#intelligentedge--Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, today introduced eLxr Pro, its commercial enterprise Linux offering to address the unique needs of clou...
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ALAMEDA, Calif.: #intelligentedge--Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, today introduced eLxr Pro, its commercial enterprise Linux offering to address the unique needs of cloud-to-edge deployments. Expanding the company’s industry-leading Linux portfolio, eLxr Pro delivers long-term commercial support and services to the recently launched open source eLxr project distribution.
eLxr Pro enables organizations challenged with high-performance edge and enterprise needs to meet stringent performance and operational requirements for the next generation of commercial deployments across a wide range of emerging use cases for autonomous vehicles, aerospace, defense, energy, finance, medical, industrial automation, smart cities, and telecommunications. It addresses the challenges of optimizing and deploying near and far edge applications to process data closer to where it is generated, for workloads that involve remote automatic updates, containerized applications and orchestration, AI inference, machine learning, and autonomous operations. eLxr Pro is based on the open source Debian-based eLxr project, an enterprise-grade distribution powering deployments for intelligent edge, far edge device, near edge server, regional data center, and public cloud scenarios.
Enterprise supplier disruptions, such as the CentOS end-of-life in June 2024, have forced CIOs to reevaluate their Linux vendors. Current options are often either too limiting or overly complex, leading to implementations that do not meet the dynamic demands of this rapidly evolving segment. This trend is driving the demand for seamless cloud-to-edge solutions that efficiently manage complex workloads, such as rapid data processing, and AI and machine learning by reusing core operating system components and common code base and frameworks.
“There is an industry need for a true open source offering not controlled by a corporate entity, but with the option for a highly scaled, reputable business to support the distribution. eLxr Pro offers the industry a robust and differentiated option, backed by an industry-leading open source solutions provider,” said Avijit Sinha, president of Wind River. “With eLxr Pro, customers deploying next-generation near edge and enterprise server solutions are empowered to innovate using a free, open source distribution optimized for performance, security, and ease of use. They can do so with confidence, knowing it is backed by commercial enterprise support and professional services.”
eLxr Community Project
The eLxr project is freely available to users, distributed under open source licenses that encourage free distribution and modification of the software. It curates existing Debian packages, optimized for performance, hardened security, and the minimal footprint required to run industry-specific workloads. Wind River, a founding member of the eLxr project, plays a crucial role in advancing the project’s mission of making new technologies and specialized solutions accessible through a Linux distribution. Additional hardware support and expanded cloud-native capabilities will be part of the eLxr project planned cadence of releases.
eLxr Pro
Wind River's eLxr Pro delivers stability, security updates, and ongoing technical assistance, as well as services add-ons to address the needs of cloud-to-edge deployments. With unmatched industry expertise, Wind River helps customers build open source solutions with sector-specific requirements for performance, security, custom hardware features, and certifications, especially when deploying in highly regulated environments. eLxr Pro provides comprehensive long-term commercial support, professional services, and maintenance beyond the standard lifecycle available with the community-driven eLxr project. This includes a variety of service-level agreement (SLA) options with security issues resolution and defect management. These services ensure that eLxr users benefit from cutting-edge technology with open source flexibility and innovation tailored to their specific needs, thereby enhancing the reliability and stability of their eLxr-based systems.
Wind River Open Source Leadership
For nearly two decades, Wind River has provided market-leading commercial open source Linux solutions tailored for edge computing. The company’s diverse customer base spanning aerospace, automotive, defense, industrial, medical, networking, and telecommunications industries has successfully developed and deployed thousands of Linux platforms and applications, leveraging our advanced products and services.
As a founding member of key open source initiatives such as the Yocto Project, Open Handset Alliance, Zephyr Project, and StarlingX, Wind River is committed to open source principles, actively contributing leadership, code, and innovative solutions. With deep industry experience in the open source domain, the company offers expertise in supporting embedded use cases, critical applications, and diverse enterprise systems across server-based platforms.
Ecosystem
Enterprise cloud-to-edge challenges require partnerships among hardware and software providers within an open source community, which the eLxr project seeks to address. Our efforts with cloud providers, semiconductors, system integrators, hyperscalers, ODMs/OEMs, and independent software vendors aim to tackle emerging challenges such as nontraditional form factors with ruggedized components, enhanced performance, fortified security, diverse deployment environments, and processing-intensive workloads such as machine learning, computer vision, and AI inference. Together, this robust community ecosystem is well positioned to realize the synergies of the cloud-to-edge continuum.
Wind River is working closely with partners such as Intel® to facilitate customer-driven innovation and transformation. Functional validation efforts will focus on harnessing Intel’s Quick Assist Technology (Intel QAT) for data encryption and compression aiming to efficiently handle computational needs. Additionally, the focus will be on enhancing end user experience with deep learning models using OpenVINO™, as well as leveraging Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator technology to implement smart, reliable, and secure solutions that address the compute-intensive requirements needs of a world increasingly defined by software.
From the Ecosystem
For fast and easy transaction and deployment, eLxr is available in the AWS Marketplace.
For more information about eLxr Pro, visit www.windriver.com/products/elxr-pro.
About Wind River
Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of devices and systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River software and expertise are accelerating digital transformation across industries including automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio supported by world-class global professional services and support and a broad partner ecosystem. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.
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Fonte: Business Wire
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