Joint product integration.

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), provider of embedded systems, and Wind River Systems, Inc. have announced an integrated solution for commercial-grade and real-time Linux applications in distributed environments.

Responding to customer demand for a Linux solution that meets real-time requirements and supports a robust communications infrastructure, ORBexpress[R] RT, OIS's high-performance CORBA product, now supports Wind River[R] Real-Time Core for Wind River Linux. ORBexpress RT also supports Wind River General Purpose Platform, Linux Edition, a run-time environment for developers who need Linux capabilities, but are not constrained by memory footprint or real-time requirements. This makes the joint OIS-Wind River solution especially attractive to developers of non-mission-critical military/aerospace applications with rigorous performance needs as well as telecommunications systems such as software defined radios (SDRs), network infrastructure, image processing and mobile handsets.

ORBexpress RT is a real-time Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) product. Software developers use ORBexpress RT to provide a complete communications infrastructure for embedded applications for which performance and footprint are essential. It promotes code portability across heterogeneous hardware environments, enabling reuse of the same software code across multiple generations of products. ORBexpress RT is widely adopted throughout the defense, telecom, data communications, transportation, avionics, medical devices, robotics, consumer electronics and process control markets. "ORBexpress brings all the intrinsic benefits of CORBA--upgradeability, reliability and high performance--to Wind River's Linux platforms," said Joe Jacob of OIS. "Adding only minimal overhead, ORBexpress makes seamless communications easy among real-time and embedded devices in heterogeneous environments. ORBexpress simplifies development of multiple generations of products, both speeding development and saving money."

www.ois.com, www.windriver.com