Wind River expands DSO development solutions to support deployed devices with new management suite

Assembly Automation

ISSN: 0144-5154

Article publication date: 1 October 2006

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(2006), "Wind River expands DSO development solutions to support deployed devices with new management suite", Assembly Automation, Vol. 26 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2006.03326dab.003

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Wind River expands DSO development solutions to support deployed devices with new management suite

Wind River expands DSO development solutions to support deployed devices with new management suite

Keywords: Diagnostic testing

Wind River Systems, Inc., a leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), has announced the Wind River® Management Suite, a new solution for managing deployed devices that will incorporate remote diagnostics services built around a scalable device management platform. Expanding Wind River's DSO strategy to incorporate post-development device management, the management suite will include the new Wind River® Field Diagnostics, a remote diagnostics system and an upgraded version of Wind River® Workbench Diagnostics, a root cause analysis system with workgroup collaboration facilities. With Wind River's Management Suite, device manufacturers can remotely monitor, diagnose, and repair deployed devices to provide faster delivery of higher-quality products, help increase competitive advantage and reduce customer operating costs (Figure 1).

Figure 1 Distributed device management platform

Today's hyper-competitive market landscape demands that device manufacturers produce increasingly complex products faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably. Previously, a DSO approach addressed the development phase of the device life cycle with solutions for a comprehensive development suite and run-time platforms. Because the Wind River Management Suite is tightly integrated with Wind River's Workbench Development Suite, developers, quality assurance professionals, and field service teams are now equipped for the management phase of the device life cycle, which extends through the entire deployment phase of the device.

“With the introduction of Wind River Management Suite, Wind River significantly boosts the value of DSO by putting highly-sophisticated diagnostics tools in the hands of developers, quality assurance professionals, and field service teams,” said Naren Nachiappan, Vice President and General Manager of device software management at Wind River. “Device management allows teams to identify root causes of problems with running systems, and to monitor, repair, and optimize the operation of devices in the lab and in the field. Customers will directly benefit from accelerated product development, higher device quality, and improved customer service.”

“Ultimately, vendors need to begin developing solutions that enable better management of the end product,” said Chris Lanfear, Director of the embedded systems software practice at VDC. “As a leading vendor of device software, Wind River understands this requirement and is building technology to support the development community and move the industry as a whole towards a DSO strategy optimized for all stages of the device lifecycle.”

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