FST has established strategic partnerships with innovative technology companies and industry leaders in embedded products from around the globe to create next generation devices based on FANCYPANTSTM.
  
To find out more about becoming an FST partner, contact info@fst.net or fill out our Query Form.


  

Commercial Partners

3ivx Technologies Pty. Ltd. is a dynamic Australian Company that has a creative team of MPEG-4 specialists, combined with an international network of software and hardware designers and developers. The Company has various patents and intellectual property on audio and video compression technology.
www.3ivx.com

ALT Software is an embedded systems solutions provider whose offerings include device drivers and graphics system development kits. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, our products include general purpose and safety-critical DO-178B (Level A) OpenGL graphics drivers that support 2D/3D graphics hardware acceleration in embedded devices. ALT offers professional development of custom application and system level software including device drivers and BSP's, custom hardware integration and quality assurance services.
www.altsoftware.com

Founded in 1980, Design Resource is a successful product design and new product development consultancy. Based in Sydney, the company has joint ventures with offices in United Kingdom, Japan and China. Their achievements include the VeriFone range of POS terminals, a "Global Phone" with integrated QWERTY keyboard, PenTec Laptop, Compumedic Sleep Monitor, MetalLaser Medical Copper Vapour Laser, Eveready Dolphin Torch and HarvestWay Sports Timer.
www.designresource.com.au

Open Kernel Labs' open-source technology, OKL4, is the world's best-performing microkernel operating system. OKL is collaborating closely with NICTA, Australia's prestigious Center of Excellence in ICT research, on developing the first fully verified, proven bug-free operating systems kernel within two years. OKL partners with FST on leading edge user interfaces for consumer electronics and mobile.
ok-labs.com

Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA.
www.opera.com

Techsol is a North American (NAFTA) corporation providing low-cost out-sourcing of embedded technology design and board fabrication for highly innovative mobile, consumer, commercial and industrial devices. They offer a variety of products and programs that get devices to market quicker with optimal return-on-investment using a proven ARM/Linux platform to mitigate risks and Techsol's Medallion System for product design.
www.techsol.ca

TIVR Communications is a multimedia application technology and services company delivering innovative and efficient solutions for mobile multimedia based on latest video compression standards (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-4, H.263) and system standards (3GPP, MP4, T-DMB), with expertise in Video Coding, Optimization, System Integration and Windows Programming for multimedia.
www.tivr.co.in


   

   

Customers

Taxitronic provides the next generation in mobile payment and transportation automation solutions. Taxitronic solutions deliver mobile payment, navigation, dispatch, text messaging, and real-time information delivery capabilities to our customers' fleets. Designed for the demanding needs of the transit, vehicle for hire, dispatch, and cargo transportation industries, Taxitronic solutions are fully supported by a network of 24 by 7 by 365 host and communications services. The Taxitronic solution represents the latest in cost effective strategies for managing and controlling fleet and mobile payment acceptance operations.
www.taxitronic.net

Toshiba is one of the world's foremost innovators in the fields of laptops, semiconductors, memory and consumer electronics.
 
FST and Toshiba have been working together since the beginning of 2001 on new Embedded Linux products and solutions for different markets including consumer electronics and laptops.
www.toshiba.co.jp

VeriFone, is a global leader in secure electronic payment technologies, provides expertise, solutions and services for today with a migration strategy for tomorrow. VeriFone delivers solutions that add value to the point of sale, resulting in improved merchant retention and the generation of new sources of revenue for its partners and customers. VeriFone solutions are specifically designed to meet the needs of vertical markets including financial, retail, petroleum, government and healthcare.
www.verifone.com

Visa operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network and is one of the most recognized global financial services brands. Visa facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities.
Visa's card platforms provide consumers, businesses, merchants and government entities with a secure, convenient and reliable way to pay and be paid in 170 countries and territories.
Visa's global transaction and information processing network, VisaNet, supports these payment platforms and delivers value-added services, including fraud and risk management, dispute resolution, rewards and other business-enhancing applications.
www.visa.com


   

   

Research Partners

NICTA (National Information and Communications Technology Australia) is Australia's National Centre Of Excellence for ICT research.
NICTA is an important part of Australia's innovation system and seeks to generate new opportunities for Australian industry. Working in close collaboration with industry and other research institutions, NICTA uniquely combines excellence in research, education, commercialization and collaboration and brings together many of Australia's and the world's top researchers in Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
NICTA seeks to solve problems and make breakthroughs in ICT which can be put to use for public benefit, with the objective of becoming a world-class Research Institute and Centre-of-Excellence in science and innovation.
www.nicta.com.au


   

   

Industry Associations

Embedded Systems Australia is a new industry cluster whose members are collaborating to strengthen the embedded systems and related industries in Australia. The cluster aims to provide the following business benefits to participating companies: expanded market opportunities, resource exchange, joint tendering, identification of skills and synergies, and development of leads in new markets. The initial cluster consortium is representative of prominent companies, industry associations, NSW government and ICT research. The organisations exploring the cluster establishment include: AEEMA, BCS Innovations, CiSRA (Canon), Cochlear, Fluffy Spider Technologies, iTech, Invetech, Machinery Automation Robotics, Microsoft, NICTA, NSW Department of State & Regional Development, ResMed and The Warren Centre; with assistance from Sinclair Knight Merz.
embedded_systems_australia

The Australian Technology Showcase program is a promotional and networking government program targeted at small and medium sized Australian business enterprises with innovative, cutting edge technologies. It aims to encourage exports and increase employment by promoting member technologies on the domestic and international markets.
ats.business.gov.au/ATSCM/HomePage.aspx