Where Embedded Open Source Goes Business-Critical
Wind River Linux is the leading commercial embedded Linux platform and the first to bring companies in all industries the advantages of open source without the risks.

Wind River Linux Markets and Solutions
Overview
Wind River is the premier commercial-grade embedded Linux solution because it is
- Complete: Wind River Linux brings together all the components companies need to develop, test, and support world-class products quickly and cost-effectively. From pristine source code to preconfigured industry-specific profiles, an Eclipse-based development suite to more than 500 tested and validated software packages, Wind River Linux takes the guesswork and the legwork out of embedded Linux development.
- Safe: Wind River Linux mitigates the risks commonly involved in using open source technology to create enterprise-class products. Each major release receives extensive test and quality assurance (QA). Dedicated engineering teams constantly monitor alerts, eliminate security flaws, and provide best-in-class software maintenance. Our legal team devotes thousands of hours to license documentation to keep your products compliant with open source and your intellectual property safe. And your engineering team enjoys 24/7 technical support from our global support professionals.
- Constantly evolving: Wind River Linux has achieved the No. 1 market position by evolving in step with the technology market itself. It enables companies to take advantage of innovations such as multi-core processing and multiple OS support, MILS (multiple independent levels of security) deployments, carrier grade certification for advanced networking applications, secure connectivity, and advanced graphics and graphical user interface (GUI) applications. Our customers know the next big thing is already on the roadmap.
“Wind River ... gives a ‘best of both worlds’ effect
that lets you have the confidence of a supported OS
with the control and broad-based, open development
of an open-source system.”
—Kevin Morris in Embedded Technology Journal
Benefits
Build Your Business on Wind River Linux
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Built for Speed |
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Built to Work |
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Built to Embed |
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Built to Comply |
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Built Safe and Secure |
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Built to Win |
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Markets
Where Embedded Open Source Meets
Business-Critical Solutions
Networking (high-end data networking; telecommunications; network infrastructure)
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"Wind River offers solid technology, a wide range of industry partners, professional development services, and competitive cost. If you have expectations of quality, reliability, on-time delivery, and cost, I highly recommend Wind River." —Paul D'Arcy, Director of Engineering, Airvana |
Aerospace and Defense
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"Honeywell is pleased to work with Wind River in the development of our Dependable Multiprocessor ... the application of Dependable Multiprocessor technology is expected to yield benefits for years to come, particularly in the reduction of development time, cost, and risk of future space systems." —Dr. John R. Samson Jr., Principal Engineering Fellow, Honeywell Defense and Space |
Industrial (medical; transportation; power and energy; control and process automation)
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"We performed an ROI analysis and believe we can conservatively save $1 million to $2 million over the next two years with Wind River Linux. Standardizing on one toolset across the company is very powerful from a cost-saving and productivity standpoint." —Rick Gelling, Director of Firmware Engineering, AMX |
Consumer and Digital Home
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"We're strengthening our relationship with Wind River to provide customers of portable A/V devices with a comprehensive development suite to address customer requirements for expanded Linux OS support. The jointly developed enablement platform provides the tools that customers need to design high-performance, competitive products with incredibly short time-to-market." —Masao Hirasawa, General Manager, SoC Development Division, NEC Electronics |
Contact
Contact us today to find out how Wind River Linux solutions can answer all your business issues and help you to develop, run, and manage device software better, faster, at lower cost, and more reliably.





