IntervalZero
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| Private | |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
Key people | Jeffrey D. Hibbard, CEO |
| Website | www.Intervalzero.com |
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Footnotes / references Formerly: Ardence, Inc., VenturCom | |
IntervalZero, Inc. develops hard real-time software and its symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) enabled RTX and RTX64 software transform the Microsoft Windows general-purpose operating system (GPOS) into a real-time operating system (RTOS).
As a software innovator, IntervalZero and his engineering group release regularly new innovative software solution (cf its history).
Today, its innovative solution, RTX64, focuses on 64-bit and SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) to replace dedicated hardware based solution such as DSPs or FPGAs with multicores PCs.[1]
For instance, Audio Mixing surface manufacturer used to largely deploy DSPs based solution switch to PC based solution, dedicating cores for the real time audio processing.
Founded in July 2008 by a group of former Ardence executives, IntervalZero is headed by CEO Jeffrey D. Hibbard. The company has offices in Waltham, MA; Nice, France; Munich, Germany and Taiwan, ROC.
This global presence is important because these solutions are deployed worldwide - primarily in Industrial Automation, Military/Aerospace, Medical Device, Digital Media and Test & Simulation.
The corporate name, IntervalZero, comes from the company's mission to deliver deterministic, hard real-time functionality. An "interval of zero" is the technical definition of the optimal experience between a system command and execution.
History
IntervalZero's lineage traces back to 1980 when a group of MIT engineers started VenturCom and began to develop expertise in embedded technology.
First innovation was to bet on Windows NT 4.0 as a possible real-time solution for the Industry in 1995 by releasing RTX .[2] Since then, a lot of controllers are PC and Windows based.
Second innovation came a second product , Component Integrator, which makes Windows NT 4.0 an Embedded OS. It has been licensed by Microsoft a couple of years later and became the origin of Windows NT Embedded.[3]
VenturCom, was renamed Ardence in 2004.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems announced an agreement to acquire Ardence's Enterprise and Embedded software businesses and integrated the Ardence Software-Streaming products into the Citrix portfolio in 2007 and early 2008.[4]
In early 2008 Citrix agreed to sell the Embedded business to IntervalZero and Citrix has retained a minority ownership the company.
On July 28, 2008 IntervalZero announced that it acquired the Ardence Embedded software business from Citrix Systems Inc.[5] IntervalZero officially completed the acquisition on July 15, 2008.
Products
IntervalZero develops the following products:
- RTX and RTX64 hard real-time software transforms Microsoft Windows into a real-time operating system (RTOS).
Executive Officers
- Jeffrey D. Hibbard, Chief Executive Officer
- Mark Van Vranken, Chief Financial Officer
- Brian Calder, Vice President, North America Sales & Marketing
- Daron Underwood, Vice President, CTO
- Brian Carter, Vice President, Strategic Communications
- Bryan Levey, Vice President, Engineering