GlobalEdge Forms Alliance With QNX Software Systems, Makes Available WiFi Drivers...

GlobalEdge Forms Alliance With QNX Software Systems, Makes Available WiFi
Drivers on QNX Neutrino RTOS

BANGALORE, India, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Edge Software Ltd., a
leading embedded wireless software solutions and services company based in
Bangalore, India, today announced its alliance with QNX Software Systems, a
leading global provider of operating systems, development tools, and
middleware for embedded systems. Through this alliance, users of the QNX(R)
Neutrino(R) real-time operating system (RTOS) will be able to benefit from
GlobalEdge software and services. Along with the software services,
GlobalEdge also brings to this alliance a whole range of IP offerings
complementing QNX Software Systems' products for the networking and telecom
markets.
Already, GlobalEdge has ported Marvell's WiFi drivers to the QNX Neutrino
RTOS. QNX customers wanting to integrate Marvell's WiFi solution can
accelerate their development by using this QNX driver from GlobalEdge. The
WiFi driver is available for both the io-net and io-pkt versions of the QNX
networking stack.
Increasingly, competitive global markets are driving embedded systems
developers to rethink their product development and deployment strategies.
Time to market, risk minimization, and leveraging external expertise to
reduce fixed costs are only a few reasons why more OEMs are seeking strategic
partnerships with reliable, well-established players. With a comprehensive
suite of professional software development and integration services,
GlobalEdge is positioned to be an extension of both its and QNX Software
Systems' OEM customers' engineering teams.
"QNX recognizes the time-to-market demands faced by embedded OEMs and the
tremendous value gained by quickly integrating leading-edge technologies into
complete systems solutions. Collaborating with an engineering services
provider like GlobalEdge makes it easier for our customers to manage the
process," said Romain Saha, segment manager at QNX Software Systems.
"OEMs often have to make engineering bandwidth trade-off calculations to
determine the cost and feasibility of expanding or enhancing their existing
product portfolios. By using our leading-edge integrated solutions and
professional services they can focus their own scarce engineering talent on
value-added product differentiation," said Sarbpreet Singh, President and COO
of GlobalEdge.
Supporting GlobalEdge's professional services are a whole range of IPs
including protocol software, DSP codecs, and other middleware components. The
alliance aims at delivering to both companies' mutual customers - a clear
edge to meet their market window, and to profit from fast-mover advantages.
About Global Edge Software
Bangalore based Global Edge Software, is an embedded software services
and solutions company, serving the Consumer Electronics, Communications and
Automotive Industries. Established in 1992, GlobalEdge has a team of 300+
system engineers focused on serving leading OEMs and Silicon vendors, helping
them solve highly complex technical problems, functioning as extensions of
their development organizations. Additionally, over the years, GlobalEdge has
built an IPR portfolio in technology areas like VoIP, WiFi, PacketCable,
Residential Gateway etc.
GlobalEdge is funded by Global Technology Ventures Ltd, India's premium
investment company supported by Bank of America Equity Partners. GlobalEdge
is SEI CMM Level 5 certified and its solutions are backed by ISO 9001:2000,
ISO 27001:2005. To learn more, visit the company at
http://www.globaledgesoft.com
About QNX Software Systems
QNX Software Systems, a Harman International company (NYSE: HAR), is the
industry leader in realtime, embedded OS technology. The component-based
architectures of the QNX(R) Neutrino(R) RTOS, QNX Momentics(R) development
suite, and QNX Aviage(R) middleware together provide the industry's most
reliable and scalable framework for building innovative, high-performance
embedded systems. Global leaders such as Cisco, Daimler, General Electric,
Lockheed Martin, and Siemens depend on QNX technology for network routers,
medical instruments, vehicle telematics units, security and defense systems,
industrial robotics, and other mission- or life-critical applications.
Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and
distributes products in over 100 countries worldwide. To learn more, visit
the company at http://www.qnx.com
Media Contacts

GlobalEdge Contact
Ravi Vernekar
Director Business Development
Ph: +1-408-732-7324
Email: ravi@globaledgesoft.com
Email: sales@globaledgesoft.com

SOURCE Global Edge Software Ltd

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