Enhances Reliability, Security, Continuity and Quality of Service in Mobile Devices
Symbian Smartphone Show

 

LONDON & SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Reinforcing its leadership position in the Real-Time Virtualization™ market for mobile devices, VirtualLogix™, Inc. today announced that its virtualization software product, VirtualLogix VLX, is the first to support Symbian OS™, the market leading open operating system for advanced data-enabled mobile phones. VirtualLogix will demonstrate a prototype configuration of the Symbian OS running simultaneously with Linux on several mobile platforms at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, on 21-22 October 2008.

The first product to support Symbian OS on a virtualized mobile platform, VirtualLogix VLX provides new opportunities to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and semiconductor vendors to leverage the benefits of virtualization in their phone product designs. As a member of the Symbian Partner Network, VirtualLogix is committed to developing ground-breaking solutions based on the Symbian platform for the benefit of the mobile industry.

Symbian powers forward-thinking smartphones from the world’s top handset manufacturers. In extending the benefits of real-time virtualization to the Symbian ecosystem, VirtualLogix is broadening the scope of applications that smartphone users will be able to access on their mobile devices, and speeding innovation within the Symbian community.

VirtualLogix VLX for mobile handsets separates hardware management and application management on mobile platforms, allowing an application running on the Symbian OS to access a peripheral device managed by another operating system kernel, such as Linux. With additional security for financial and other high-risk transactions, VirtualLogix VLX for Symbian permits handset manufacturers and wireless operators to deliver more reliable mobile phones with advanced features to the mass market.

“By supporting the Symbian platform, VirtualLogix VLX further expands its position as the mobile virtualization market standard,” said Michel Gien, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy for VirtualLogix. “Easily ported to any operating system, VirtualLogix is helping mobile phones maintain a seamless multimedia experience for consumers, while advancing security capabilities and ensuring application innovation for the mobile device market.”

About VirtualLogix, Inc.

VirtualLogix™, Inc. is the global leader in Real-Time Virtualization™ technology for connected devices. VirtualLogix VLX enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently on shared hardware and provides a range of performance, fault tolerance and security options to address specific market requirements. As a result, the world's largest semiconductor companies, manufacturers, OEMs and carriers are able to reduce development and bill of material costs, improve time to market by leveraging existing software investments, and create conditions that meet their business goals. With more than 20 years of experience developing system software for network infrastructure, digital multimedia and mobile handsets, VirtualLogix is paving the way for the development of next generation connected devices.

VirtualLogix, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with operations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.virtuallogix.com or call 408.636.2800.