TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Selects Pacific MindWorks Nimbus Driver Studio to Accelerate Development of IVI Drivers.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that it has chosen the Pacific MindWorks Nimbus Driver Studio to develop instrument drivers compliant with the Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI IVI Intelligent Vehicle Initiative IVI International Vaccine Institute IVI Interchangeable Virtual Instrument IVI Intravenous Infusion IVI Interactive Video Instruction IVI Intra Venous Injection IVI Institute for Vision Improvement IVI Interactive Video Initiative ) standard. Agilent selected the Nimbus tool because it enables greater efficiency in the development of IVI-compliant drivers, which translates to faster development cycles. "Our developers can now spend more time focused on designing and implementing instrument functionality because the Nimbus Driver Studio handles the IVI conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and details," said Mark Pierpoint, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Technology and Services Organization. "Easier creation of conforming drivers is also important when developing LXI-compliant devices because the LXI Adj. 1. lxi - being one more than sixty 61, sixty-one cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" Standard requires IVI drivers as its programming interface." Agilent's new instruments exceed LXI Standard requirements by providing both IVI-COM and IVI-C drivers. Many of these drivers were created with the Nimbus tool, and many more are in development. Similar to the use of printer drivers to ease the connection of peripherals to a PC, instrument drivers simplify instrument connectivity to PC-based test systems. By simplifying instrument interchange over the life of a test system, IVI drivers can help reduce the cost of initial software development and future software maintenance. IVI drivers are also part of Agilent Open, which streamlines system development through system-ready instrumentation, PC-standard connectivity and open software tools. By supporting IVI drivers, Agilent Open enables programmers to use virtually any popular application-development environment -- graphical or text-based -- when creating test systems. About Pacific MindWorks Headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., Pacific MindWorks was founded by a veteran team of engineers who wanted to apply the latest software technologies to the test-and-measurement industry. Equipped with a combination of leading software expertise and solid electronics knowledge, Pacific MindWorks is uniquely positioned to deliver software products and services to the industry. Information about the company is available on the Web at www.pacificmindworks.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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