OK Labs Released OK:Android

Submitted by vcadmin on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 05:12

Open Kernel, a leading embedded virtualization software provider announced the release of their OK:Android an off-the-shelf paravirtualized version of the Android smartphone platform.

The OK:Android will operate in a secure environment on top of the OKL4 (OK Labs mobile phone virtualization platform) microvisior. This security allowing the OK:Andriod to operate as a guest operating system.

OK:Android gives handset manufacturers (OEMs) a short path to developing and delivering new designs with Android. “OK Labs virtualization technology already ships in over 300 million mobile handsets, including Android-based devices where OKL4 runs on the baseband processor.”
“OK:Android builds on the strong synergies between the OKL4 microvisor and the Android mobile OS,” said Steve Subar, OK Labs CEO. “Both Android and OKL4 are based on dynamic open source projects, both are shipping in volume, and both streamline development through abstraction – Android at the applications level and OKL4 for system software, including Android itself. Together in OK:Android, they offer OEMs, MNOs and ISVs a flexible, portable and secure applications and services platform.”

OK:Android key benefits to OEMs, MNOs and ISVs to:

  • Offer new options for creating and prototyping Android-based devices and applications with embedded virtualization.
  • Create more secure and robust mobile devices, applications and services with Android and OKL4.
  • Run Android together with other mobile OSes and/or deploy multiple instances of Android on a single device.
  • Consolidate hardware (e.g., base band and application CPU cores) for more aggressive price-points for Android-based handsets.
  • Create new Android-based devices enabled for mobile-to-enterprise virtualization (M2E). M2E is a set of joint solutions developed by Citrix Systems, Inc. and OK Labs for delivering enterprise applications to mobile devices.
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