
MontaVista Software is an Associate Member
of the CE Linux Forum (CELF).
This is an industry group that is focused on the advancement of Linux as
an
open source platform for consumer electronics devices. CELF intends to
operate completely within the letter and the spirit of the open source
community which is consistent with MontaVista Software's philosophy and
practices. |

MontaVista Software is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance.
This organization aims to grow the market for the entire mobile industry
by enabling subscribers to use interoperable mobile services across
markets, operators and mobile terminals. Their goal is to achieve this
by defining an open standards based framework to permit applications
and services to be built, deployed and managed efficiently and reliably
in a multi-vendor environment.
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OSDL is dedicated to enabling Linux and Linux-based applications for
data center and carrier-class deployment. OSDL provides the crucial hardware
for testing and development at this level, giving open source developers
around the world the resources needed to bring Linux further into telecommunications
and the enterprise. MontaVista Software is a key driving force on the
Carrier Grade Linux Working Group of OSDL. |
The Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) is a coalition of the world's
premier communications and computing companies working together to create
and promote open, standard availability interface specifications. Such
specifications are needed to quickly and efficiently build global communications
systems that deliver highly available voice, data and multimedia services.
MontaVista Software is a founding member of the SA Forum. |
MontaVista Software is a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium.
The ELC is a non-profit, vendor-neutral trade association whose goal
is the advancement and promotion of Linux throughout the embedded computing
markets. |

MontaVista Software is a Board member of the The T-Engine
Forum. This forum has been established to offer a standard real-time
system development platform for constructing a ubiquitous computing environment.
T-Engine is a new standardized development platform into which the eTRON
architecture has been installed. The eTRON architecture enables the
secure transfer of information and rights through insecure network channels
such as the Internet. The T-Engine Forum has been established to research and
develop the T-Engine specification. |
MontaVista Software, a sponsor-level member of RapidIO was the first
Linux company to join this organization. The RapidIO Trade Association
is a non-profit organization headquartered in Austin, Texas, which was
formed to drive the adoption of an open standard, high-performance interconnect
architecture. RapidIO is a logical extension to the widely-deployed MontaVista
Linux Professional Edition, in a variety of networking client devices,
and to the recently announced MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition,
targeted at highly available, high performance telecommunications and
networking infrastructure applications. |

MontaVista Software is a Gold Member of the Free Standards Group. The
Free Standards Group is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated
to accelerating the use and acceptance of open source technologies through
the development, application and promotion of standards. |
PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group) is a consortium of
over 700 companies who collaboratively develop specifications that adapt
PCI technology for use in industrial and telecommunications applications.
PICMG specifications include CompactPCIR for Eurocard, rackmount applications
and PCI/ISA for passive backplane, standard format cards. PICMG's mission
is to extend the PCI standard, as approved by the PCI Special Interest
Group (PCI SIG), for computer systems such as PCI/ISA, PCI/EISA and the
PCI/3U or 6U Eurocard form factor known as CompactPCI. |
MontaVista Software serves
on the board of Directors of Eclipse. Eclipse is an open source community
of software development tool vendors and tool developers that has formed
the core of a community interested in collaborating to create better development
environments and product integration. The community shares an interest
in creating products that are integrated and inter-operable in an easy
to use way based upon plug-in technology.
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MontaVista Software is a member of the SD Card Association. The SD Card
standard is being built into a wide range of new digital products such as
cellular phones, audio players, automotive multimedia systems, handheld PC's
and video and digital still cameras. |
MontaVista Software is an Associate member of the Intel® Communications
Alliance (ICA). The ICA is a community of communications and embedded
developers and solutions providers who share a common vision on the
convergence of computing technologies. MontaVista joins member companies
within the Alliance who are committed to the development of modular,
standards based building blocks, platforms, and solutions based on Intel
technologies, processors, products, and services. |
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MontaVista Software was one of the first members of the Ready for IBM
Technology program from IBM. The Ready for IBM Technology mark identifies
solutions that have been tested and validated for compatibility with IBM
Microelectronics products by the solution developers and assures that
these solutions are compatible with IBM Microelectronics products.
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MontaVista is a valued member of the SH-Mobile Consortium membership. This consortium comprises of LSI, IP providers, system integrators, and software providers, all collaborating to create a unique mobile phone solution. The aim of consortium is to provide support for hardware, software, and mobile phone terminal developers, to support the growing SH-Mobile ecosystem. |
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The objectives of the Japan Embedded Linux Consortium are to promote
the embedded Linux industry and engage in activities to foster expansion
of the choices that users can make with confidence. MontaVista Software
serves on the board of Emblix. |
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