CTO Gernot Heiser to Present, “Security is Critical - Mobile Virtualization is Here to Help!”

September 12, 2009

MEDIA ALERT
Who: Open Kernel Labs; Dr. Gernot Heiser
What: ARM Techcon3; October 21-23, 2009
When: Thursday, October 22, 2009
            9:00AM – 9:45AM (Internet Everywhere Track)

Open Kernel Labs CTO Gernot Heiser will discuss the relationship between an embedded hypervisor and security as applied to the mobile handset, covering bare bones and security-enhanced hypervisors.

Over the next 24 months, it is critical that handset manufacturers take a real approach to security. Consortiums like Google OHA have made it clear that things are opening up – devices built on open source technologies will continue to penetrate the market. Designing handsets that utilize fundamentally secure design is imperative as this shift occurs. As more smartphones with open support for user-loadable applications are available on enterprise and carrier networks, developers face the challenge of keeping buggy applications from crashing the OSes, as well as protecting a network, and corporate and personal assets from being compromised by malicious attacks. There are new options that mobile OEMs are implementing to provide a secure computing platform for mobile devices, including using a fundamentally secure mobile virtualization solution.

Also at ARM Techcon3 in Santa Clara:
"Energy Management Using Mobile Virtualization"           
Friday, October 23, 2009
11:00 - 11:45

Come see Gernot  in London at SEE (Symbian Exchange and Exposition):
"Mobile Virtualization: Reducing Time-to-Market and Development Costs for Handsets while Opening New Markets"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
1:30 - 2:00

About Open Kernel Labs

Open Kernel Labs is the global leader in open source virtualization software for mobile devices, consumer electronics, and embedded systems. Backed by the largest, independent team of microkernel developers, the OKL4 Microvisor is deployed on more than 300 million mobile phones worldwide. Semiconductor suppliers, handset OEMs, and mobile network operators depend on OK Labs to deliver high performance solutions that decrease BOM cost, reduce complexity, and speed time-to-market.

For information on the OK Community, please visit the Community Portal at http://www.ok-labs.com/community/community-portal. Participants can join the Developer's Mailing List at http://www.ok-labs.com/community/mailing-list-signup.

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