Dr. Gernot Heiser to Speak at the Korea IT Show 2007

April 17, 2007

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Who: Dr. Gernot Heiser CTO and Co-founder of Open Kernel Labs Speaking at the Korea IT Show 2007
What: “The OKL4 Microkernel - A High-Performance Virtualization Platform”
When: April 20, 2007, 11:20-11:40am
Where: The ATIE 2007 Forum at the Korea IT Show, COEX, Seoul, Korea

About the Presentation

Dr. Gernot Heiser will present an introduction of OKL4, the L4 microkernel from Open Kernel Labs (OK). OKL4 has recently received significant attention due to its deployment on the latest Qualcomm CDMA chipsets. It is also being deployed in mobile phones and other consumer-electronic devices. The presentation will cover the basic concepts of virtualization and why it is attractive for high-end embedded systems, and what makes OKL4 the leading embedded virtualization platform. Dr. Heiser will also provide a view into OK’s unrivalled R&D roadmap for unprecedented operating-system trustworthiness.

About Dr. Heiser

Dr Gernot Heiser is Founder and CTO of Open Kernel Labs, a company successfully marketing its own open-source operating system for embedded systems, with deployments in mobile-phone handsets and other consumer devices. Prior to the creation of Open Kernel Labs, Gernot was the Program Leader for Embedded, Real-Time and Operating Systems research at NICTA, a position he now holds on a part-time basis. He also holds the position of Professor of Operating Systems at the University of New South Wales, where he was an academic staff member since 1991. Gernot has a PhD in Computer Engineering from ETH Zürich.

Open Kernel Labs

Open Kernel Labs’ (OK) technology leadership in embedded operating systems and virtualization technology enables the development of reliable, trustworthy and affordable devices. Backed by the experienced research team from NICTA, Australia’s prestigious Center of Excellence for ICT research, OK’s open-source microkernel operating system, OKL4, offers the highest proven performance combined with strong protection and security features in order to provide developers with a robust, open-source platform for building secure, differentiated embedded applications. For more information on OK and its products visit www.ok-labs.com .

The 2007 Korea IT Show

The 2007 Korea IT Show (April 19-22, COEX, Seoul, Korea), the largest IT show in the country, is sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy. The organizers maintain that the show is one of the leading international exhibitions for computers, software, telecommunications, DMB, embedded systems, and various IT products in the Asian market. Notably, this year, the exhibition will be the largest exhibition in Korea due to the combining of the country’s five major shows (IT Korea, KIECO, Expo Comm, DMB Expo, and Embedded Expo). In addition, the fair is fully supported by the Korean government with the goal of establishing it as Asia’s top IT fair within three years. For more information on the conference visit: http://www.kisexpo.co.kr/2007/eng/main/  Press Contact:  Pat Arcand Arcand & Madison (617-576-7777) pat@am-pr.com

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