Wind River Blog

Why the Thomas Cook Collapse has me thinking about System Desegregation

By Michel Genard It’s hard to imagine how a strong brand like global travel group Thomas Cook, in business since 1841, could go south so quickly. Its value proposition was proven and real, one-stop-s...

2 days ago • 2 min read

VxWorks

Seven Cool Things About the New VxWorks...A Few “Firsts” For an RTOS

By Ranjan Sikand Have you checked out the latest version of VxWorks? You really should. Wind River announced today that it is blazing trails to make the world’s leading real-time operating system (RTO...

8 days ago • 4 min read

VxWorks

Executive Viewpoint: The Embedded Developer’s Journey; to RTOS or not to RTOS

Originally published in Embedded Computing Design (ECD) The embedded systems developer’s journey has changed over the years, with the advent of new technology introductions and different demands by th...

12 days ago • 5 min read

Simics

Building a Path to DevOps Through Simulation

By Ranjan Sikand, Wind River intern In an increasingly technical world, computer science knowledge comes at a premium, and strong programmers have become coveted members of the workforce. The reason w...

20 days ago • 3 min read

Medical

VxWorks Cert Edition is Now IEC 62304 Compliant

By Davide Ricci VxWorks has been used in the medical device industry since the early days. The market leading safe, secure and reliable RTOS (real-time operating system) can be found in surgical robot...

21 days ago • 2 min read

Certification

Wind River Linux ISO 9001 Certification – Taming Open Source

By Shree Vidya Jayaraman Why ISO 9001 Certification? ISO 9001 certification relates to the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS). Organizations use t...

a month ago • 3 min read

Why are Containers a Benefit for Industrial IoT?

By Ranjan Sikand, Wind River Intern Virtual machines and containers have been well-accepted by enterprise IT, but they are now moving into non-IT areas, such as industrial IoT edge devices. Both are t...

a month ago • 2 min read

Aerospace and Defense

Embedded Systems: The Evolution of Embedded System Design

By Michel Genard Embedded systems design is evolving as businesses are under pressure to innovate faster than ever before. Legacy systems that were once purpose-built must be modernized or give way to...

a month ago • 4 min read

Aerospace and Defense

VxWorks Now Has a Pet Snake

By Michel Chabroux I guess this was an easy one: Snake… Python… Hmmm… Part 1 Just to make sure, the Python I am referring to is the simple and easy to learn programming language with the nice blue/yel...

a month ago • 4 min read

Linux

Linux Reflections from a Wind River Intern

By Jenna Camargo, Wind River Intern This summer, a marketing intern by the name of Ranjan Sikand proved that Wind River Linux truly is accessible for use by all. That being said, when the opportunity...