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ProSyst publishes OSGi for Android

Daniel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:55:47 +0000

Today ProSyst released the beta version of mBedded Server (mBS) for Android. mBS is the leading OSGi implementation in the embedded market. The beta release of the Android version is available from here. This release is under ProSyst Non-Commercial License, which permits free use for non-commercial trials.
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A quick comparison of MIDP3 and OSGi

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:24:57 +0000

A number of times I heard the argument, that JSR-271 MIDP 3.0 provides a solution for everything that OSGi provides, maybe less elegantly, so JSR-232 is not needed. It had a been a while since I last read JSR-271, so now I took the time and read the Public Review version of the specification. So here I provide a brief comparison of the two specifications. I don’t want to claim that OSGi is better or worse than MIDP 3. It would be comparing apples to peaches, they are meant for different purposes. I just want to prove, that OSGi does add value, even to MIDP 3, so it makes sense to use them together. And the added value is not only by providing more elegance.
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Sprint Nextel goes live with Mobile OSGi!

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:09:02 +0000

This week’s news from Sprint Nextel marks a cornerstone of OSGi adoption: Sprint has released its first developer version of the Titan platform, an OSGi based next generation mobile Java stack. Titan was announced on the last Application Developer Program (ADP) Conference and is now made available for download at developer.sprint.com. This is very exciting news for a number of technical, business related and strategic reasons!
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A Comparison of OSGi and Android

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:11:17 +0000

Introduction
Google and the Open Handset Alliance announced the Android platform late last year. Shortly after that the Android SDK was published to the developer community and an exciting 10 million dollar developer challenge was announced too, which generated lots of developer interest. Due to this interest and the support of a number of industry players, Android is expected to gain significant market share in the future.
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OSGi and Mobile Device Management

admin — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:08:17 +0000

“Hi, I have a problem with application X on my phone.” – these words can be the starting sentence of the most expensive call a mobile operator can receive: customer care. If application X doesn’t work on a particular mobile device, it generates costs in a number of formats:

The customer care personnel needs to handle and fix the problem
The dissatisfied customer may decide to go to a different operator
Loss of revenue because the customer couldn’t use the application

Obviously the goal of mobile operators is to reduce the number of such calls and make sure that all applications X, Y and Z are working properly for all of their customers. Mobile Device Management (MDM) is the key technology to minimize customer care cost; it can help in a number of ways
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Intelligent Web Components for Embedded use – who needs AJAX anyway?

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:22:00 +0000

One of the major problems of the meta-terms AJAX and Web 2.0 probably is, that they have already been burned. Everybody is using them, but the exact meaning still is quite fuzzy. Surely some solutions in this area are adressing real problems – regardless of products which just want to be part of the ongoing hype. But will AJAX become part of Embedded applications ever soon? Or is it yet? Which kind of rich web GUI solutions can be done in Embedded contexts anyway? Aren’t Embedded gateways easily overloaded with heavy content? In fact ProSyst has something special to offer here: it is neither Flash™ nor otherwise proprietary - and almost buzzword-clean. Oh, and it surely has nothing to do with eSWT, which is not meant for Browsers.
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RFID and NFC – a hype with solid background

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:57:27 +0000

Everyone is waiting for RFID/NFC to become a major driving force for new services in supply-chain management, location-based services and in general for new forms of end-user/consumer interactions with intelligent items - in terms of an enabling technology. But RFID stickers are just relatively dumb chips – not that intelligent – and a mobile phone does not carry money. What about the software architecture on client-side and at the backend which turns this new technology into the added-value end-to-end solution which it wants to be?
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OSGi and TR-069 – an interrelation?

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:12:52 +0000

With TR-069 becoming the de-dacto standard in DSL CPE management, it must be allowed to bring up the question where the specific differences are in managing a large number of heteorogenous OSGi gateways versus a large number of as multifaceted broadband devices. There is a certain overlap in the challenges to be addressed, as well as in the equipment installed at the end user. As long as not being familiar with both technologies you’ll certainly wonder why you need two of them. How does OSGi fit together with TR-069 and how does ProSyst address these markets?
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Why ProSyst enters the arena of Open Source OSGi

admin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:47:10 +0000

Until recently, most enterprise Open Source Software (OSS) projects have aimed to commoditize a well-established type of software, such as an operating system, application server, database management system or graphical development tool.As the industry begins to widely adopt Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and OSGi, however, open source projects are starting to address software types that aren’t as well established. The SOA and OSGi infrastructure market is relatively new, and software types in this umbrella category don’t yet have a single, common definition.
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Why OSGi for the Enterprise?

admin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:30:41 +0000

And why collaborate with ProSyst?

OSGi provides a highly dynamic platform for modularising code and sharing services. Combined with its lifecycle management capabilities, this has led to its great success in the embedded space. Starting in 1999 with home networking and residential gateway scenarios, OSGi has already been adopted by Automotive companies and more recently by the mobile phone industry. OSGi is a horizontal middleware platform that can be used in different verticals - and even outside the embedded space.
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