VenturCom and Ampro Team Up to Support Embedded and Real-time Windows NT and Windows CE
VenturCom and Ampro Team Up to Support
Embedded and Real-time Windows NT and Windows CE
Microsoft Embedded Windows NT and Windows CE, Tailored for Embedded PCs
San Jose, Calif., November 2, 1998. Ampro Computers Inc., and VenturCom, Inc. today announced a partnership to deliver embedded Windows NT and Windows CE on Ampro's embedded PC products. This partnership together with the anticipated offerings will enable embedded system designers to build applications using their choice of Windows NT or Windows CE operating systems on Ampro's PC/104 and EBX form-factor embedded-PC single board computers.
Windows CE support for Ampro's embedded PCs will be available as drivers tailored to the customers needs. The fast pace of change in Windows CE creates the need for a ‘base plus assistance' approach to the market. Utilizing VenturCom Quick Start, the developer is relieved of the task of configuring and porting the Windows CE operating system to support the platform and can concentrate on developing their application.
Ampro and VenturCom also agreed to ensure that VenturCom's RTX was optimized on Ampro's PC/104 and EBX embedded-PC single board computers. The API to RTX is available on both Windows NT and Windows CE. The real time sub-system is fully available for Windows NT and available to partners for CE support.
Michael Dexter-Smith, VenturCom CEO, said, "Ampro is a key player in the embedded PC market and the combination of the two technologies and services gives the customer the ability to deliver embedded and real-time Windows NT and CE applications, quickly. As the market standardizes on Windows NT and Windows CE, technology delivery like this will give the customer a competitive edge in the market by allowing them to deliver product ahead of their competition."
Rick Lehrbaum, Ampro founder and Executive Vice President of Strategic Development , said, "we have witnessed a phenomenal growth of interest in Windows NT and Windows CE among our embedded application customers." "Customers choose the PC architecture to speed time-to-market, minimize risks, and keep development costs under control, so it's critical that a true plug-and-play solution be available" continued Lehrbaum. "We are therefore excited about the benefits this partnership between two market leaders - Ampro and VenturCom - brings to customers."
About VenturCom
VenturCom Inc. is the leading technology provider of tools and extensions to rapidly develop and deploy dedicated, embedded, real-time applications based on the Windows CE and NT operating systems. With distribution channels in more than 30 countries, the company has 325 customers worldwide, plus 35 partners including: ATR, CMC, Lucent, Motorola, ObjectAutomation, and Komatsu. Additionally, VenturCom has close working relationships with Microsoft and Intel. Microsoft has licensed VenturCom's Component Integrator™ for Windows CE and NT. Additionally both Microsoft and Intel have invested in the company and in joint development work. Complete corporate and product information is available at VenturCom's Web site, http://www.vci.com.
About Ampro
Now in its 16th year, Ampro Computers, Inc., is the foremost manufacturer of PC-compatible computer modules tailored to a wide range embedded applications. The company originated the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus standards, and co-authored (with Motorola) the new EBX -performance non-backplane single board computer standard (based on Ampro's popular LittleBoard form-factor). Ampro's extensive line of PC/104 form-factor CoreModule CPUs and MiniModule expansion products, and EBX form-factor LittleBoard single board computers enable OEMs to integrate PC-compatible architectures into their products while minimizing system size, time-to-revenue, and development costs and risks. Ampro's embedded computer modules are optimized for fixed, portable, and mobile environments and support extended temperatures, shock/vibration, and CE mark compliance. Application markets include industrial, avionics, transportation, medical, telecommunications, and military. All Ampro products are manufactured per IPC-610A Class 2, in Ampro's two US ISO9000-certified factories (in Idaho and Illinois).
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VenturCom, Inc
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Email: epickett@vci.com
AMPRO is a registered trademark and CoreModule, MiniModule, LittleBoard, are trademarks of Ampro Computers, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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