MontaVista Selects Vanteon as Professional Services Partner
MontaVista Software announced today that Vanteon Corporation has joined the
MontaVista Professional Services Partnering Program.
Vanteon will offer custom development and consulting services for embedded
software design and implementation, software integration, and custom driver
development for MontaVista Linux. It will also offer integration with
third-party protocol stacks, system management software and custom
applications.
For more detailed information, please see the release included below.
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Annette Oevermann
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MontaVista Software Expands Custom Engineering Capabilities
Selects Vanteon as a Professional Services Partner
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ROCHESTER, NY ‹ August 26, 2002 ‹ MontaVista Software
Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced an
agreement with Vanteon Corporation to provide customized technical services
for subscribers of MontaVista Linux®.
Vanteon, a national provider of hardware and software product development
services, offers turnkey solutions and customized engineering services in a
variety of specialty areas, including embedded software and hardware.
Vanteon is the first company to join the MontaVista Professional Services
Partnering Program, a select group of geographically distributed companies
that provide custom engineering services for MontaVista Software¹s products.
³MontaVista has a tremendous track record of providing quality professional
services to subscribers,² said Kristin Anderson, director of Customer
Engineering, MontaVista Software. ³While our successful business model is
based primarily on product subscription sales, we are striving to meet a
growing need for custom engineering services by leveraging the services of
Vanteon. Vanteon has worked with high profile corporations such as
Microsoft, IBM, Agilent, and Palm, and has an excellent reputation for
quality services while meeting aggressive schedules.²
Vanteon will offer custom development and consulting services for embedded
software design and implementation, software integration, and custom driver
development for MontaVista Linux. It will also offer complete integration
with third-party protocol stacks, system management software and custom
applications. Customers can work with Vanteon to validate processor ports,
board ports, device drivers, and/or kernel and library modifications.
³MontaVista Software is a leader in embedded Linux and a growing force in
the embedded market. It has imposed strict criteria and rigorous training
for all of its professional service partners,² said Nick Kayes, national
sales manager, Vanteon. ³Vanteon will provide MontaVista Software with
expanded capabilities to help their customers¹ embedded developers customize
MontaVista Linux for their own particular needs.²
About Vanteon
Vanteon Corporation is an industry leader in software and hardware product
development, offering exceptional experience and expertise in commercial
software, hardware and embedded solutions, biometrics/security and quality
assurance. For almost 20 years, Vanteon has been providing complete turnkey
development, from concept to gold master, and the combination of
well-refined product development and QA processes and innovation enables
Vanteon to deliver superior results. For more information about Vanteon,
please visit www.vanteon.com, email embedded@vanteon.com or call
585-248-0510.
About MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software for
intelligent connected devices and their associated infrastructure, for
applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer
electronics. MontaVista powers the embedded revolution by providing
GNU/Linux based open-source systems software solutions.
Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready,
MontaVista Software's principal products include MontaVista Linux®
Professional Edition and MontaVista Linux® Carrier Grade Edition. The
Professional Edition comprises a Linux-based embedded source and binary
distribution, cross development environments, and a versatile set of tools
for the x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, XScale, Xtensa and
other microprocessor architectures. The Carrier Grade Edition is a
next-generation high availability product that is the first Commercial
Off-The-Shelf Linux (COTS) platform for telecommunications and carrier-grade
applications. MontaVista Software also provides several complementary
technology products addressing specific customer needs, such as Java
development and runtime, powerful graphics capabilities and more.
Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht +
Co., IBM, Intel Capital, Panasonic and Sony Corporation.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a trademark
of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.
Contacts:
Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com
Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc.
Phone (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.com
Margaret Love McGuckin
Director of Marketing
Vanteon Corporation
Phone (585) 248-0510
E-mail: mmcguckin@vanteon.com
