RDM Embedded Database Solution for Real-time and Embedded Systems Customers
Please find a sample of Birdstep's embedded database customers below.
3Com
3Com is a leading provider of innovative, practical and high-value voice and data networking
products, services and solutions for enterprises of all sizes and public sector organizations.
3Com uses
RDM Embedded
in their NBX product line. 3Com began using RDM Embedded in 1998.
AIG
AIG is the world's leading international insurance and financial services organization, with
operations in approximately 130 countries and jurisdictions. AIG uses
RDM Embedded
as the database for their risk management application software. AIG has been using Birdstep
Technology for over five years.
AIMS-STM
AIMS-STM, an Australian company, provides automated investment taxation solutions. The company
uses
RDM Embedded
in their "Securities Tax Manager" product for calculating capital gains taxes on investment
portfolios. AIMS-STM began using RDM Embedded in 1996.
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent designs and delivers networks for the world's largest communications service
providers. Lucent uses
RDM Embedded
as the database for their LambdaXtreme Transport product. LambdaXtreme is a next-generation DWDM
transport system providing both 40G ultra-high capacity and 10G long-haul/ultra long-haul
capacity on a single common platform. Lucent became a Birdstep customer in 2003.
AutoSig Systems, Inc.
AutoSig Systems is a powerful PC-based Identity Verification System that operates stand-alone or
on local and wide-area network configurations. AutoSig Systems for financial institutions
provides fraud prevention, document imaging, tools for better customer service and retention for
Patriot Act compliancy. AutoSig uses
RDM Embedded
in a banking application used by bank tellers to verify account holders' signatures. Autosig has
been working with Birdstep for over 10 years.
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading provider of instrument systems and complementary products
that simplify and automate laboratory processes. Beckman Coulter uses
RDM Embedded
on QNX and Win32 platforms in five of their key blood analysis products. The blood analyzers
track information regarding blood samples and tissue samples. Beckman Coulter has been using
Birdstep Technology's embedded database for blood analysis products since 1990.
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company is the world's leading aerospace company. Boeing uses
RDM Embedded
on the Win32 platform for their Cabin Management product. The product offers commercial airlines
an onboard system to manage and set-up many of the internal system functions such as cabin
lighting, chime sounds, etc. The Boeing Company has been using Birdstep Technology's database
since 1998.
Ceterus Networks
Founded in December 2001, Ceterus Networks' goal is to be the leading provider for inexpensive
and easy-to-deploy broadband business Ethernet solutions, using the existing SONET/SDH transport
infrastructure. Ceterus uses
RDM Embedded
in "UTS 1100" which provides high-speed voice and data applications over existing
telecommunications infrastructures. Ceterus Networks has been using Birdstep technology for two
years.
City of Los Angeles
The city of Los Angeles is home to approximately four million people. The city uses
RDM Embedded
on Win32 and Solaris in their Noise Management Software system. The system gathers noise data
made by commercial jets as they take-off. The noise system retrieves data off of monitors placed
at the end of runways and helps the city calculate how much noise is produced and dispersed over
the city. The information is used to adjust flight take-off angles or patterns to reduce the
amount of noise heard on the ground. The city of Los Angeles has been Birdstep Technology
customers since the early 1990's.
City of Vancouver, B.C.
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia is home to more than two million people. The city uses
RDM Server
running on QNX to manage over 200 traffic signals in the city. The traffic program run using RDM
Server allows city workers to change the timing of the traffic lights and gather data on city
traffic. The city of Vancouver began using RDM Server in 2000.
Delcan
Delcan is an international company engaged in three main fields: the management of major
projects; ITS, IT and systems integration; and civil engineering and architecture. Delcan uses
RDM Embedded
for their critical data storage in their centralized traffic signal control system. Delcan has
been a Birdstep customer for over five years.
DirecTV
DirecTV offers viewers more than 200 digital channels of television programming including movies
and sporting events. DirecTV uses
RDM Embedded
on QNX and HP-UX platforms for their Central File Server system. The file system handles
scheduling of commercials for television and gathers error data. DirecTV has been using RDM
Embedded since 1995.
Global Knowledge
Founded in 1995, Global Knowledge is a worldwide leader in IT education and enterprise training
solutions, offering more than 700 courses in 20 countries and in 13 languages. Global Knowledge
uses
RDM Embedded
as a database for their interactive training software. Global Knowledge has been using
RDM Embedded since 1998.
Goodrich
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading global supplier of systems and
services to the aerospace and defense industry. Goodrich uses
RDM Embedded
as the database in their aircraft fuel monitoring system. They have been Birdstep customers
since 1997.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg has 20 sites worldwide, producing solutions for all stages of the print process; from
prepress through press and finishing, to software products and services. Heidelberg uses
RDM Server
on the Win32 platform in their MAPP (mailroom assistant for production & planning) product.
Heidelberg offers open and scalable solutions for challenges in the print media industry. They
cater to family businesses, large industrial plants, prepress specialists and print finishers.
Heidelberg began using Birdstep Technology in 1994.
Hewlett Packard
HP delivers vital technology for business and life. The company's solutions span IT
infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing
for consumers, enterprises and small and medium business. HP uses
RDM Embedded
on the Win32 platform in their Digital Sender product. The Digital Sender software ships with HP
printers as an address book software component. The Hewlett Packard Company has been using RDM
Embedded since the late 1990's.
IBM
IBM Rational software helps organizations create business value by improving their software
development capability. IBM Rational software uses
RDM Embedded
as a data store in their ClearCase version control. RDM Embedded has been used as their data
store since 1993.
Instrumentation Laboratory
Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) is the world leader in the development of diagnostic instruments.
IL uses
RDM Embedded
for critical data storage in their blood gas analysis system. Instrumentation Laboratory now
holds more than one hundred patents vital to the advancement of medicine. IL became Birdstep
customers in 1999.
Invensys
Invensys is a global leader in production technology. The company helps customers improve
productivity, performance and profitability using innovative services and technologies and a
deep understanding of their industries and applications. Invensys uses
RDM Server
on Win32 in their FactNet product. FactNet is a multivariate analysis system designed for
analyzing large amounts of interrelated process and quality data for the pulp and paper mills.
Invensys has been using RDM Server in 1994.
Lockheed-Martin Corporation
As a lead systems integrator and information technology company, nearly 80% of Lockheed Martin's
business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies.
Lockheed-Martin uses
RDM Embedded
and
RDM Server
inside their pre-flight test stand for fighter planes. Lockheed-Martin Corp. began using
Birdstep in 1998.
Magellan
Magellan® is the consumer brand of Thales Navigation, one of the world's leading developers
and manufacturers of positioning, navigation, and guidance equipment with operations throughout
the U.S. and Europe. Magellan uses
RDM Embedded
on the VRTX platform in their MAPSEND product. MAPSEND offers consumers a handheld GPS real-time
system to locate nearest points of interest or attractions from restaurants, amusement parks,
golf courses, etc. Magellan began using RDM Embedded as a database in their MAPSEND product in
the late 1990's.
Merrill Lynch & Co
Merrill Lynch & Co is a global banking group that provides universal banking services to
corporate nationally and internationally operating clients. ABN-AMRO uses
RDM Embedded
as a high-speed data store in a mission critical stock trading application. Merrill Lynch &
Co has been using Birdstep Technology for over 10 years.
National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange of India
NCDEX uses
RDM Embedded
as a real-time database in their desktop commodities trading application for brokers and traders.
NCDEX began using RDM Embedded in 2004.
National Stock Exchange of India
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSEI) uses
RDM Embedded
for small, fast data storage in stock trading applications. NSEI has been a Birdstep customer
since 1996.
QualityFour Technologies
QualityFour Technologies produces field force automation (FFA) applications. Q4T uses
RDM Embedded
as a local data store for hand held devices in field force automation (FFA) applications which
they sell world-wide. Q4T has been using RDM Embedded for their FFA applications for over five
years.
ReadSoft
ReadSoft is a world leader in document automation. From automatic data capture, extracting
document information, and electronic document interchanges, ReadSoft has been propelling the
world toward a paperless revolution for over a decade. Beginning in 1991, ReadSoft has used
RDM Server
as their database of choice for their Eyes & Hand FORMS product line.
Stanley Works
Best Access, a subsidiary of Stanley Works, is one of the largest manufacturers of access
control systems and security hardware. Best Access uses
RDM Server
for their Keystone 600N, a record management system that tracks key and lock-core distribution
within an enterprise. Best Access has worked with Birdstep Technology for over 10 years.
Xerox Corporation
Xerox Corporation offers an innovative array of color and black-and-white digital printers,
digital presses, multifunction devices, and digital copiers, as well as a broad range of
services, solutions, and software. Xerox uses
RDM Embedded
on the Win32 platform in their PrintXchange print-queue management system. The software ships
with Xerox printers allowing users to manage print jobs more efficiently. Xerox has used
Birdstep Technology's embedded database since the late 1990's.
Z-Firm
Z-Firm's software is automating the workplace, handling mail-room automation, fax and print
merge, literature fulfillment, fax marketing, internet document delivery, ecommerce, and much
more. Z-Firm uses
RDM Embedded
on Win32 in OmniRush, a modular engine for all forms of communication. OmniRush is Z-Firm's
server for marketing, ommunication and fulfillment. It is a tool to sell, support, notify and
ship. Its capabilities include powerful fax, print, email, voice, Airborne, FedEx and UPS job
processing. Z-Firm has been using Birdstep's RDM Server since 1999.

