Lineo launches training initiatives in India

BANGALORE: Lineo, innovator of embedded operating systems software and host
development environments, has announced their training initiatives in India by
launching certified training centers across the country in partnership with Park
Controls and Communications Ltd. Lineo also plans to roll out "Embedix
World", the first-of its-kind technical training workshop series on
embedded Linux for developers in India. The first workshop, "Embedix
World-I", will be held on July 22-23, 2002 at The Leela Palace, Bangalore,
led by David Beal, General Manager-Tools, Lineo Inc., featuring their flagship
product, Embedix SDK.



Lineo will partner with Park Controls to set up Certified Training Centers under
which they will be equipped to train professionals in the embedded Linux space
on Lineo's product range in India. The training will be on

Lineo's Embedix SDK and RTAI (Embedix real time) range of products.



The "Embedix World" technical training workshop series, which Lineo
proposes to hold every quarter, will be conducted by senior Lineo USA personnel
and will provide training in both the theory and practice of

embedded Linux software development. "Embedix World-I" will feature
Lineo's flagship product Embedix SDK and will be attended by design engineers,
engineering managers, system architects and software developers from companies
engaged in design, development and integration in the field of embedded systems,
VLSI, microelectronics, real time systems, communication, entertainment
electronics, consumer electronics, defense and more. Embedix SDK tool is a
powerful development environment for configuring, customizing

and deploying Linux embedded software solutions.



Lineo India country manager, Ajay Kapoor said, "India still has to go a
long way as far as embedded Linux based solutions are concerned. Our prime aim
is to educate the market about the benefits that these solutions offer and help
Indian companies create their own intellectual property. We are confident that
our training initiatives will provide the best value to the developer community
and hope to see a high success rate for our events and partnerships. Lineo plans
many more of these ventures in the future."



Lineo, which started its operations in India in early March this year, aims to
lead the explosion of emerging embedded solutions by acting as a bridge between
open standards and smart embedded devices.