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News Release from: Wind River Systems | Subject: Wind River Workbench 2.0
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 June 2004
Development environment goes from end to
end
Wind River Workbench 2.0 is an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports the end-to-end device software development process.
Wind River Workbench 2.0 is an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports the end-to-end device software development process Based on Eclipse, the open and widely supported development framework, Wind River Workbench is the first and only cross-platform IDE to support VxWorks, Linux and proprietary, in-house operating systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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With Wind River Workbench 2.0, companies can standardise their development process, reduce overall software costs and get their end product to market faster.
Wind River Workbench is an open, standards-based software development environment that provides: deep tools capability for every development task; broad coverage across every task and phase in the development process; and an extensible framework, based on Eclipse, to integrate third-party and in-house tools seamlessly for total customisation and scalability.
"Since standardising our device software development process on Wind River Workbench, we have increased development efficiencies, reduced engineering costs and improved both process and product quality".
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"We have also been able to reduce the development cycle by 4-6 months", said Ilan Kepten, Vice President of Research and Development at the Convergent Systems Division of Harmonic, a leading provider of broadband optical networking and digital video systems to the world's largest communications providers.
"Wind River's IDE allowed us to integrate the development process across remote sites, significantly improving developer productivity".
"Companies are demanding a development environment that supports multiple projects, target platforms, hosts, architectures and languages", said Dave Fraser, Chief Marketing Officer for Wind River.
"They also want the efficiencies gained by using that same environment throughout the development process".
"Wind River Workbench is the foundation of a comprehensive device software strategy, enabling our customers to build and run software better, faster, with greater reliability and ultimately lower costs".
On 30th June 2004, Wind River and Red Hat with Todd Brackett, President and CEO of the PTR Group, will host a web seminar on "Getting started with Linux for device software applications".
Developers and project managers using VxWorks, Linux or in-house operating systems will learn how they can use Wind River Workbench to increase efficiencies throughout the development process.
Interested parties can register on the Wind River website.
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