Foundries.io has introduced what it claims are the first commercially available, continuously updated microplatforms for the internet of things (IoT) for always-secure applications and connected devices.
The company’s Linux and Zephyr microplatforms work for the embedded, edge and automotive IoT markets providing always-secure applications, updated with the latest firmware, operating systems and applications designed to mitigate and reverse the fragmentation across the IoT.
Market research firm Gartner forecasts that there will be nearly 21 billion devices deployed in a wide range of industries from agriculture to utilities. Without the ability to update the software, these networked devices face risks of failure and cyberattacks.
The microplatforms from Foundries.io are minimal, secure, over-the-air updatable software platforms that include firmware, kernel and services and applications that help with faster time-to-market for products, built-in support for hardware security and updates for security fixes, which dramatically lowers product development and lifetime costs.
"Over the past two years we have used open source software to build a unifying, open, secure, continuously updated product platform for the fragmented IoT and embedded markets," said George Grey, CEO of Foundries.io. "We started Foundries.io to fundamentally change the industry. Today's connected devices require modern software and secure update techniques. Rather than legacy software builds being maintained for product lifetimes that can reach 10 years or more, the microPlatforms are built from the ground up to enable product manufacturers to always and immediately deploy the latest security updates, bug fixes and new features to their customers, ensuring the safety of the internet of things and the security of data throughout the network."
The Linux microplatform is built using Open Embedded/Yocto running customer-specific services and applications to enable remote management of product software from private to public cloud device management platforms on Edge devices, using standard enterprise tools such as Ansible and Kubernetes.
The Zephyr microplatform uses the Zephyr RTOS, MCUboot software, services and reference applications for a continuously tested, secure, updatable, cross-architecture solution for microcontroller-based products.
