Standards: They Are Just The Start
At Lynx, we see the support of standards for mission critical systems as just the start. That is because APIs don’t define system behavior and...
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Gurjot Singh | CEO
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Feb 18, 2020 1:09:14 PM
As you may have seen, Lynx Software Technologies has been undergoing some changes of late. I am truly excited about the direction in which we are headed. We have a great balance of new-to-Lynx and ingrained-with-Lynx-DNA senior leaders on our team.
With the newcomers to our senior leadership team and our engagement into new markets and applications, I am often asked about who we are and where we come from… and of course where we are headed! I have shared this a lot internally and externally and thought it might make an interesting blog in this newly created area of our website.
Lynx’s DNA was centered on ensuring the operational safety of the platforms our customers created, certified and deployed. Lynx was the first to create a fully POSIX® compliant, hard real-time system, and also the first ever to get a Reusable Software Component (RSC) approval from the FAA for its ARINC 653 and POSIX-compliant RTOS. We continued to evolve and add to these technologies to create a comprehensive software framework which also includes a secure hypervisor.
Our technology is deployed and entrusted to:
We believe that connected platforms, also referred to as the Internet of Things, are fundamentally flawed because the underpinnings of these systems are not secure. This has led to data breaches with consequences such as IP being stolen, identity theft and operational disruptions causing loss of revenue. Fortune 50 companies’ brands are now at risk from these breaches, and the industry must change before this leads to potentially, even lives being lost.
Three big trends are creating a huge disruption that Lynx and its partners can harness to make non-linear gains in terms of value capture in markets such as automotive, industrial and aerospace
Lynx starts with safety. Our technology layers right on the hardware which is the perfect location in the software stack to:
I am heading to Nurnberg later this month to attend the Embedded World tradeshow. I am meeting customers, partners and analysts and greatly look forward to those interactions. If you would like to meet with me or members of the team, feel free to email me.
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