Welcome to the Summer edition of our newsletter. While it doesn't feel quite like summer here in the North Eastern USA, we are hoping that things warm up and dry up soon. We have continued to stay very busy; supporting new customers, new projects at existing customers, and new product features. We have started doing Embedded Software Testing symposiums in various US cities. The most recent symposium in Boston was a great success. These symposiums are designed to not only showcase our products, but to also provide useful tips, concepts, and methodologies regarding dynamic testing of safety-critical embedded applications. The next symposium is June 24th in Los Angeles, right near LAX. Keep an eye out for other venues. We thank Green Hills Software for the information provided in the Partner Spotlight. Green Hills has been a partner of Vector's for over 10 years and we have many mutual customers. Have a great summer!

Bill McCaffrey
Director of Marketing

SYSGO and Vector Software partner agreement
SYSGO announced a partner agreement with Vector Software. SYSGO is a leading supplier of software solutions for the world's most demanding safety and security applications. Vector Software is a leading provider of software test tools for embedded systems. The partnership will allow DO-178B certifiable PikeOS developers to use leading software testing and code coverage from Vector Software as part of the certification process of their applications

"When we discuss the challenges of certification with our customers, they always stress the need for an integrated development environment and comprehensive toolset", said Jacques Brygier, VP Marketing of SYSGO. "Because PikeOS is primarily used for the development of safety-critical applications, the testing phase is also mandatory for our customers. This partnership with Vector Software is a natural fit as the two companies not only target the same type of customers and applications, but also share the same priorities in terms of engineering expertise, product quality and customer support."

See the full press release.

Monthly VectorCAST Webinar
Vector Software is now offering complimentary Webinar sessions designed for you to learn how VectorCAST can be used to automate the testing activities associated with safety-critical embedded software development. These sessions will show you the tools that industry leaders are using to validate their software for safety-critical systems.

To learn more about the VectorCAST webinars or to register, please contact us.

New Target Integrations

Hightec EDC-Systeme TriCore-gcc

Renesas M16C

See a full list of Compilers and Targets Supported.

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(See the customer reference poster.)

Tool Tips

Q1 - Can VectorCAST stub "built in" functions, that are part of the C run-time or part of our RTOS? You are allowed to stub these functions...

Q2 - For Linux kernel s/w modules on Linux OS, are there any specific settings required in VectorCAST/Cover? VectorCAST/Cover has the ability to analyze the kernel code...

Q3 - How do I run more than one CLICAST command but invoke CLICAST once? A new CLICAST command has been implemented in VectorCAST version 5.0b to enable...

Q4 - I have several products that use FLEXlm licensing and they each require me to run a different version of the FLEXlm server. Is this possible on Windows? In order to configure LMTOOLS to check out multiple licenses for different tools...

If you have more questions like this, maybe our knowledgebase already has the answer. You just need your Vector Software "username" and "password" to access it or register now for access.

Events

Vector Software to host Safety Critical Embedded Software Testing Symposium on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA.

Vector Software to attend Real-Time & Embedded Conference on August 26, 2009 in Moorestown, NJ - US.

Vector Software to attend Real-Time & Embedded Conference on September 15, 2009 in Toronto, ON - Canada.

If you would like to learn more about our products, please contact us to arrange a demo for your project or register for our Monthly VectorCAST Webinar.