BEOS) -- BEOS, Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA)SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) -- Java platform, Tao Group -- intent(TM) and Insignia (Nasdaq:INSGY) -- Jeode Note to editors Espial, Espial Escape, Espial Espresso, Espial DeviceTop, and Espial DeviceServer are trademarks of Espial Group Inc. Java and all other Java-based trademarks are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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