Linux Foundation Adds Embedded, Cloud Computing Members
July 31, 2014
Grazed from TheVarGuy. Author: ChristopherTozzi.
The Linux Foundation has extended its partner network further this week with the addition of BearingPoint GmbH, Daynix, Linaro Limited and Systena, who will add to the open source consortium’s strengths in cloud computing, Internet of Things technology, Linux-based embedded automotive computers and more.
As the official announcement details, each of these new members of the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium focused on promoting Linux and open source software, will help to expand the organization’s reach to several industries and segments of the channel across the world. Perhaps the most interesting part of the news, however, is that surrounding Linaro, which focuses on developing open source software for ARM devices…
Since next-generation embedded Linux solutions that can power the software systems of cars and devices in the Internet of Things appear increasingly to be the next big thing in the open source world, and because many of those devices are likely to run on ARM hardware, Linaro’s signing-on to the Linux Foundation could pay particularly large dividends going forward for helping open source developers to collaborate within the embedded niche…
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