KISTA, SWEDEN -- (Marketwire) -- 09/07/09 --
PRESSRELEASE 7 September2009
Enea Launches Android Competence Center
New center of excellence offers global professional softwaredevelopment services and training for emerging open source mobileplatform
Enea® (Nordic Exchange/Small Cap/ENEA), a global software andservices company focused on solutions for communication-drivenproducts, today announced that in response to strong market demandfor its Android expertise, it is establishing a competence centerbased in Lund, Sweden to serve the worldwide mobile devicecommunity. The Enea Android Competence Center will offerprofessional software development services, as well as a varietyoftraining programs for developers of mobile phones, netbooks andmobile internet devices (MIDs) who are considering using theemergingopen source platform or are actively developing devices. Byestablishing the Enea Android Competence Center, Enea is buildingonextensive experience in delivering not only Android, but its ownRTOS-based phone platforms based on OSE and OSEck, which powered400million mobile phones last year.
"Android is clearly a disruptive technology in the mobile industryand in many cases the mobile value chain is struggling toassimilate,integrate and deliver Android platforms," said Gregory Singh, SVPGlobal Services at Enea. "Enea has a proven track record ofsuccessfully delivering both Android-based software developmentprojects and education to jump start successful deployments, so itisonly natural that we formalize our efforts with a competencecenter.The large size of our Android-focused consulting team at EneaÖresund, places us among the strongest Android services players innorthern Europe. We intend to further enhance our resources tohelpcustomers deliver Android-based handsets and mobile devices thatexceed the functionality, performance and reliability expectationsofthe demanding consumer market."
Enea's Android Competence Center has a focus on the platform andframework level of Android. By combining extensive experience inend-to-end handset software design from the baseband toapplicationlayer, including integration and testing, Enea is uniquelypositionedto be trusted partner to handset manufacturers, componentsuppliersand software developers who are adjusting to the challenges posedbythe rapid adoption of the Android platform. Enea professionalservices teams have deep knowledge in Android internals andintegration, file systems, OSE RTOS, device drivers, operatorneeds,security and tool development. Enea Android expertise can bedelivered through a number of engagement models depending on theproject requirements.
The training curriculum offered by Enea Android Competence Centertargets handset, MID and platform engineers who are migrating toAndroid. The platform training package is divided into modules tofacilitate tailor-made learning based on the background of theaudience. Developers with strong competence in embedded softwareanddevice drivers may need to learn more about Linux and buildingsoftware for Android while an experienced Linux developer may needanintroduction to Android specifics and knowledge of mobileplatforms.The flexible module-based training delivers exactly the knowledgerequired from a simple overview to a five day complete Androidseminar.
To learn more about the Enea Android Competence Center pleasecontactErik Lindmark, phone +46 40 631 96 29 or erik.lindmark@enea.comandThomas Montgomery, phone +46 40 631 97 04 orthomas.montgomery@enea.com or visit www.enea.com/android
About EneaEnea is a global software and services company focused onsolutionsfor communication-driven products. With 40 years of experienceEneais a world leader in the development of software platforms withextreme demands on high-availability and performance. Enea'sexpertise in real-time operating systems and high availabilitymiddleware shortens development cycles, brings down product costsandincreases system reliability. Enea's vertical solutions covertelecomhandsets and infrastructure, medtech, automotive and mil/aero.Eneahas offices in Europe, North America and Asia. Enea is listed onNasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm AB. For more informationpleasevisit enea.com or contact us at info@enea.com.
Enea®, Enea OSE®, Netbricks®, Polyhedra® and Zealcore® areregisteredtrademarks of Enea AB and its subsidiaries. Enea OSE®ck, Enea OSE®Epsilon, Enea® Element, Enea® Optima, Enea® Optima Log Analyzer,Enea® Black Box Recorder, Enea® LINX, Enea® Accelerator,Polyhedra®Flashlite, Enea® dSPEED Platform, Enea® System Manager,AcceleratingNetwork Convergence(TM), Device Software Optimized(TM) andEmbeddedfor Leaders(TM) are unregistered trademarks of Enea AB or itssubsidiaries. Any other company, product or service namesmentionedabove are the registered or unregistered trademarks of theirrespective owner. © Enea AB 2009.
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For more information
Nordic:
Malin Wittig, Manager Corporate Communication
Phone: +46 8 507 140 34 or email: Email Contact
North America:
Chris Lanfear, Director of Global Marcom
Phone: +1 617 244 9433 or email: Email Contact
Asia Pacific:
Dan Andersson, Vice President of Software Sales Asia
Phone: +86 1360 1864 840 or email: Email Contact
Europe:
Bénédicte Bissey, Marketing Communications Manager, EMEA
Phone: +33 1 76 91 58 24 or email: Email Contact