Montavista and Netgem Announce a Partnership to Promote Netgem's Digital TV Software Platform Based On Montavista's Hard Hat Linux Operating System.Business Editors NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2001 MontaVista Software MontaVista Software develops systems software, development tools and Embedded Linux-based software targeting embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, and television set-top boxes and other connected devices and infrastructure. , the company powering the embedded revolution and Netgem, a leader in software platforms for interactive television announce the launching of their technical and marketing collaboration. The parties intent to integrate and promote Netgem's interactive software platform for digital TV and Montavista's Hard Hat Linux. The partnership provides for close co-operation on both technology and marketing. In particular, it will enable the efficient and high quality integration of Netgem's digital interactive TV Software in the hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. of both companies' digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analogue waveforms to carry broadcasts over television channels or assigned radio frequency bands. It is becoming increasingly popular for television usage (especially satellite television) but is having a and consumer electronic manufacturing customers. This co-operation will provide operators with two decisive technological and competitive advantages, Linux and open Internet technologies. Linux brings operators a very stable and adaptable open source 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. . Open and Internet technologies allow operators to reap the benefits of the availability and cost-effectiveness of web content and applications. Patrice Commune, MontaVista's vice president of international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. , said, "This alliance offers a complete 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. solution that significantly decreases time to market and lowers total development costs of new generation digital set-top boxes. Within the scope of ETSI's DVB-MHP (Digital Video Broadcast-Multimedia Home Platform) A Java-based platform for interactive TV over the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) system. model, digital TV applications designers will benefit from Montavista's Hard Hat Linux as the ideal system software layer for efficient management of multimedia streams, data, and hardware resources. The bundling of Hard Hat Linux within Netgem's Unified Interactivity Software platform will lead to early and reliable delivery of the most advanced video broadcasting and interactive services." According to Joseph Haddad, Netgem's 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. , "the partnership with Montavista gives us the opportunity to focus all our resources on the heart of Netgem's technology, in particular our digital interactive software unifying in the same platform the best of Digital Video Broadcasting and Internet technologies. Furthermore, we are now able to rely on Montavista's robust products and services for embedding our software on the widest range of hardware environments possible" About Netgem Netgem is a leading provider of interactive TV technologies based on open, DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. and Internet standards. Netgem licenses its interactive TV software platform to analog and digital network operators (terrestrial, cable, satellite operators, telecommunication companies, ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) and consumer electronic manufacturers (television, set-top-box) and works with prestigious client such as ONdigital and Grundig. Netgem technology enables interactive services such as web and mail access, video and audio on demand, interactive advertising and online commerce. Netgem offers a catalog of applications and a comprehensive range of professional services and reference designs. Netgem also supplies a range of turnkey interactive products enabling time-to-market deployments. www.netgem.com Contacts UK Business Keith.Armour@netgem.com, 44 (0) 1727 884 870 Press Maggi@maggi-fox.co.uk, 44 (0)20 7487 3633 France Business Patrice.Fryson@netgem.com, 33 (0)1 55 62 55 62 Press morlier@enterpress.com, 33 (0)1 41 34 20 94 Germany Business Nicolas.Swetchine@netgem.com, 33 (0)1 55 62 55 62 Press L.turpin@lucyturpin.com, 49 (89) 41 77 6120 Spain Business Emmanuel.Biscay@netgem.com, 34 91 745 99 29 Press lgcanomanuel@lucacom.es, 34 91 435 17 12 Italy Business Massimo.Michelucci@netgem.com, 39 02-77297533 Press ggabet@grandangolo.it, 39 02 481 6918 Investor rel. Business Stephane.Bisseuil@netgem.com, 33 (0)1 55 62 55 55 Press Stephane.Bisseuil@netgem.com, 33 (0)1 55 62 55 55 About Montavista MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems software solutions for embedded systems. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal offering is the Linux operating system and cross development tools tailored for embedded systems. MontaVista products include Hard Hat Linux, a standard off-the-shelf binary distribution of Linux for x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , Hitachi SH and other microprocessor architectures. Hard Hat Linux offers developers a family of open source solutions for embedded design, with targeted offerings for applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Hard Hat is a trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. Intel, Pentium and StrongARM are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PowerPC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. This information can also be found on the European MontaVista FTP site by following the link: ftp FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ://ftp.jdk.co.uk/MontaVista/Press/21019.htm |
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