Abacus Embedded is well and truly up and running as an Avnet Embedded Business, and along with MPC Data has launched Embedded XPert, a new service to port embedded systems running under Windows XP Professional to Windows Embedded Standard or Windows XP Embedded.
According to the two companies, customers should recoup the cost of the port and see in the benefits of lower license costs in as little as 200 units, thanks to the lower cost of licensing Windows Embedded.
Says Nick Donaldson (pictured), general manager of Abacus Embedded, "Any embedded system running stably under Windows XP Professional will run at least as well, if not better, under Windows Embedded Standard following the Xpert treatment. It will give customers a stable, robust software platform designed specifically for the embedded environment."
MPC Data's Alan Rowe backs up this view. "Xpert implements the migration with no requirement to modify application software or hardware. Using the componentised architecture of Embedded Standard and other optimisation features, it is often possible to create an operating system image that is more compact, boots faster, is more secure and runs faster than the existing OS."
Nick Donaldson makes another point. “Support for XP Professional is being phased out, and will soon only be available from Abacus Embedded and other embedded channel distributors. Embedded XPert is the best way forward for any embedded application still using this operating system. Porting to Windows Vista may require a new hardware platform to give the required processing power and other resources. Switching to any other operating system will require even more substantial redevelopment.”
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