Microsoft has just unveiled details of their new Windows ® Server 2008 for Embedded Server which is basically a windows server platform for embedded devices. The platform is available under Microsoft's Software-Plus-Services banner which as the name suggests is a combination of software and web based services.
Microsoft is not only hard at work laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of Windows 7, but it is also looking beyond the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems. The next version of Windows Embedded Server would be based on the Windows 7 platform, the Redmond company informed. In all fairness, Windows Embedded Server was a variant of Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft revealed, claiming that the new offering was positioned to take the Windows Embedded software-plus-services platform to the next level. The Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley 2009 was the stage where Microsoft demonstrated the next stage of its Windows Embedded S+S platform on March 30, 2009.
The company hopes that the offering will lead original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design a new class of server which can be used in embedded environments to supplement and control traditional embedded software systems. The offering could also allow OEMs and IT support staff to better manage and repair embedded devices remotely through web-based support systems, according to Microsoft.
"The evolution of the Windows Embedded software-plus-services platform with the addition of Windows Embedded Server reflects the realization of Microsoft's continued commitment to drive innovation and leadership in the embedded market by fostering the next generation of smart, connected, service-oriented devices and device services," revealed Kevin Dallas, general manager of the Windows Embedded business unit at Microsoft.
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