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The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the embedded technology market over the last decade. From wearables to smart appliances to automobiles, connected devices are being developed today. These devices require a rich set of wired/wireless connectivity options and modular frameworks that can scale rapidly for resource constrained devices with advanced security for data storage and transmission.

The IoT also brings in a whole new set of communication standards, technologies and protocols. MontaVista is prepared to support these innovations for your design, starting from the existing out-of-the-box enablement in our CGX product line to our custom-fit services capabilities. We are capable of leading you to achieving long-term product goals in terms of features, quality and time to market.

Carrier-Grade Linux IoT Profile

Our MontaVista® Carrier Grade eXpress (CGX) product contains a specific IoT profile designed to deliver for feature rich IoT devices. In addition, MontaVista® Professional services engages with our customers to ensure the final products meet the connectivity, reliability and security requirements of the connected devices markets such as medical, industrial and automotive.

Connectivity

The network of millions of connected devices throws up an enormous challenge of ensuring that connectivity is supported among the edge devices, the gateway, and the cloud. To this end, MontaVista CGX IoT Profile includes connectivity support for a comprehensive set of wired and wireless protocols. We can further enhance this set, or start from another chosen baseline, to implement the specific connectivity needs for your project.

Reliability

MontaVista Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) enables devices to remain continuously and always in an operational state, making reboot obsolete. With MontaVista CGL, these network devices can run without interruption of their core function, even during situations where the environment is partially compromised.

In the carrier-grade market, network performance and availability are required in all systems. To meet the requirements of telecommunications providers, the operating system must provide high availability and serviceability tools and middleware.

Needless to say, high availability requirements are not limited to communications, when 99.9999% uptime is becoming a standard requirement of aerospace and defense for mission-critical systems that guard against failure. The need for high availability extends to many enterprise segments to minimize planned downtime and eliminate unplanned downtime.

These reliability characteristics are built into our MontaVista CGX product. However, MontaVista is also well equipped to support you on any other Linux baseline, such of vanilla Yocto or any other chosen baseline, and bring in our Carrier-Grade DNA with us.

Security

Certainly for IoT, security plays a critical role, perhaps even more than usual since the potential impact of breaches and the unforeseen implications of connecting legacy devices to the current network infrastructure. Because we understand the critical role of an operating system in fulfilling security requirements for such systems, we continue to enhance the security of Carrier Grade Linux.

Our Linux offers the CGX Security profile which supports features like Secure Boot, ASLR and Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), which allows United States Department of Defense-style mandatory access controls (MAC). We also take guidance from world-leading guidelines, such as Security Technology Implementation Guide (STIG) and the Common Criteria Operation System Protection Profile (OSPP) to understand how best pre-enable your products for secure operation.

To support secure processing, the MontaVista CGX Security profile can be customized to enable secure gateway partitions, utilizing an ARM TrustZone® enabled secure world environment. This offers secure boot, applications including certificate management, secure firmware upgrades, and secure data storage.

There is no substitute for custom-fit solutions. However, MontaVista is available to provide similar customizations on other Linux baselines or even better to further enhance the CGX product to fit your specific needs in your program.

MVEdge - Develop your next-generation IoT devices at ease! 

MVEdge is an off-the-shelf end-to-end platform for developing IoT, Edge computing and Big Data applications. As a joint venture with Foundries.IO, we aim to provide a complete robust DevOps solution through a secure cloud-based infrastructure for continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) processes.

MVEdge customers will have an advantage from a state-of-the-art cloud-native approach to hardware development and Linux distribution deployment, which allows them to accelerate their R&D projects and focus on value-add under cost-effective management. Additionally, MVEdge ensures long durability and security compliance of the final product with the expert support from both MontaVista and Foundries.IO. 

Please read more about our products and examine our collateral relevant for the IoT market. We would love to discuss your specific use cases. Get in touch by sending a Contact Us request or email us at sales@mvista.com.