Hitachi Communication Technologies America Accelerates Broadband Application Development
 
 

Hitachi Communication Technologies America Accelerates Broadband Application Development

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Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., provides solutions for communications service providers in the Americas. The company offers ultra high-speed optical networking equipment for long haul and metro applications, 4G wireless network technologies, standards-compliant fiber-to-the-premises solutions, and software platforms for subscriber applications deployment and management.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc.

  • “Oracle Java Micro Edition Connected Device Configuration HotSpot Implementation gives us the power and flexibility we need to address the rapidly growing connected devices market.” – David Foote, Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Communication Technologies America

  • Address a marketplace need by ensuring that residential broadband applications development does not become as siloed as mobile applications development
  • Help customers—including leading communication service providers and cable operators—to bring products to market more quickly
  • Provide an applications development and deployment environment—based on the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) open standards—to enable a wide range of applications to run on embedded devices

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Deployed Oracle Java Micro Edition Connected Device Configuration HotSpot Implementation as the core runtime environment for Hitachi’s SuperJTM Application Environment product, a five-module software ecosystem based on OSGi R4.2 that streamlines applications development, deployment, and management for the residential broadband, machine-to-machine (M2M), and embedded systems markets
  • Used the Oracle solution to build and deliver applications that can be shared across a range of network-connected consumer and embedded devices
  • Allowed Hitachi to deliver a solution that unifies deployment procedures for multiple applications under a single ecosystem, so that operational efficiencies increase as more applications are deployed
  • Enabled deployment on a variety of devices in a matter of days, if not hours, compared to without OSGi, where modifying an application on a device-by-device basis could take weeks, if not months
  • Benefited from the solution’s performance, reliability, and low-memory footprint—meeting the needs of a broad range of product scenarios, ranging from home energy monitoring to home security and automation for telehealth services
  • Worked closely with Oracle to develop ports and optimize solutions for specific markets
  • Positioned Hitachi to help customers effectively address a rapidly growing market that could expand to 50 billion personal and M2M-connected devices by 2020