Specifically, Bsquare's new packaged services include:
- Feasibility Study -- Bsquare engineers will provide 80 hours of research and analysis before making recommendations in a findings document.
- Short-Term Service Packages -- Bsquare engineers will provide short-term services in blocks of 40, 80, or 160 hours, according to the terms of a two-page contract.
- Quality Assurance Service Packages -- Independent testing of devices for system software defects.
- SDIO JumpStart Service -- Ten days of engineering services to adapt an SDIO Host Controller driver to the customer's system, integrate Bsquare's SDIO Now! system software stack, and generate a binary Windows CE, PPC, or SP image running on the target.
Bsquare's new service packages augment previously announced packaged services, including:
- Windows XP Embedded JumpStart -- Bsquare engineers will spend up to 40 hours migrating a target system from a Windows desktop operating system to Windows XPe, delivering a bootable Windows XP Embedded operating system image, including applications and device drivers, customized for the specific hardware platform.
- Product Support Service Packages -- According to Bsquare, this package provides "rapid response, expert diagnosis, and trusted resolution."
"Our goal is to help device makers build, test, and deploy their smart devices as quickly as possible and our new fixed-fee packaged services offer a solid starting point for customers requiring our expertise," said Carey Butler, vice president of Professional Engineering Services.
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