Wind River, Kontron sign distribution deal
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Wind River and Kontron have announced a global multiyear agreement under which Kontron will distribute Wind River's VxWorks and Wind River Linux operating systems. Kontron will also join Wind River's Partner Validation Program, initially with its nanoETXexpress-SP module validated for use with VxWorks 6.7.
"The agreement will allow both companies to respond more quickly to new design win opportunities," noted Roger Williams, Wind River's vice president, Strategic Alliances, pictured. "I am also pleased that Kontron's nanoETXexpress-SP is the first embedded module to be listed with our Partner Validation Program."
Under terms of the distribution agreement, Kontron will resell VxWorks production licenses and will also work with Wind River to proliferate Wind River Linux for use by joint customers. Wind River will continue to provide hardware and software tools, development environments, source code and support contracts for joint customers.
"Our customers will benefit from the closer alignment with Wind River across all market segments and regions," said Dirk Finstel, Kontron's chief technology officer. "This distribution agreement enables us to further reduce time to market requirements and increase our value added services by providing our customers a richer out of the box experience with a compelling set of tools and operating system options."
The two companies will initially target the industrial, medical, military and aerospace, transportation, and networking market segments.
