No computer system is impervious to threat or some sort of compromise, welcome to reality. Guest blog by Tim Radzykewycz.

The Qt 5.5.1-2 release for VxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) release supports the new VxWorks 7 release SR 0480 (September 2016) on ARM-v7 with updates in the Qt Base, Qt Declarative and Qt Quick Controls modules. Guest blog by Tuukka Turunen, Qt.

Recently, Spain has been the place to be if you provide products targeted at Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). Guest blog by Charlie Ashton.

This week saw the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, and Wind River is took part in the ‘Industry in Transition: Realising the Digital Enterprise’ discussion. Guest blog by Gareth Noyes.

It is safe to safe that 2016 was a year of ups and downs, however last year in terms of IoT was very exciting for Wind River. The company introduced the latest version of Wind River Helix Device Cloud, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IoT platform that enables manufacturers to proactively monitor and manage their devices in the field.  Guest blog by Dave Bennett.

Moving beyond initial trials of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), as service providers start to plan actual deployments of virtualised applications, means economics of this transition can come under increasing scrutiny. Guest blog by Charlie Ashton.

A YouTube video from years ago shows a highly enthusiatsic Steve Balmer (to put it lightly) strutting on stage shouting “Developers, developers, developers, developers!” over and over again. Guest blog by Ron Breault.

Just because something is claimed doesn’t make it fact. This has given rise to the popularity of fact-checkers, particularly in politics. Having a third party with no vested interest in the outcome can make it easier to understand what is fact, and then make an informed decision. Guest blog by Jeff Gowan.

One popular activity at Wind River, is evaluating products against alternative solutions. Questions addressed include: How do they compare? What are the strengths and weaknesses? How do Wind River continue with its success? Guest blog by Ron Breault.

With the commitment to industry standards and interoperability being a part of both, Wind River and Mirantis, there is a recently completed a joint Proof of Concept interoperability project at Wind River’s Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) lab in Santa Clara, California.c

Over the past few years Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) ranks alongside 5G, IoT and NFV as a hot industry topic. Service providers worldwide are aggressively pursuing MEC projects because this application promises not only operational cost reductions but also significant opportunities to generate new revenue from new customers. Guest blog by Charlie Ashton.

Software management is an important and very time consuming activity; this becomes apparent when being responsible for maintaining a software baseline for a group of servers. More succinctly, keeping ‘patch current’ is intensive and costly in terms of labour. Wind River’s Titanium Server Release 3 delivers a powerful new system facility designed to automate the patch management process and save Communication Service provide...

It is safe to say last year, (2016) was an incredible year for space exploration and discovery. Here we will take a look at two particular significant NASA missions. Guest blog by Linda Pirrotta.

Working with the open source community is very rewarding, and the Linux team at Wind River has helped hundreds of customers tap into open source innovation over many years. Guest blog by Andreea Volosincu.

The IoT and embedded operating systems provide the backbone of the software that ship in billions of new devices every year. According to VDC Research, embedded OS unit shipments will grow from 13.3B in 2016 to 19.3B in 2020. Guest blog by Michael Krutz.

It has previously been blogged about, China Telecom’s evaluation of the Wind River Titanium Server network virtualisation platform, and now based on conversations with Ou Liang, Senior Engineer, Head of NFV Infrastructure Technology and Solutions at the Guangzhou Research Institute of China Telecom, the results of the evaluation has been summarised. Guest blog by Charlie Ashton. 

In response to recent events, the White House and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just released the much awaited and polished guidance around cyber security for the Internet of Things (IoT). Guest blog by Neil McLellan.

Software-defined infrastructure has been explored in many ways, especially in its approach and how it is in combination with the IIoT driving the digital transformation of industrial automation, as well as its benefit, but what about what is required in order to realise these benefits? Guest blog by Gareth Noyes.

Aside from initial installation and commissioning, what’s typically one of the most important, and carefully managed tasks that operators have to tackle on a regular basis?  The answer is simple: system upgrades. The process however, is nothing short of magic. Guest blog by Ron Breault.

We’ve all seen the predictions on the opportunities that IoT presents to companies in the industrial sector. Regardless of which of the wide-ranging analyst figures you follow, its clear to see that the possibilities are endless. Turning those possibilities into reality starts with bridging the gap between IT and OT. Guest blog by Amanda Lowe.