STOCKHOLM, Sweden & SAN JOSE, Calif. – Enea has announced the establishment of a dedicated Enea Linux Competence Center (ELCC). The center was developed following Enea’s acquisition of Swedish company, QiValue Technologies, a provider of Linux solutions, earlier this year. The acquisition has proven to be strategically sound, and the ELCC further enables Enea to bolster its Linux expertise and strengthen its Linux software offering to meet growing market demands.

Industry analyst firm, Venture Development Corporation reports that manufacturers of embedded systems are selecting Linux more often than any other operating system, with a majority of the developers stating that they would opt for Linux for their next projects. Linux is a key component of the Enea Accelerator Platform, which allows equipment manufacturers to more efficiently provide carriers with converged network solutions.

Operating System Planned for Next Project Source: VDC

“Enea is committed to delivering commercial, carrier-grade software platforms that enable telecommunications, automotives and medical equipment manufacturers to more quickly respond to evolving market demands and reduce development costs,” said Gregory Singh, Senior Vice President Nordic Services, Enea. “Our greatest challenge is continuously recruiting top-talent programmers to meet the high demand for Linux-based solutions. We definitely have some of the world’s most qualified developers at the ELCC.”

The ELCC currently has 40 employees, and Enea [1] aims to increase this to a staff of 60 within the coming months.

Linux remains an attractive operating system choice for a range of embedded development teams for a number of reasons, including: royalty free run-time costs, advanced networking capabilities and technical features, the large base of engineers familiar with the Linux operating system, as well as many other factors. These and other findings from VDC’s Linux in the Embedded Systems Market report continue to suggest that Linux will remain one of the leading operating system choices into the future.

“Linux has proven itself to be well suited for a wide range of applications across various industries, and continues to gain market share, despite not being particularly well matched for certain embedded applications types,” according to Matt Volckmann, Senior Analyst/Program Manager with VDC’s Embedded Software Practice. “Changes in the way that systems are designed will also allow Linux to continue to penetrate into segments of the market where the lack of capability was previously perceived as a barrier.”