Las Vegas, NV; Network-Interop — (press release excerpt) — QNX Software Systems and IP Infusion today announced an alliance that will enable networking OEMs to achieve unprecedented scalability and capacity in their products. The two companies have already begun to collaborate on integrating the ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite with the QNX real-time OS.

The resulting solution will enable network elements to dynamically accommodate unpredictable increases in bandwidth demand. As a result, service providers can eliminate costly upgrades and lengthen the life cycle of their network infrastructure. In addition, ZebOS for QNX is targeted at diverse families of products ranging from very low end small-office/home-office (SOHO) devices all the way up to core routers and switches.

OEMs will also benefit from the proven reliability of the QNX RTOS's MMU-protected microkernel architecture, where each driver, protocol stack, and application runs in the safety of its own memory-protected address space. This architecture enables OEMs to create highly available systems that can be scaled and upgraded dynamically, without interruptions. Service providers, for example, can start and stop routing processes based on fluctuations in demand, without shutting down their systems.

 
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