ESF: Benefits

By using ESF our customers will take advantage of the following benefits:

� Reduced development time > Shorter time to market

� Focus on the application, � > Reduced development costs & project�s risks

� � ESF takes care of the rest > programmer with knowledge of Java language and no expertise in the M2M domain can create the device software applications

� Reuse API and existing applications > Reduced development costs

� Portable, robust code > Higher quality software, portable onto different HW platform & architectures of different OEMs

� Device Hardware virtualization > Better investment protection

� More deterministic project execution > Higher likelihood of meeting project deadlines

� Open Standards based > Future-proofed, Investment protection

� Remote app management > Extended product lifecycle

� Security > Reduce operational risks

FOR DEVELOPERS

Developers adopting ESF will be able to:

Write sophisticated applications leveraging the guidance provided by the OSGi framework
Write application abstracted from the specific hardware thanks to the high level Hardware APIs developed by Eurotech
Reuse your code through the Java Native Interface
Leverage all the software building blocks (Foundation Bundles) that are integrated within ESF (modules power management, system log, CPU monitor, Firewall, �)
Connect your application with the Eurotech M2M platform right away using the EDC client

Use Eclipse as a development IDE; ESF is fully integrated with Eclipse

FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS

Quickly start your application development on top of proven ESF software platform based on popular development tools
OSGi framework and Java will improve reuse of code, reliability and time to market
Write application abstracted from the specific hardware thanks to the high level Hardware APIs and Foundation Bundles developed by Eurotech
Easily build connected applications leveraging the EDC Client within ESF
Standardize your application lifecycle management

FOR EXECUTIVE

Concentrate your resources on the application development rather than on the underlying software layers
Standardize your application development on top of standard software technologies (Java), framework (OSGi) and development tools (Eclipse)