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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 Expands MVShield to Support Ubuntu LTS Platforms Beyond Standard Maintenance

Commercial support and maintenance for Ubuntu LTS platforms is now available in MVShield.

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MontaVista Software and KMC Controls Collaborate to Deliver Carrier-Grade Intelligent Building Automation Platform with Long-Term Lifecycle Support

MontaVista Software and KMC Controls announced a strategic collaboration to deliver a next-generation intelligent building automation platform. By combining KMC Fusion with MontaVista’s Carrier Grade eXpress (CGX) Linux, the solution provides secure, scalable, and highly reliable edge control systems designed for long-term lifecycle support in mission-critical environments.

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MontaVista Launches MVShield support for Rocky Linux 10 and Alma Linux 9 and 10

MontaVista Software, a key sponsor to the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation announced the immediate support of the next generation Rocky Linux 10.x to the MVShield portfolio, and extending that support to Alma Linux, starting with 9.x and 10.x.

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MontaVista Software Joins Linux Foundation Europe

MontaVista’s participation drives continued collaboration to address key market and industry initiatives such as the upcoming EU Cyber Resiliency Act (CRA).

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MontaVista Linux CGX 5.0 Adds Secure-by-Default Profile, Providing Unprecedented Security for Embedded Markets

MontaVista now offers a new CGX 5.0 software profile adding enhanced security that CGX customers can easily utilize as their reference secure-by-default profile in their embedded and IoT products. The new profile is available immediately.

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MontaVista Software Named a Cisco Distinguished Supplier

MontaVista is proud to announce receiving a Distinguished Supplier Recognition award from Cisco.

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MontaVista‘s MVSecure and MVEdge add further Supply Chain Security and intelligent Edge capabilities

MontaVista announces rapid progress on capabilities to mitigate Supply Chain Security threats using MVSecure, and early customer trials for the updated secure MVEdge product, targeting AI-enabled network security, observability and intelligent firewall capabilities. These advances are in-line to build in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and achieve compliance for EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and US Executive Order for CyberSecurity.

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MontaVista Introduces MVKube - Embedded Kubernetes Support and Microservice Infrastructure

MontaVista expands the capabilities of Kubernetes for embedded Linux systems, addressing device resource constraints and configuration complexity, while ensuring long-term stability and security, catering to mission-critical deployments.

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MontaVista’s MVShield is Ready to Support CentOS 7 Beyond June 2024

MontaVista extends the lifespan of the CentOS 7 operating system beyond the June 30, 2024, End-Of-Life (EOL) and receives significant customer interest. With MVShield, customers are assured critical security vulnerabilities are quickly addressed, ensuring significantly reduced attack surfaces.

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MontaVista Unveils CGX 5.0 – An AI-Ready Embedded Linux Platform Secured by Design

With a focus on platform security, MontaVista is launching the next generation of CGX 5.0, their award-winning Carrier Grade eXpress Linux. Based on Linux kernel 6.6, Yocto 5.0, CGX 5.0 is the first release of CGX combining secure-by-design principles with extensive AI capabilities.

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MontaVista Announces Built-in Readiness for Enterprise Linux to Address Supply Chain Security

MontaVista incorporates Zero Trust and Secure-by-Design features for MVShield and MVSecure to secure the entire Software Supply Chain.

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MontaVista Extends Strategic Focus on Embedded Linux Security, Industrial/Robotics Solutions and ROS Support

With recent key design wins and increasing interest in MV Secure, a security service approach for hardening embedded platforms, MontaVista is implementing a “security-first” strategy across the existing MontaVista Linux product line: Carrier-Grade eXpress (CGX), MVShield and MVEdge.

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MontaVista Announces Rocky Linux 9.2 MVShield Support

MontaVista Software, a principal sponsor to the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation continues firm commitment and investment into the Rocky Linux ecosystem, providing commercial support for Rocky Linux 9.2 and upcoming 9.x releases.

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MontaVista MVShield Extends Support of CentOS 7 Past June 2024

MontaVista extends CentOS 7.9 operational viability beyond the June 30, 2024, End-Of-Life (EOL) date offering continued security updates and technical support via the MVShield commercial product.

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MontaVista Embraces Embedded Security: CGX Enablement for ARM SystemReady & Solutions Addressing EU Cybersecurity Act

MontaVista’s Carrier Grade eXpress Linux (CGX) now supports ARM SystemReady to enable ARM-platform -agnostic secure embedded implementations. MontaVista also announces the intent to provide EU Cybersecurity Act-compatible services through MVSecure and CGX.

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MontaVista Announces MVSecure: Security Configuration Services Across all Linux Platforms

MontaVista extends its core security related professional services into a new productized service offering, MVSecure. Customers can now get access to MontaVista’s extensive expertise for configuring Linux platforms for secure deployment designed to their specific use-case regardless of the Linux platform.

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MontaVista Launches MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade eXpress (CGX) 4.0

MontaVista launches CGX 4.0, the 14th generation Carrier-Grade Linux product line. CGX 4.0 is based on the Yocto Project 4.0 LTS release and the Linux kernel 5.10 LTS, providing a commercially supported, robust, Linux baseline distribution for all embedded programs with security maintenance available for 10 years or more.

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Grundfos Selects MontaVista CGX as a Linux Solution for Their Industrial Multi Pump Controller

MontaVista’s state-of-the-art Carrier Grade eXpress CGX Linux to be used by Grundfos in their Multi pump controller along with IoT and Edge feature customizations that facilitate secure boot and system-wide security functionality.

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MontaVista Launches MVEdge, a Commercially Supported End-to-End Solution for the Intelligent Edge

MontaVista Software, in partnership with Foundries.io, announces MVEdge, a groundbreaking solution focusing on the Intelligent Edge - providing a ready-to-deploy embedded Linux operating system with state-of-the-art security and software update technologies, coupled with commercial grade support and maintenance options.

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MontaVista MVShield Provides Targeted Support Services for CentOS and Rocky Linux for Network Service Providers

MontaVista MVShield provides a unique productized support service for CentOS and Rocky Linux especially optimized for the Service Provider market and OpenRAN. With the end-of-life announcement for CentOS Linux 8, MVShield will provide long term support platforms utilizing any of the CentOS or Rocky Linux releases.

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