Leading Asian Linux Firm Reaches Into U.S. Market; Coventive Offers the World's Smallest Commercial Embedded Linux Kernel and Extensive Multi-Lingual Capabilities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Oct. 10, 2000 One of the measures of a maturing global economy is the decline of the myth that successful companies start in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and expand globally with time. Now great technology companies originate all over the world and expand into the U.S. as part of a worldwide business strategy. Today Coventive Technologies (http://www.coventive.com), one of Asia's leading open source software providers, announced that it is pursuing its international vision by establishing a new organization to serve North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customers and partners. Coventive offers a family of customized Linux(R) server and embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. solutions. Its XLinux(TM) products are one of Asia's most popular branded Linux solutions for enterprise servers, marketed through strategic partnerships with major manufacturers such as Acer, Compaq, 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) and HP. The company is also a world-class innovator of embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. software, offering the smallest known fully functional commercial embedded Linux kernel (just 143 KB). The powerful Linux functionality delivered in Coventive's micro kernel is uniquely suited to tiny mobile and hand held information devices where engineering specifications are too rigorous for common embedded Linux solutions. "The interest in Linux as an 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. has been growing dramatically over the past year," said Al Gillen, research manager for system software at IDC. "The companies that will gain the confidence of information appliance manufacturers over the long term will offer quality software with performance and functionality, accompanied by tools and a strong support organization that has staying power." Coventive Offers Global Linux Coventive supports 12 of the world's most important business languages concurrently within a single version: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, simplified and traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese. Together these 12 languages cover over 75% of the world's population. Coventive's multi-lingual capabilities are based on the company's unique Giga Character Set (GCS GCS Glasgow Coma Scale GCS Guilford County Schools (North Carolina) GCS Ground Control Station GCS Grand Central Station GCS Ground Control System GCS Ground Combat Systems GCS Group Communication Systems ), a unique mathematical encryption algorithm that minimizes market localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. requirements and preserves the full flavor, extent and characteristics of each language. To support its multilingual offerings, Coventive business, engineering, technical support and training facilities in all the major technology centers in Asia including China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. In addition to its new U.S. organization, Coventive plans to expand operations into other major geographies in the coming months. "The U.S. organization is focused on developing and expanding strategic business alliances with a range of North American companies," said Lily Wu, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Coventive, based in San Jose. "Our top priorities for the region are the areas of open source product design and development, software distribution and professional services." About Coventive Technologies Coventive Technologies offers a family of customized Linux-based application and operating system software solutions for business users in the server and embedded markets. The company is the premier Linux provider in Taiwan and one of the largest Linux companies in Asia, with offices in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Beijing, Xi'An, Seoul, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. Coventive has major channel partners throughout Asia, including CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. , Malaysia's largest system integrator; MaxChannel, China's largest modem and networking hardware distributor; and Linux1, Korea's largest enterprise company. To learn more about Coventive, please visit our Web site at http://www.coventive.com. Note to Editors: LINUX is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. Coventive and XLinux are trademarks of Coventive Technologies, Inc. All other names and trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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