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Five Global Players Achieve New OSGi Certification (22/10/2003)

ACUNIA, Atinav, IBM, ProSyst, and Siemens VDO announce OSGi Service Platform Release 3 certified products at compliance program launch

The OSGi Alliance today announced that ACUNIA, Atinav, IBM, ProSyst, and Siemens VDO are the first five companies worldwide to have passed certification testing for their OSGi Service Platform Release 3 based products. This underscores the growing adoption of the OSGi Service Platform in today's real-world deployments.

The availability of certified compliant Service Platforms allows customers to purchase products, confident in the knowledge that they meet the requirements for the OSGi Service Platform Release 3 Specification. The specification facilitates the installation and operation of multiple network services on a single device (e.g., an in-vehicle information system, smart handheld, set-top box, entertainment platform, multimedia or residential gateway).

"This is another great achievement for the OSGi organization," said Dr. John R. Barr, President of OSGi Alliance, and Director of Standards Realization for Motorola. "Producing a compliant framework is a major undertaking and the availability of several in conjunction with the start of the program is further indication of the market demand and increasing acceptance of OSGi technology for the delivery of services to networked devices. While other operating platforms are frequently delayed in their release, the members of the OSGi Alliance are consistently meeting their objectives for enhancing and supporting the OSGi Service Platform."

The announcement of compliant products is made in conjunction with the second annual OSGi World Congress being held October 21-24 in Dusseldorf, Germany. These companies with certified service platforms, as well as other OSGi member companies and deployers, are discussing the latest business opportunities and deployments.

The OSGi Service Platform supports network delivered services for a remote device that can then run locally or in conjunction with other network resources. The specification is explicitly designed to be open and synergistic with a wide range of existing networking and computer technologies and enhances virtually all current networking standards and initiatives. In the same way, the specification adds value to existing wireline and wireless networks while being neutral to and complementing cable, 3G, 802.11, xDSL and other high-speed access technologies. It allows service providers to deliver value-added services of their own and selectively allow delivery of services provided by third party providers. The OSGi compliance program ensures that third parties can use the OSGi service platform specification to create value-added services that can be delivered over a variety of networking systems using platforms incorporating compliant OSGi service platforms.

These certified OSGi Service Platform Release 3 based products are just part of the growing list of products, services, industry adoptions, and deployments incorporating the specifications and serve as the foundation of a growing value-chain of OSGi based software.

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