Rococo and MicroDoc partner to add JSR82 to IBM Websphere Everyplace Custom Environment
October 28, 2008
We've been working with IBM, and in particular, their J9 team for many years. As a recap, Rococo's implementation of JSR82 is the preferred JSR82 solution for the J9 Virtual Machine. Of course, I still call them the "J9 team" as I'm an old fogey. IBM calls that stuff the Websphere Everyplace Custom Environment, or WECE, which is of course easier to remember. Not. :-)
Anyway, some years back IBM introduced us to MicroDoc. Based in Munich, they're a specialist in all things embedded, and were IBM's first European Business Partner for everything related to their Embedded Java platform. The MicroDoc team are great people to work with, and have "embedded" in their DNA.
So we're delighted to finally announce, with MicroDoc, the availability of WECE with JSR82 built-in. It's been an annoyance for WECE customers seeking JSR82 to have to get a custom-build of the combined solution, and so ourselves and MicroDoc have created an off-the-shelf version that we think will help customers get up and running faster and more cost-effectively than they could before. We also think it's timely, as we've seen some encouraging increase in demand for applying Bluetooth in WECE-based systems in a variety of industry scenarios.
So from here on out, if you're looking for a "one-stop-shop" for WECE with JSR82, talk to MicroDoc.
http://www.microdoc.com/
Official Press Release follows.
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October 28th 2008, Munich, Germany and Dublin, Ireland
Rococo Software Limited and MicroDoc GmbH have announced the general availability of IBM’s Websphere Everyplace Custom Environment (WECE) Runtime with built-in support for the industry standard Java/Bluetooth APIs (JSR82). MicroDoc, an IBM Global Porting Partner, and Rococo, a leading supplier of Java/Bluetooth technology, have partnered for several years to offer Java/Bluetooth technology to MicroDoc's WECE customers. However, this offering is the first time an "off the shelf" version of WECE has been made available with JSR82 support. This enables companies in the embedded marketplace to take advantage of the JSR82 APIs "out of the box", and create solutions with a lower total cost and lead time to delivery.
"As Java and Bluetooth have become more pervasive in the embedded marketplace, we have seen more demand for WECE with Bluetooth support as standard" said Hans Kamutzki, ceo of MicroDoc. "Often there's a lead-time to create a custom version of the JVM that can meet their needs, especially with Bluetooth" he said, "with this release, they can get up and running much more quickly, and at a lower overall cost for their solution".
Microdoc supports cross industry embedded Java users with customized VMs. MicroDoc products are sold in particular in the automotive sector, in transport and logistics, telecommunications and in the consumer market.
"We've worked with WECE and MicroDoc for many years", said Sean O Sullivan, CTO with Rococo. "There's been a steady increase in interest in the embedded Java platform, especially in the automotive, transport and machine-to-machine markets. We're delighted to have joined forces with MicroDoc to offer a shrinkwrap solution to these markets, and we look forward to continuing to enhance the JSR82 offering with richer APIs to reduce development time and enable the full power of Bluetooth to be harnessed in a variety of scenarios".
Rococo (www.rococosoft.com) was one of the original members of the JSR82 Expert Group, which defined JSR82, and has shipped its JSR82 implementation on over a hundred million mobile phones to date. Rococo also offers development tools to enable rapid the creation of Bluetooth applications in Java.
MicroDoc is a leading ISV, systems integrator and long term IBM partner located in Germany. Founded in 1991, MicroDoc has specialized in object oriented software technologies and provides software and services to a variety of markets. MicroDoc was the first European business partner for IBM’s embedded Java platform and offers customizing, platform ports, distribution and licensing for the IBM embedded product range. MicroDoc supports a variety of Open Source software products (in particular Linux) and is an active member of the Eclipse Foundation.
Contact:
Volker Höfer
vho@microdoc.com
+49-89-551 9690
Adrienne Wolfe
awolfe@rococosoft.com
+353 1 4877617