Press Releases

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MontaVista targets components of CGX achieving Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ certification, once again proving MontaVista’s readiness as an organization to complete Common Criteria and other security certifications.

Major enterprises across different technology markets have selected MontaVista Software and its MVShield product for Long-Term Support, Security Updates, and maintenance of their runtime environments using Open-Source CentOS or Rocky Linux distributions.

MontaVista Software announces immediate availability of MVShield for Rocky Linux, extending the stable baseline Linux support similar to CentOS Linux 8.x.

Partnership reinvents IoT and Edge security by integrating FoundriesFactory’s secure cloud-native platform with MontaVista’s powerful carrier-grade eXpress (CGX) Linux distribution

Foundries.io, the leader in cloud development and deployment solutions for secure IoT and Edge devices, and MontaVista, a leader in commercial Embedded Linux® products and services, today announced an unprecedented partnership to combine the innovative FoundriesFactory® with MontaVista’s extensive experience in long-term Linux support, for market leaders to emerging disruptors.

MontaVista Software, LLC, announces “MVShield for Yocto”, a service for customers needing maintenance and long-term technical support on their chosen Yocto Project® created open source Linux branches.