Linux has taken the embedded marketplace by storm. According to industry analysts, one-third to one-half of new embedded 32- and 64-bit designs employ Linux. Embedded Linux already dominates multiple ...

Firmware is the low-level software programmed into a device's read-only memory, responsible for controlling its hardware functions. In the context of routers and networking equipment, firmware ...

The network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) business model put simply, means operators generate revenue by providing access to their networks to developers and third parties, which in turn ...

As software-defined networking becomes more dominant, the APIs offered up by one networking vendor can more severely limit interoperability with products made by others. In my surveys of enterprises, ...