VirtualLogix to Demonstrate Breakthrough Reliability and QoS for VoIP Applications with Real-Time Virtualization™ at Intel Developer Forum

VirtualLogix VLX and Intel® vPro® Processor Technology Combine to Drive New Opportunities in the VoIP Business Market

Intel Developer Forum Fall 2007
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VirtualLogix™, Inc., the Real-Time Virtualization™ company, today announced a demonstration of how real-time virtualization can create industry-leading QoS for VoIP applications, while maintaining a secure firewall with VLX and Intel® vPro™ processor technology at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, September 18-20 (Booth # 715-26 located within the Intel Pro Zone). VirtualLogix collaborated with Intel on the technology to develop the compelling VoIP demonstration. Intel Developer Forum attendees will benefit from seeing this demonstration of how real-time virtualization can provide isolation and QoS between virtual appliances and the application OS, including Windows® or Linux, allowing service providers to run multiple appliances, maintain system security and drive new opportunities in the VoIP business market by creating high-quality VoIP and management functionality for their customers.

Many businesses rely on VoIP for communication service, making high quality and reliability of service essential to business success. The combination of VirtualLogix Real-Time Virtualization™ and Intel vPro processor technologies represents a breakthrough that could potentially avoid service outages. Through partitioning of resources and setting the VoIP as a virtual appliance separate from the desktop Operating System, they remain independent of each other, but can cooperate via efficient communication mechanisms. In addition, the unique capabilities of real-time virtualization ensure sufficient processing resources are assigned to the virtual appliance, creating significantly increased QoS and more efficient services.

According to In-Stat research, the VoIP market swelled by 34 million new subscriptions in 2006, furthermore they predict that by 2011 the consumer VoIP market will total nearly $44 billion worldwide. Through enhanced quality, new services and increased security, service providers are poised to capitalize on this substantial market opportunity.

“Real-time virtualization technology is able to deliver unique benefits to Intel vPro processor technology and virtual appliances, enabling new business opportunities for service providers, VoIP appliances and security vendors,” said Mark Milligan, vice president of marketing for VirtualLogix. “For example, wireless carriers could apply the subsidized handset business model to laptops equipped with VoIP. By allowing carriers to offer turnkey IT services including VoIP, real-time virtualization enables carriers to create new business opportunities. This demonstration is evidence of Intel and VirtualLogix's continued collaboration, bringing innovative technology to market.”

“The combination of Intel vPro processor technology and VirtualLogix's real-time virtualization technology helps maintain high quality of service for VoIP applications,” said Gregory Bryant, vice president and general manager, Intel Digital Office Platform Division. “Intel vPro processor technology provides a hardware foundation that enables VirtualLogix's real-time virtualization technology to keep multiple security, management and other appliances intact even if the user environment fails, while maintaining excellent voice quality.”

VirtualLogix's real-time virtualization technology (VLX) enables multiple Operating Systems, called guest OSes, to run simultaneously on the same processor. VLX virtualizes the hardware giving each guest OS its own virtual machine, and manages key system resources to isolate the guest OSes from the underlying hardware and each other. Typically, physical memory is partitioned between the guest OSes while the CPU, FPU, MMU or some other system parts such as the real-time clock and interrupt controller are virtualized by VirtualLogix VLX. This approach, combined with its small footprint and ability to handle high throughput environments, enables the VirtualLogix VLX virtualization technology to also be applied to embedded and real-time systems.

Designed for business users, Intel® vPro™ processor technology introduces layers of hardware-based proactive security that can anticipate and protect the system from threats before they occur. Additionally, the security and manageability capabilities on the platform help guard against data loss and reduce the need for tedious, inefficient deskside maintenance visits for the business PC.

About VirtualLogix, Inc.

VirtualLogix™, Inc. is the global leader in Real-Time Virtualization™ technology for connected devices. VirtualLogix VLX enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently on shared hardware and provides a range of performance, fault tolerance and security options to address specific market requirements. As a result, the world's largest semiconductor companies, manufacturers, OEMs and carriers are able to reduce development and bill of material costs, improve time to market by leveraging existing software investments, and create conditions that meet their business goals. With more than 20 years of experience developing system software for network infrastructure, digital multimedia and mobile handsets, VirtualLogix is paving the way for the development of next generation connected devices.

VirtualLogix, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with operations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.virtuallogix.com or call 408.954.7350, or +33 1 39 44 74 00.