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Press Releases provides the latest official news and announcements from MontaVista Software. Follow developments across embedded and Carrier Grade Linux, including new products and releases, technology and hardware enablement, strategic partnerships, customer deployments, security and lifecycle solutions, and other company milestones.

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MontaVista Remains a Top Contributor to Linux Kernel Development

Dec 15, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, again ranks in the top 15 corporate contributors to the Linux kernel, alongside more than 6100 other community supporters as reported by the Linux Foundation in its recent report, Linux Kernel Development. The report indicates that MontaVista, the first company to deliver a commercial quality embedded Linux, has contributed more than 1,800 changes to the kernel. MontaVista is the only commercial embedded Linux vendor to rank this high in the report. Other top contributors mentioned in the report include Red Hat, IBM, HP, Google, and Oracle.

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MontaVista Joins OpenSAF to Contribute to the Development of Next Generation High Availability Middleware

Nov 17, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today it has become a member of the OpenSAF™ Foundation to help drive the development of OpenSAF, the leading, next generation, high availability middleware. Consistent with SA Forum™ specifications, OpenSAF is rapidly being adopted by major vendors in the network infrastructure market, as well as other vertical markets.

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MontaVista to Showcase its Rapid Deployment Program for Android at ARM Technical Conference and RTECC Conferences in November

Nov 08, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced it will be showcasing energy efficient, ARM-based Android solutions at the ARM Technical Conference in Santa Clara, and the RTECC events in San Diego and Los Angeles during November. As part of its new Rapid Deployment Program for Android, MontaVista developed a customized Android software platform for each device, porting Android to the processor platform, integrating the required hardware drivers and components, and performing extensive testing and quality assurance.

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MontaVista Delivers Bare Metal Performance and Embedded Virtualization for Multi-Core Architectures with Carrier Grade Edition Linux 6.0

Oct 20, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced the release of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 6.0, the next generation of it's leading carrier grade quality Linux development platform. CGE 6.0 delivers the technologies required for next generation multi-core architectures with the new MontaVista Bare Metal Engine™ for extremely high performance, new multi-core resource management capabilities to fully maximize multi-core designs, and new high availability features incorporating the latest open source technologies. At the same time, CGE helps Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and Telecom companies lower their total cost of ownership with extended power management capabilities and support for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.

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MontaVista Software Launches Meld 2.0 Next Generation Community

Aug 11, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced the launch of Meld 2.0, the next generation of the embedded Linux community sponsored by MontaVista. Meld is an active community for all developers of embedded Linux devices. The next-generation Meld introduces a new look and feel to the community along with a new URL, meld.org, making it easier for users to connect and share information on embedded Linux design challenges

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MontaVista Software Launches DevRocket 6.1 Integrated IDE for Embedded Linux Development

Jul 22, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced DevRocket 6.1, the newest release of the Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) for embedded Linux platform and application development. DevRocket 6.1 continues the move to source based development model introduced in MontaVista Linux 6 by adding tight integration and a graphical interface to the MontaVista Integration Platform along with enhanced analysis and debugging tools to speed development time.

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MontaVista Software and Robert Bosch Car Multimedia Sign Agreement to Jointly Deliver Linux-based Solutions for the Automotive Industry

Jun 28, 2010 SANTA Clara, Calif. and Hildesheim, Germany

MontaVista® Software, LLC (NASDAQ: CAVM), the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, and Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH(BOSCH), one of the leading suppliers of automotive infotainment systems, announced they have entered into a multi-year, significant agreement for MontaVista to develop and deliver Linux-based software solutions for BOSCH. The first project will be for a cross carline, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solution and is the first of multiple Linux-based software solutions for BOSCH.

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MontaVista Software Delivers First Commercial Linux for ARM Cortex™ - A9 Processors

Jun 23, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced the availability of the first commercial Linux distribution and toolchain optimized for the ARM Cortex™-A9 processor. Based on the revolutionary MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6) approach, it provides a market specific distribution (MSD) and toolchain designed specifically for the Cortex-A9 architecture and provides the perfect starting point for new product designs using the low power, high performance characteristics of the ARM Cortex-A9 processor.

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MontaVista Announces Support for Cavium Networks OCTEON II CN68XX, CN67XX and CN63XX Multi-core MIPS64 Processors

May 11, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today they will be supporting the recently announced Cavium Networks OCTEON® II CN68XX, CN67XX, and CN63XX multi-core MIPS64® processors. The latest version of MontaVista Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) Linux will support these processors.

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MontaVista Software Announces New Rapid Deployment Program for Android

Apr 27, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization today announced a new rapid deployment program for Android™ that delivers commercial quality Android reference platforms for Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and MIPS processors, an Automated Test and Validation Suite (ATVS), and expands their existing commercialization services for Android. This new program is targeted at customers designing consumer devices ranging from Smartphones, set-top boxes, Digital TVs (DTV), IPTVs, Internet connected TVs, eReaders and eBooks, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems, and other connected devices.

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MontaVista Showcases Developer Tools for Multi-core Development, Android-based Devices, and Industrial Automation Solutions at ESC Silicon Valley

Apr 22, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced MontaVista Linux and developer tools will be showcased in demonstrations of multi-core, industrial automation, and mobile technology at the upcoming ESC Silicon Valley event (booth #2222) April 27th to 29th in San Jose, CA. MontaVista Linux and developer tools are used by telecom, networking, consumer electronics, medical device, automotive, mobile, industrial and office automation manufacturers.

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MontaVista Software is Elected to the GENIVI Alliance Board of Directors

Mar 16, 2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced it has been elected to the Board of Directors of the GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association driving the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. MontaVista was a Core member of GENIVI in it's inaugural year, and now assumes a seat on the board as GENIVI enters it's second year. Dan Cauchy, vice president of Marketing at MontaVista will sit on the GENIVI board.

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MontaVista Selected as a Finalist in Two Categories in EDN’s 20th Annual Innovation Awards Competition

Mar 03, 2010 Santa Clara, Calif

MontaVista® Software LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today they have been selected from hundreds of nominations as a finalist in two categories for this year's EDN Innovation Awards.

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Montabello™ MID Platform from MontaVista wins VME and Critical Systems Magazine Editor’s Choice Award

Feb 11, 2010 Santa Clara, Calif

MontaVista® Software LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today its Montabello™ MID platform won an Editor's Choice Award from VME and Critical Systems magazine, a leading industry publication, in their December 2009 issue for its use in the Dell LatitudeON. Montabello is a fully customizable mobile internet device (MID) software platform that provides an integrated set of applications. The platform is designed to give users of mobile internet devices an Instant ON, Always ON, Always CONNECTED™ user experience.

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BAE Systems Selects MontaVista Software to Power New Artillery and Naval Gun Systems

Jan 18, 2010 Santa Clara, Calif

MontaVista® Software LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced BAE Systems Bofors in Sweden has selected MontaVista Linux to power their new naval and artillery gun systems. The use of a commercial quality embedded Linux provides for rapid development, combined with the long-term support required for military applications.

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MontaVista Delivers Instant ON, Always ON, Always CONNECTED™ Experience as Part of Dell’s Latitude ON

Nov 17, 2009 Santa Clara, Calif

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that the company worked with Dell to develop the software stack for Latitude ON – Dell's instant, always on connection to email, Web, contacts and calendar. Built on the MontaVista Montabello™ MID platform, the software stack provides the advanced power management, fast startup, and connectivity management required by Latitude ON users.

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MontaVista Achieves Ultra-fast One Second Linux Boot Time in Embedded Industrial Applications

Jul 14, 2009 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced the achievement of ultra-fast boot times on MontaVista Linux for embedded industrial applications. At the Virtual Freescale Technology Forum this week, MontaVista will be demonstrating a sample dashboard application fully operational in one second from cold boot, achieving a level of previously unmatched performance on any embedded Linux.

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Spanish NEP Teltronic deploys MontaVista Linux in next-gen base stations

Apr 20, 2009 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that MontaVista Linux has been deployed by Spanish network equipment provider (NEP) Teltronic in its next-generation private radio network base stations. Teltronic, a manufacturer of mobile terminals, in-car terminals and infrastructure for TETRA-based radio networks used by emergency services, security services, the police and public transportation systems, selected MontaVista Linux for use in forthcoming products due to the commercial-grade quality, integration and support provided by MontaVista.

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Press statement: MontaVista Linux powers Dell Latitude ON technology

Oct 02, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif

Rusty Harris, president and CEO of MontaVista Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux commercialization, revealed today in his keynote address at the Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference that MontaVista is working with Dell Inc. as the software technology provider and systems integrator to build the complete software stack for the forthcoming Dell Latitude ON technology based on MontaVista Linux. This joint development project between Dell and MontaVista is an example of how thousands of manufacturers and designers of smart devices use MontaVista Linux to design and build innovative new products.

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MontaVista selected to provide smartphone building blocks to designer of Italy’s most advanced handsets

Feb 14, 2007 SANTA CLARA, Calif

MontaVista® Software has strengthened its position as the leading provider of Linux for intelligent devices and communications infrastructure with the development of new advanced smartphones set to be released in Italy.

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