IntervalZero

Infobox Company
company_name = IntervalZero, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2008
location = Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
key_people = Jeffrey D. Hibbard, CEO
industry = Computer software
num_employees = 22 (2008)
homepage = [http://www.intervalzero.com/ www.Intervalzero.com]

IntervalZero, Inc. - Formerly Ardence, a Citrix Company - develops embedded software products that deliver real-time capability for the embedded technology market. Founded in July 2008 by a group of former Ardence executives, IntervalZero is headed by CEO Jeffrey D. Hibbard.

The company's name, IntervalZero, comes from the company's mission to deliver dterministic, hard real-time and instant-on functionality - which is the technical definition of the optimal experience between a system command and execution being an "interval of zero."

IntervalZero's embedded software solutions are deployed world-wide - primarily in Industrial Automation, Military/Aerospace, Medical Device, and Test & Measurement.

History

On July 28, 2008 Interval Zero announced that it acquired the Ardence Embedded software business from Citrix Systems Inc [ [http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/35368-citrix-sells-its-ardence-embedded-software-business-intervalzero.htm Citrix Sells its Ardence Embedded Software Business to IntervalZero - TMCNet ] ] . IntervalZero officially completed the acquisition on July 15, 2008.

On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems announced an agreement to acquire Ardence's Enterprise and Embedded software businesses and integrated the Ardence Software-Streaming products into the Citrix portfolio in 2007 and early 2008 [ [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/122006-citrix-ardence.html Citrix acquires Ardence for PC, Server Provisioning - Network World ] ] .

In early 2008 Citrix agreed to sell the Embedded business to IntervalZero and Citrix has retained a minority ownership the company.

IntervalZero's lineage traces back to 1980 when a group of MIT engineers started VenturCom and began to develop expertise in embedded technology. VenturCom, which later was renamed Ardence in 2004, developed breakthrough embedded technology such as: RTX, the first real-time Windows offering; and ReadyOn, the first instant-on solution for Windows.

Products

IntervalZero develops the following products:

* RTX delivers real-time capability for direct control of embedded hardware and relies on Microsoft Windows to deliver the Windows user experience.

* ETS is the smallest-footprint, stand alone, real-time operating system (RTOS) that supports the Win32 API.

* Select enables multi-purpose device functionality on a single operating system as well as instant on/off capability that minimizes boot time and ends long shutdowns.

Executive Officers:

* Jeffrey D. Hibbard, Chief Executive Officer
* Mark Vanvranken, Chief Financial Officer
* Brian Calder, Vice President, North America Sales
* Daron Underwood, Vice President, Engineering
* Brian Carter, Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Communications

References

External links

* [http://www.intervalzero.com/ IntervalZero Official site]