Metro Link and Lineo Partner to Provide Residential Gateway and Digital TV Solutions
Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 29th - Metro Link, Inc. and Lineo(r), Inc. today
announced a strategic relationship to provide Linux-based Digital TV,
Residential Gateway, and connected home solutions to manufacturers of
products targeted for home networking and the storage, playback, management,
and distribution of digital content in the home. The relationship leverages
the strengths of both companies: Lineo's embedded Linux operating systems,
Residential Gateway software stack, and award-winning Embedix SDK to
customize solutions, and Metro Link's software suite for the emerging
Internet-enabled home media center and Universal Plug and Play software for
these network appliances.
"Lineo has selected Metro Link's complete home convergence solutions to
provide the best of breed software that our customers need in the Digital TV
and Residential Gateway markets," said Matt Harris, Lineo's CEO. "The
dynamic combination of Lineo and Metro Link provides a comprehensive
solution that enables consumer electronics manufacturers to reduce
development investment while providing a feature rich platform for these
markets."
"Home convergence is all about digital content, content distribution, and
devices that communicate over wireline, power line, and wireless networks in
the home," said Keith Kelly, Metro Link President and COO. "Metro Link's
home media center and networking solutions are ideally combined with Lineo's
operating system and unique integration toolkit. This integrated solution
allows the creation of a complete software stack for set-top boxes (STB),
personal video recorders (PVR), DVD, MP3, Residential Gateways and Home
Convergence solutions in record time."
This joint marketing relationship allows both companies to aggressively
capitalize on this emerging market, and leverage their complementary
strengths to satisfy the needs of those original equipment manufacturers
developing home convergence products. The companies plan on releasing Metro
Link's Metro Media(r) tool chain as a fully integrated module in Lineo's
Target Wizard(r), part of their Software Development Kit, by August.
About Lineo
Lineo provides embedded systems and real-time solutions covering the full
spectrum of embedded development, including operating system software, host
development environments, vertical stack applications for Residential
Gateways and Smart Handhelds, and professional services. Lineo distributes
solutions allowing OEMs to create smart embedded devices and systems while
helping OEMs to reduce system requirements, per-unit costs, and
time-to-market. Lineo's key technologies are: Embedix(r) SDK (a fully
featured and integrated embedded developer tool chain), Embedix (embedded
Linux system software for MMU-less and MMU-full processors), Embedix Plus
PDA and Embedix Plus RG (vertical-specific application stack solutions).
Contact Lineo at http://www.lineo.com, via e-mail to info@lineo.com or by
calling +1 (800) 490-9448 Ext. 320.
About Metro Link
Metro Link is "Accelerating the Evolution of Convergence in the Home."(tm)
From the silicon level to the user interface, Metro Link's full suite of
software brings the benefits of Entertainment, Computing, Rich Digital
Media, Home Networking, Home Automation, and Wireless Connectivity to the
consumer electronics integrator or manufacturer. Providing comprehensive
solutions for the emerging next-generation Internet-Enabled Networked Home
Media Center, Metro Link brings seamless integration to consumer
electronics, home appliances, white goods, micro controllers, and computer
networking products. Metro Link's solutions are deployed in single-board
computers, system on chip (SOC) devices, Internet appliances, and set-top
boxes. Metro Link also offers professional services for customized support,
speeding silicon to market. To learn more, visit the company's Web site at
www.metrolink.com or call 954-660-2500.
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Media Contact: Holly Robinson
Metro Link Inc.
954.660.2412
holly@metrolink.com
