Press Release
QNX & Data Connection Forge Alliance to Deliver Pre-integrated Protocol Stacks
News at a Glance...
All of Data Connection's networking
protocols now available for the QNX Neutrino RTOS.
Suite includes support for
IP routing, multicast, VoIP, MPLS, VPNs, GMPLS, and ATM, as well as individual
routing protocols such as DC-OPSF, DC-ISIS, DC-RIP, and DC-BGP.
Router-in-a-Box CD helps
customers quickly evaluate rich capabilities of integrated Data
Connection-QNX solution.
Ottawa, Canada, & London, UK: April 19, 2005. QNX Software Systems Co. and
Data Connection Ltd. (DCL) today announced a strategic alliance to deliver complete,
pre-integrated software solutions for manufacturers of networking and telecommunications
equipment.
As part of the agreement, the two companies have already ported Data
Connection's entire suite of networking protocols to QNX's flagship
product, the QNX® Neutrino® realtime operating system (RTOS).
The offering includes support for IP routing, multicast, VoIP, MPLS,
VPNs, GMPLS, and ATM.
In addition, the companies have created a "Router-in-a-Box"
CD that lets customers quickly evaluate the rich capabilities of the joint solution.
The CD showcases Data Connection's routing and VPN technologies, with full integration
of the QNX Neutrino RTOS. The management interface layer is provided by
Silicon & Software Systems' (S3) embeddedMIND multi-protocol agent platform,
which is pre-integrated to provide a complete solution.
Both the QNX Neutrino RTOS and the Data Connection protocol stacks have been engineered
for scalability and high availability, allowing customers to build distributed,
self-healing systems that offer a high degree of fault tolerance and software
upgradability.
"Like QNX, Data Connection has been building high-quality products for
well over two decades, providing customers the assurance that they are leveraging
both proven technology and a solid, customer-driven technology supplier," said
Phil
McConnell, CEO of Data Connection. "Now, through this agreement, our two
companies are not only delivering an integrated software platform, but are using
the relationships we have built throughout our respective sales and service
organizations to provide customers with unified solutions on demand."
The offering from Data Connection complements QNX's existing suite of
pre-integrated protocol stacks, which includes IPv4 and IPv6, as well as IPsec,
IKE, NAT, IP filtering, and a number of other protocols.
"Data Connection and QNX are committed to providing networking
OEMs with best-in-class, out-of-the-box solutions that reduce risk and time-to-market,"
said Romain Saha, Netcoms Segment Manager, QNX Software Systems.
"With clients such as Cisco, IBM, and Lucent, our companies have the experience
and breadth of protocol support to help customers reduce integration efforts, increase
reliability, and bring more focus to bear on product differentiation."
QNX, Data Connection Hold Joint Webinar
A joint TechOnline webinar that reviews the benefits of the
Data Connection/QNX solution will be held on May 26 of this year.
Availability
The Data Connection/QNX Router-in-a-Box evaluation CD is available now.
To obtain a copy, contact QNX at
or
Data Connection at
.
To purchase Data Connection protocol stacks for the QNX Neutrino RTOS,
contact Data Connection directly.
About QNX Software Systems
With millions of installations worldwide, QNX Software Systems is the
global leader in realtime, microkernel operating system technology. Companies like
Cisco, DaimlerChrysler, Lockheed Martin, Panasonic, Siemens, and General Electric
rely on QNX technology to build ultra-reliable systems for the networking, automotive,
medical, military, and industrial automation markets. Founded in 1980, QNX Software
Systems maintains offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Visit http://www.qnx.com.
About Data Connection
Data Connection Limited (DCL) is the leading independent developer and supplier of
Unicast and Multicast IP Routing, MPLS, SIP, MGCP/Megaco, ATM, and SNA portable products,
as well as Web Conferencing, Voicemail, Unified Messaging, and Directory
applications. The company's MetaSwitch division supplies the industry's leading
Class 5 Softswitch, with both integrated (Compact Softswitch) and distributed
architecture options including call agent, feature server, media gateway
and signaling gateway functionality. The MetaSwitch Class 5 Softswitch has been widely
deployed among incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as
operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks.
Net profits have exceeded 20% of revenue every year since the company was founded in 1981.
Customers include BT, Cisco, IBM, Lucent, Microsoft and
Verizon. With over 300 employees, Data Connection is headquartered in London, UK with US
offices in Alameda, CA, Boxborough, MA, Dallas, TX, and Reston, VA.
Visit www.dataconnection.com.
About Silicon & Software Systems
Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) is an established designer of
communications infrastructure software and hardware solutions. embeddedMIND
enables manufacturers of networking equipment to easily integrate advanced
multi-protocol agent functionality, supporting CLI, SNMP, XML, Web GUI
and TL1 interfaces. Further details at www.embeddedmind.com.
QNX and Neutrino are registered trademarks of QNX Software
Systems Ltd. in certain jurisdictions. Data Connection is a trademark of Data
Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. All other trademarks
and trade names belong to their respective owners.