Company: Wind River, Alameda, CA
Company Description: Wind River, an Intel company, is a leader in delivering software for the Internet of Things. The company has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981; its technology in more than 2 billion products. Wind River delivers the technology and expertise that enables the innovation and deployment of safe, secure, and reliable intelligent systems.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Technology Solutions
Nomination Sub Category: Software Development Solution
 Nomination Title: Wind River's eLxr Pro
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Written answers to the questions
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- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:
New product, released Sept. 17, 2024
https://www.windriver.com/news/press/news-20240917
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
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Wind River’s eLxr Pro is a Debian-based commercial enterprise Linux offering for AI and critical workloads that can address the unique needs of cloud-to-edge deployments.
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.
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.
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. This includes numerous SLA options with security issues resolution and defect management. These services ensure customers benefit from cutting-edge technology with open source flexibility and innovation tailored to their needs.
Also, 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. 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.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
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eLxr Pro enables organizations with high-performance edge and enterprise needs to meet stringent performance and operational requirements across emerging use cases (autonomous vehicles, aerospace&defense, energy, finance, medical, industrial, smart cities, telecommunications). It addresses challenges of optimizing/deploying near and far edge applications to process data closer to where it’s generated, for workloads involving remote automatic updates, containerized applications and orchestration, AI inference, ML, and autonomous operations.
Though very new, eLxr Pro has already gained market traction. Rakuten Symphony is integrating eLxr Pro into its cloud portfolio, providing customers with greater flexibility/choice while leveraging unique edge capabilities and enhanced security of eLxr.
Though the offering is new, it has already gained traction. Rakuten Symphony is integrating eLxr Pro enterprise Linux offering into its cloud portfolio. https://www.windriver.com/news/press/news-20241029
Also, NYBSYS, a communications solutions provider, is using a combined solution of eLxr Pro and Advantech that delivers an AI-powered private 5G solution for Industrial private networks. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/advantech-wind-river-and-nybsys-launch-ai-powered-private-5g-express-solution-for-industrial-private-networks-302386768.html
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https://www.windriver.com/products/elxr-pro
https://www.windriver.com/resource/eLxr-Pro-Solution-Overview ;
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