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News Release from: Wind River Systems | Subject: Customer Specific Platforms
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 August 2003
Platforms aid strategic embedded
development
Customer Specific Platforms (CSPs) are the next step in Wind River's integrated embedded platform strategy.
Customer Specific Platforms (CSPs) are the next step in Wind River's integrated embedded platform strategy Through a CSP engagement, Wind River's global professional services now offers a systematic programme to develop, deliver and maintain an integrated configuration of tools and embedded technologies that fits a customer's specific business and timescale needs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The Customer Specific Platforms tightly integrates Wind River Pltatforms with its deep professional services expertise to create a springboard to faster time to market and more time in market for its customers' products", said Paul Zorfass, Senior Analyst IDC/FTI.
"A highly tailored Customer Specific Platform enables Wind River's customers to strategically enhance and accelerate their product development and competitive advantage through custom integration and optimisation".
Customer Specific Platforms take Wind River's integrated embedded platform strategy one-step further by offering the ability to enhance a Wind River Platform through customer unique integration, extension and optimisation.
A Customer Specific Platform will be delivered by Wind River's professional services team, which will work as a strategic partner alongside the customer to: understand the technical and business requirements, including specific objectives of end-product development teams; anticipate the integration schedule and challenges of the customer's project; integrate the appropriate Wind River Platform with other component technologies from Wind River, partners or the customer; rigorously test and manage the platform release process; and provide support for application development, required platform modifications and additional incremental technologies.
"A Customer Specific Platform engagement maximises the customer's ability to leverage Wind River's technology base and continuing research and development investment to meet exact requirements of the customer's product teams - not just once, but over multiple generations of development", said Brad Murdoch, Vice President and General Manager of Services at Wind River.
"Wind River has the market knowledge and proven delivery capability to anticipate and analyse customers' needs and create tailored solutions to meet those needs".
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