Clark Tucker Appointed Co-Chair of the OMG's DDS PSIG

June Newsletter 2017

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Twin Oaks Computing at AUVSI's Xponential

On May 8-11, 2017, the largest global community of leaders in drones, intelligent robotics and unmanned systems came together to shape the future of our industry.

Twin Oaks Computing gave away 1000 stylish t-shirts, and our VP of Client Services, Nina Tucker, gave a popular Solutions Theater Presentation entitled Can Your Connectivity Protocol Defeat Cyber Attacks?

Synopsis: Unmanned systems share the common connection requirements of reliability and security. How are your software components connected? Does that connectivity protocol or middleware meet your reliability and security requirements? This presentation took an in-depth look at the latest advances in Data Distribution Service (DDS) standardized connectivity protocol with a focus on secure data communications. The DDS Security specification includes state of the art technologies for end-to-end secure data communications.

Clark Tucker Appointed Co-Chair of the OMG's DDS PSIG

The DDS Platform Special Interest Group (PSIG) is the group responsible for maintaining, updating, and generating new DDS Standards.

Clark Tucker, CEO of Twin Oaks Computing, has been appointed co-chair of the DDS PSIG. This appointment puts Twin Oaks Computing in a prominent position within the DDS Standards working group, ensuring our client's requirements are met.

What's New in the DDS Standards

The DDS Standards are continuously being enhanced and improved. Here are some updates from the June OMG technical meeting in Brussels, Belgium:

• IDL v4.0 Language Mappings: With the new consolidated IDL v4.0, the OMG has been talking about how to update the various language mappings. Twin Oaks Computing presented a proposal on the format and coverage of the new language mappings. Agreement from the working group decided a new RFP makes sense. RFP will be reviewed at the Brussles meeting, and a release expected later in 2017.
• DDS Monitoring: RFP in work, to define a common set of APIs to obtain health and statistics from DDS.
• XRCE (Extreme Resource Constrained Environments): Defining a new transport protocol for extremely constrained devices and low bandwith networks.
• XML Consolidation: Consolidate all DDS XML configuration (data types, QoS configuration, etc.) into a common format. This standard is waiting for approval from the finalization task force.

Interested in learning more about the DDS standardization process? Contact Twin Oaks Computing to learn more.

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CoreDX DDS v4 continues to focus on resources and performance while incorporating new Data Distribution Service standards: DDS Security, Extensible Topics and Types (X-Types), and Remote Procedure Call over DDS (RPC over DDS). These standards bring outstanding technical capabilities to the already rich set of features offered by CoreDX DDS.

With these enhanced features, CoreDX DDS is the perfect middleware solution to meet the challenges of today's Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. Learn more here.

The evaluation is available here for direct download for the most common platforms, including Linux, Solaris, and Windows. Download your free 30 day trial of CoreDX DDS here.

Upcoming Events

July 17-20, 2017 IoT Evolution Expo, Las Vegas, NV

September 6-8, 2017 InterDrone, Las Vegas, NV

September 12-15, 2017 DESI, London, UK

September 25-27, 2017 OMG Technical Meeting, New Orleans, LA

September 12-15, 2017 RoboBusiness, Santa Clara, CA, USA

October 3-4, 2017 Drone World Expo, San Jose, CA, USA

October 4-5, 2017 IoT West, Denver, CO, USA

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