Hard Hat Linux offers developers a family of open source solutions for embedded design, with targeted offerings for applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, California, MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co, and Intel Capital. For more information about MontaVista, please visit www.mvista.com or call (408) 328-92200. MontaVista's Hard HatTM Linux*, offers the broadest embedded hardware support and most comprehensive development solutions in the embedded Linux industry. MontaVista Software provides industry leading support and consulting for embedded-system design. Professional Services include assistance and customer consulting from the MontaVista engineering department. MontaVista also offers technical development based upon specifications and design criteria.

James Ready, CEO & Founder
Jim Ready, MontaVista founder and CEO, is an acknowledged pioneer in the off-the-shelf operating-systems business with more than 25 years of experience in the embedded-software industry. While still at Ready Systems, he foresaw that Linux would become an important factor in the embedded market. The Ready Systems merger with Microtec Research and subsequent acquisition, in 1995, by Mentor Graphics afforded Jim Ready the opportunity to pursue his vision with the financial backing of leading investors such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co, and Intel.