Solidcore Systems Launches Control Solution and Partner Program
I had the opportunity to talk with Rix Kramlich, vice president of marketing for Solidcore Systems, http://www.solidcore.com/ a Palo Alto embedded software company. Solidcore is launching a "control solution" and partner program. The reason for putting control in quotes is the definition of control. People who know my background and some of the typical things we discuss at Automation World would be prone to defining control as something to do with a machine or process in manufacturing. Actually, control in this case is control of the runtime of any embedded device.
Solidcore's Embedded Solution enables its OEM partners to increase their revenue and margins while improving operational efficiency for their customers. The company also launched the Solidified by Solidcore program, which assists its OEM partners in marketing Solidcore's embedded control technology to their customers.
The problem Solidcore is solving involves unauthorized applications executing on an embedded device. Say you build an embedded device and customers call for support. Turns out that the problem is with software loaded on the device that uses too many hardware resources. This is two problems. One is that the device does not work as it is supposed to, possibly reflecting poorly on the image of the manufacturer. The other is the extra support cost and time. With Solidcore "Solidification" software, only authorized software could be loaded eliminating those problems.
Another use is protection from viruses and other potentially harmful programs.
Solidification requires no initial configuration or on-going monitoring, introduces minimal overhead, and has a very small footprint. It prevents the execution of unauthorized programs and unauthorized attempts to modify Solidified programs on a host computing device.
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