World's most trusted RTOS integrates OCI
container technology for OS-level virtualization
WATERLOO, ON, July 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- QNX, a division of BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX:BB), today announced the launch of QNX®
Containers. The launch expands the trusted QNX software portfolio
to support operating system (OS) virtualization and
containerization on QNX-based devices.
QNX Containers provide a standards-based environment for the
deployment, execution, and management of container technology on
QNX-based devices, enabling customers to leverage the benefits of
container technology as well as the safety, security and
reliability provided by the QNX microkernel architecture. QNX
Containers also allow for restrictions on features such as
networking, filesystems, device access, memory access,
communications and CPU among others. This restriction set provides
highly secure and isolated embedded containers while still
maintaining the high performance and hard real time nature of the
QNX® OS 8. Furthermore, QNX Containers co-exist with the
QNX® Hypervisor environment, allowing for simultaneous use of
both virtual machines and containers.
"Development teams looking to build containerization into their
strategy shouldn't have to compromise on their choice of RTOS. QNX
Containers provide a standards-based way to package applications
and their dependencies and then run them in a controlled and
managed environment on QNX. We are already working with many
customers who have standardized on our Hypervisor and OS, and who
are gearing up to leverage QNX Containers as well," said
Grant Courville, VP Products and
Strategy, QNX.
In addition to Open Container Initiative (OCI) compliance and
support for Kubernetes toolchains and Docker repositories, QNX
Containers is also built according to ISO 21434 security processes
and designed to be ready for use in customer programs requiring
functional safety certification.
Courville continues, "Our work with a Global OEM on its virtual
cockpit using QNX Hypervisor, VirtIO and other QNX software in the
cloud, is just one example of QNX technology enabling the
forerunners in innovation. Ultimately, our focus is set on enabling
our valued customers to build the most safe, secure and reliable
systems on the planet, and to do so at scale from cloud to device,
and from low-end to high performance compute platforms."
QNX Containers should be available in Q4, 2024. Visit
BlackBerry.QNX.com for further information.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security
software and services to enterprises and governments around the
world. The company's software powers over 235M vehicles on the road today. Based in
Waterloo, Ontario, the company
leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions
in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy, and is a
leader in the areas of endpoint security management, encryption,
and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a
connected future you can trust.
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