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Mentor provides the embedded systems industry a portfolio of solutions for the industrial market, with offerings that include the Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) and the Yocto Project-based Mentor Embedded Linux platform. Mentor enables its customers by integrating the Azure software development kit (SDK) with these platforms, and implementing the Azure functionality to meet the specific requirements of the edge device or gateway. With this solution, customers can better leverage the embedded system, including accessing deeply embedded information (CPU usage, memory availability, power management status, and debugging information) for advanced analytics. With Mentor, customers will lessen the time to learn, implement, test and maintain their IoT systems, enabling them to focus more time on embedded product differentiation capabilities for competitive advantage.
Keywords: Microsoft Azure, Internet of Things (IoT), Embedded Systems, Advanced Analytics, ARC Advisory Group.