AMARO (Italy), October 22, 2015 -

Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, announced the official release of Kura 1.3, the open source Java OSGi software framework for M2M multiservice gateways and smart sensors.

Kura is the open source software framework, that will connect the next generation of smart devices to the cloud, while also transforming them into intelligent, multipurpose, and manageable devices.

This release offers better software updates, by increasing the process efficiency & reliability on large files. Now you can update a device software incrementally, avoiding large files messages when not needed. Another great feature is the support of the Java8 Compact 2 Profile for a faster boot and a lower footprint. Download Kura 1.3 to take advantage of these features and others like javax.usb.update support.

Kura offers a development environment for Java programmers that radically simplifies the creation of embedded applications. Kura provides a set of common services for Java developers building M2M applications, including I/O access, data services, network configuration and remote management.

It acts like the foundation of a bridge between the private device network and the local network or public Internet or cellular network, providing a secure, reliable and optimized data transmission mechanism among field devices (sensors and actuators and human-machine interfaces) and between these field devices and the cloud platform via MQTT protocol.

Kura also makes a device smarter, by adding as many embedded apps as needed, limited only by the hardware capabilities. With Kura, a device can now be monitored, managed and accessed by remote administrators and 'sysadm' consoles.

Eurotech is a founding member of the IoT Working Group (formerly called the M2M Working Group) within the Eclipse Foundation. Eurotech contributed to the Kura project by developing the original technology to run on everything from general purpose devices, rugged mobile computers, wearable devices, service gateways and vehicle consoles, all the way down to the Raspberry Pi.

You can download and start developing with Kura 1.3 today by visiting www.eclipse.org/kura

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