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Jan 02, 2012: ZDNet: Google's New Year resolution must be Android's virtualization
Android version fragmentation is a problem. The actual solution to the Android update problem has been materializing in the background for the last two years and will almost certainly show its face sometime in productized form in 2012. And that’s Android Virtualization... I’ve actually seen Red Bend’s VLX and provisioning combination in beta form and to say that I am extremely impressed with what the technology can do is an understatement. It will do for the wireless industry what Virtualization has done for the Datacenter and enterprise computing, which is to say it will be a game-changer.
Nov 29, 2011: Mobile Enterprise: Red Bend - Virtualization as the Road to Mobile Security
Red Bend anticipates using Mobile Virtualization technology to enable enterprises to clearly segment user and corporate mobile device images in a completely secure way. All that is true of virtualization at the big iron level is also true of virtualization at the mobile device level, and Red Bend is working to make true and secure segmentation of corporate and user virtual mobile device environments an enterprise reality.
Oct 31, 2011: Importance of HW Virtualization in ARM Cortex-A7 & big.LITTLE Processing
At Red Bend Software, we believe ARM’s newest processor, the ARM Cortex-A7, and ARM’s new big.LITTLE processing technology solidify the future of virtualization in the next generation of smart devices.
Oct 21, 2011: CRN: ARM Says Cortex-A7 Processor's 'big.LITTLE' Technology Enables Increased Power Efficiency
ARM unveiled its Cortex-A7 MPCore processor on Thursday, which the U.K.-based chip-maker is claiming to be its most energy-efficient and high-performing ever, offering an extended battery life and possibly paving the way toward significantly cheaper high-end smartphones by 2013. ARM partners, including Samsung, LG, Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN), Red Bend and Sprint (NYSE:S) are already on board to offer the Cortex-A7 processor within their smartphones.
Oct 20, 2011: Rethink Wireless: ARM sets new bar for smartphone power efficiency
Chipmakers lining up to use the A7 included Broadcom, Freescale, HiSilicon, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, while the London launch also saw support from members of the wide mobile ecosystem, such as Compal, LG, OK Labs, QNX, Red Bend and Sprint.
Oct 20, 2011: The Register: ARM chip offers 5X energy efficiency, jacks up performance
ARM already have eight public partners for the licence, including mobile giants Samsung, LG and QNX. The other partners are Broadcom, Compal, Freescale, Linaro, OK Labs, Red Bend, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments. The A7 will be shipping at the end of 2012.
Oct 20, 2011: Guardian(UK): ARM chip offers cheaper smartphones with longer battery life by 2013
The Cambridge chip design company ARM has unveiled a chip design that it say uses could mean cheaper smartphones with battery lives five times longer by 2013.
Oct 19, 2011: GigaOM:ARM launches ultra-power-efficient processing
It’s the architects of smart phones that are really pushing the envelope for energy-efficient computing. On Wednesday, processor licensing company ARM announced it has designed an ultra-efficient processor core, the Cortex-A7, as well as an energy-efficient method of processing that jumps back and forth between two processors to minimize the energy use of the phone.
Oct 12, 2011: CIO:Red Bend Working on Mobile Virtualization
IDG News Service — Red Bend, which makes products for delivering over-the-air software updates, will soon offer a virtualization technology for Android devices that allows a user to have both a personal profile and a business profile on the same device.More
Sep 15, 2011: VisionMobile: A game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android Party
Andreas Constantinou, Research Director for VisionMobile, discusses a select few technologies—including mobile virtualization—that can bring Android apps to non-Android devices.
Sep 13, 2011: CRN (UK): Will Nokia Work for the Consumer?
In an opinion piece, Red Bend's Roger Ordman considers some ramifications of the Nokia-Microsoft partnership.
Sep 02, 2011: Manilla Bulletin: Smart Netphone, Featuring Red Bend MSM, to Debut This Month
Smart Communications in the Philippines will debut its innovative Netphone™ on September 10. The device, which Smart calls "the marriage of Web and telco," is the world’s first smartphone featuring widgets from the Wholesale Application Community (WAC) that are independently managed over the air. With Mobile Software Management from Red Bend Software.
Aug 22, 2011: GigaOM: Apple gets with the wireless revolution
Red Bend EVP of Products and Strategy Morten Grauballe contributed this article to GigaOM with his thoughts about the significance of Apple's recent move into providing FOTA updates to iPhones and other iOS products.
Aug 12, 2011: Mobile Marketing: TechFaith to Use Red Bend Software in China
Mobile software management firm Red Bend Software says TechFaith has licensed its vRapid Mobile firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating solution and vDirect Mobile device management software for use in mobile phones and other connected devices running on Qualcomm's AMSS and Brew MP platforms.
Aug 02, 2011: Auto Electronics: My Computer Seats Six… And Gets 30 Miles To The Gallon
Mobile software management and mobile-virtualization technology pave the way for manufacturers to move from the connected car to the managed car.
Jun 15, 2011: PC Today: Mobile Virtualization: One Phone, Two Platforms
Mobile virtualization is the next major step in the “consumerization” of IT. Red Bend Executive Vice President of Products and Strategy, Morten Grauballe, says mobile virtualization separates corporate and personal profiles on a smartphone, so end users only need to carry one device.
Jun 03, 2011: Automotive Electronics News: Red Bend ports over-the-air updating software to QNX Neutrino OS
Red Bend Software and QNX Software Systems Limited announced that Red Bend’s vRapid Mobile® solution for over-the-air software updating has been ported to the QNX® Neutrino® Realtime Operating System (RTOS) for in-car telematics and infotainment applications.
Apr 28, 2011: Network World: 10 tips to turn Android into a business phone
Android is the top mobile OS in the U.S., and number 3 worldwide. But Network World says "Android's pedigree as a business-class phone is a short one." This article proposes 10 ways to make Android better suited for enterprise use. Number 9 is Mobile Virtualization, delivered by Red Bend Software.
Feb 09, 2011: The Register: First WACy handset goes widget mad
The Wireless Application Community won't be properly launched until Monday lunchtime, but Filipino operator SMART couldn't wait and has jumped the gun with the first WAC-compatible handset. The Netphone looks suspiciously similar to ZTE's Android-based Blade handset, but SMART has chucked on some device management from Red Bend and a WAC layer to enable the installation (and, more importantly, purchase of) AJAX widgets posing as native applications.More >>
Feb 08, 2011: TMCnet: SMART's New Netphone Leverages Red Bend's Mobile Software Management Solution
Smart Communications, Inc. “SMART,” the Philippines’ leading wireless services provider, has collaborated with Red Bend Software, a provider of mobile software management “MSM,” in order to launch a new operator-managed smartphone, called Netphone.More >>