14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola recently announced it has made an "equity investment", through Motorola Ventures, in the Californian company VirtualLogix. This doesn't mean that Moto bought VirtualLogix, but only that Motorola is now among the owners of VirtualLogix, together with other prestigious companies like Cisco Systems, Intel Capital, Atlas Venture, Texas Instruments, Index Ventures and DFJ Esprit.
VirtualLogix has more than 20 years of experience in system software development and it is currently a world leader in real-time virtualization technology. This technology represents the future of communications equipment, as it allows applications to be easily "moved" between desktop and mobile devices, it enhances the quality of both mobile services and security, and it enables the appearance of new-generation dynamic user experiences.
"As the mobile eco-system grows increasingly complex, demand for simplified product designs that allow dynamic mobile experiences to run across multiple platforms will intensify," declared Reese Schroeder, managing director of Motorola Ventures. "Virtualization offers a solution to this complexity. Our investment in VirtualLogix will help accelerate the delivery of their technology to next-generation communications devices and infrastructure equipment."
Peter Richards, Chief Executive Officer of VirtualLogix, added: "As virtualization moves out from the datacenter and into everyday front-end connected devices, our connected world will require the delivery of efficient, secure and customizable user experiences. To meet this demand, leading electronics manufacturers are looking to leverage the VirtualLogix technology to create products with improved security, manageability and customization."
Motorola didn't make the financial details of the new deal public, but serious amounts of money are surely being invested in the Sunnyvale-based company. We can't tell for sure what the investment in VirtualLogix will bring about exactly, but we assume that Moto knows its way around, and as long as future services and devices will be better, the deal is a welcomed one.