News Release from: Jaluna
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 July 2003
Linux embeds into network infrastructure
The Jaluna-2 product family addresses the needs of a wide range of network infrastructure equipment and leverages the momentum of Linux in the embedded systems industry.
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The Jaluna-2 product family addresses the needs of a wide range of network infrastructure equipment and leverages the momentum of Linux in the embedded systems industry. "The use of Linux as an embedded operating system continues to gain momentum and serious consideration from embedded developers for their development projects", said Stephen Balacco, Senior Analyst at Venture Development Corporation. "The Jaluna-2 product family places Jaluna in a good position to capitalise on this opportunity because of its unique way to address the key requirements of today's embedded systems industry".
"This announcement illustrates Jaluna's commitment to address the business needs of the telecom and networking industry", said Michel Gien, President and CEO, Jaluna.
"Jaluna-2 product family members complement each other to fulfill the requirements of a wide spectrum of network equipment and delivers on Jaluna's promise to bring innovative extensions to Linux".
The Jaluna-2/EL is the entry point of the Jaluna-2 product family and will have particular appeal to equipment manufacturers that require high quality product and dependable customer-oriented services.
It is aimed at supporting embedded systems running applications with noncritical requirements.
Combining the C5 micro-kernel and Linux, the Jaluna-2/RT dramatically extends the appeal of Linux for designs at the edge and in the core of the network infrastructure providing applications with greater reactivity, predictability and security.
In this case Linux is run side-by-side with a highly responsive, protected environment that handles critical tasks that are beyond the scope of a general-purpose Embedded Linux operating system.
"Modern enterprise network equipment manufactured by our group at Nortel Networks requires combining critical real-time tasks with general purpose applications", said David Plainfosse, Software Project Manager, Nortel Networks, "Jaluna-2/RT looks like an attractive way to address such needs".
The Jaluna-2/VL, combines the C5 micro-kernel and several Linux instances.
This truly innovative solution enables network service providers to implement new services on a much lower number of systems and thus reduce their costs.
This is achieved by means of several Linux instances running on a single machine in a controlled environment.
"Being able to run efficiently several Linux instances on the same hardware brings exciting scalability and availability opportunities for new generations networking equipment", said Timo Jokiaho, Director of Technology, Nokia Networks.
"The innovative system software platforms based on COTS components delivered by Jaluna open up new perspectives to deliver competitive solutions to our customers".
Each of the Jaluna-2 family products is supplied on a subscription basis with no-royalty fee for deployed systems.
It includes world-class technical support from recognised system experts.
Comprehensive documentation accompanies the ready-to-use, integrated cross-development environment.
The Jaluna-2 product family is available on PowerPC (including PowerQUICC) and IA-32 processor families.
Easy and simple transition paths are guaranteed between product family members.
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