TeamF1
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TeamF1, Inc., is an embedded software developer that licenses production-ready networking and security software packages for the embedded systems market. It is a privately held company headquartered in Fremont, California
with a research and development center in Hyderabad, India and local sales offices in various countries. TeamF1 started providing embedded systems networking and security software solutions to the market in November 1998.
Since its inception, the company has grown organically, gradually building up its networking and security software portfolio, and today serves many customers world-wide like Alcatel-Lucent
, Avaya
, Cisco Systems
, Force10
, Hewlett-Packard
, Motorola
, NETGEAR
, Samsung
, Siemens
, and Sun Microsystems
, among others.
TeamF1 is a founding sponsor of the MIT Kerberos Consortium to help target cutting-edge security technologies for the embedded market and a member of the VPN Consortium (VPNC). TeamF1’s solutions have undergone a variety of certifications including VPNC (Basic and AES), FIPS 140-2
and other FIPS
algorithm certifications, Wi-Fi certification, IPv6 certification, Windows Vista certification, ICSA certification and others.
TeamF1 has partnerships with key embedded platform providers including operating system
providers such as Green Hills Software
, LynuxWorks
, Monta Vista Software, Wind River Systems
; leading processor SoC
providers such as AppliedMicro
, Broadcom
, Cavium Networks
, Marvell
, Mindspeed, Netlogic Microsystems
(including RMI
, now a subsidiary of Netlogic); peripheral chip partners such as Atheros
, Broadcom
, Marvell, Metalink
, Ralink
; several ODMs and board design houses, and other third-party value-add software providers such as Continuous Computing
and Visuality. TeamF1 is also a technology licensee and partner of Atheros Communications and a strategic Premier-Level technology partner of Wind River Systems.
Embedded software
runs "intelligent" devices that connect with networks and the Internet. TeamF1 says their embedded software enables connectivity and security for such devices—such as features for internet access, secure communications, industrial automation, and control among many other applications. TeamF1's software is used in appliances and devices that range from set-top boxes to wireless internet appliances and high-end telco-carrier equipment. TeamF1 offers Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM
s) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODM
s) embedded networking and security software for various applications. TeamF1's products are also used in secure connectivity of not just telecom/datacom equipment, but also aerospace, medical and industrial equipment.
TeamF1’s products support various embedded processor platforms including a variety of 32-bit and 64-bit CPU architectures (e.g. ARM
, MIPS
, PowerPC
, X86 etc.) from different silicon vendors, and operating systems (embedded Linux
, VxWorks
, pSOS
, Green Hills INTEGRITY
, Mentor (ATI) Nucleus
, ThreadX
etc.).
TeamF1 builds its solutions on software modules that can be mixed-and-matched for building a networking device. For example, TeamF1’s IPsec
module can be integrated with a router/gateway
to enable capabilities of making secure IPsec tunnels. The modules are combined to form a SGS or MAPS based turnkey solutions.
, Triple DES
/DES
, Blowfish
, CAST, RC-2/4/5 etc.), hashes (MD-2/4/5, SHA-1, SHA-256/392/512 etc.) and public key encryption
algorithms.
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
with a research and development center in Hyderabad, India and local sales offices in various countries. TeamF1 started providing embedded systems networking and security software solutions to the market in November 1998.
Since its inception, the company has grown organically, gradually building up its networking and security software portfolio, and today serves many customers world-wide like Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...
, Avaya
Avaya
Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
, Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
, Force10
Force10
Force10 Networks , is a United States company which develops and markets 10 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet switches for computer networking to corporate, educational, and governmental customers. It has offices in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.In 2011 Dell announced that they...
, Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
, NETGEAR
Netgear
Netgear is a U.S. manufacturer of computer networking equipment and other computer hardware....
, Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, and Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
, among others.
TeamF1 is a founding sponsor of the MIT Kerberos Consortium to help target cutting-edge security technologies for the embedded market and a member of the VPN Consortium (VPNC). TeamF1’s solutions have undergone a variety of certifications including VPNC (Basic and AES), FIPS 140-2
FIPS 140-2
The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2, , is a U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. The title is Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules...
and other FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard
A Federal Information Processing Standard is a publicly announced standardization developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors, when properly invoked and tailored on a contract...
algorithm certifications, Wi-Fi certification, IPv6 certification, Windows Vista certification, ICSA certification and others.
TeamF1 has partnerships with key embedded platform providers including operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
providers such as Green Hills Software
Green Hills Software
Green Hills Software is a privately owned company that builds operating systems and development tools for embedded systems. The company was founded in 1982 by Dan O'Dowd and Carl Rosenberg...
, LynuxWorks
LynuxWorks
LynuxWorks, Inc. is a San Jose, California software company founded in 1988. LynuxWorks produces embedded operating systems and tools for using full virtualization and paravirtualization in embedded systems...
, Monta Vista Software, Wind River Systems
Wind River Systems
Wind River Systems, Inc. is a company providing embedded systems, development tools for embedded systems, middleware, and other types of software. The company was founded in Berkeley, California in 1981 by Jerry Fiddler and David Wilner. On June 4, 2009, Wind River announced that Intel had bought...
; leading processor SoC
System-on-a-chip
A system on a chip or system on chip is an integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single chip. It may contain digital, analog, mixed-signal, and often radio-frequency functions—all on a single chip substrate...
providers such as AppliedMicro
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power Architecture , and server processor ARM , optical transport and storage solutions...
, Broadcom
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...
, Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks
Cavium is a San Jose, California-based company specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based network, video and security processors. Cavium offers processor and board level products targeting routers, switches, appliances, storage and servers.-Major acquisitions::...
, Marvell
Marvell Technology Group
Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has...
, Mindspeed, Netlogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that sells networking processors and integrated circuits.On September 12, 2011, Broadcom announced it would acquire NetLogic for $3.7 billion ....
(including RMI
RMI Corporation
RMI Corporation, also known as RMI, formerly known as Raza Microelectronics, Inc., is a privately held Fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Cupertino, California, which specializes in designing System-on-a-chip processors for networking and consumer media applications.- History :RMI was...
, now a subsidiary of Netlogic); peripheral chip partners such as Atheros
Atheros
Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company...
, Broadcom
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...
, Marvell, Metalink
Metalink
Metalink is a cross-platform and cross-application Internet standard/framework/file format for programs that download, including download managers, BitTorrent clients, Web browsers, FTP clients, and P2P programs...
, Ralink
Ralink
Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek....
; several ODMs and board design houses, and other third-party value-add software providers such as Continuous Computing
Continuous Computing
Founded in 1998, “Continuous Computing” is a privately held company based in San Diego that provides telecom systems made up of telecom platforms and Trillium software, including protocol software stacks for femtocells and 4G wireless / Long Term Evolution . The company also sells standalone...
and Visuality. TeamF1 is also a technology licensee and partner of Atheros Communications and a strategic Premier-Level technology partner of Wind River Systems.
Company
TeamF1’s headquarters are in Fremont, California where it was originally founded and TeamF1 continues to maintain a senior engineering team there. In 2003, TeamF1 expanded its operations by opening an R&D center in Hyderabad, India, which has more than a hundred engineers that participate in various phases of TeamF1’s embedded software product development lifecycle, as well as product realization services for TeamF1’s customers using TeamF1’s technologies and software platform as the building blocks. TeamF1 also has local sales representatives and resellers in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East along with its direct sales presence in North America and key technology hubs around the world.Embedded software
Embedded software
Embedded software is computer software that plays an integral role in the electronics it is supplied with.Embedded software's principal role is not Information technology , but rather the interaction with the physical world. It's written for machines that are not, first and foremost, computers...
runs "intelligent" devices that connect with networks and the Internet. TeamF1 says their embedded software enables connectivity and security for such devices—such as features for internet access, secure communications, industrial automation, and control among many other applications. TeamF1's software is used in appliances and devices that range from set-top boxes to wireless internet appliances and high-end telco-carrier equipment. TeamF1 offers Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM
OEM
OEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...
s) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODM
ODM
-Computing:* OpenDocument Master Document, an OpenOffice format* Object Data Manager, a DBMS for device configuration information in the AIX operating system* Oracle Data Mining, an optional extra for an Oracle database...
s) embedded networking and security software for various applications. TeamF1's products are also used in secure connectivity of not just telecom/datacom equipment, but also aerospace, medical and industrial equipment.
Common Technology Platform: TeamF1’s SecureF1rst Platform
TeamF1’s software technologies are designed to be modular and revolve around its SecureF1rst software platform. The SecureF1rst platform includes TeamF1’s cryptographic libraries, core networking and security technologies, operating system and process abstraction layers, and a rich management framework. TeamF1 offers its SecureF1rst technologies as products that can be licensed stand-alone or as a production-ready turnkey solution based on the SecureF1rst platform customized to meet key customer requirements.SecureF1rst Turnkey embedded networking and security solutions
TeamF1’s flagship SecureF1rst “turnkey solution” offerings include the Security Gateway Solution (SGS), the Managed Access Point Solution (MAPS), the CPE Gateway Solution (SecureF1rst CGS), and the Network Attached Storage Solution (SecureF1rst NASS). These solutions are intended to be customized solutions that TeamF1 puts together for its customers, through its technology modules that are chosen based on the OEM’s desired feature-set defining their network device. These customized turnkey solutions are built on TeamF1's SecureF1rst platform that can be taken directly by the OEMs to production without further engineering required. Besides turnkey solutions, TeamF1 also provides additional professional services to help OEMs build their product from scratch helping them in choosing hardware specific and advanced software modules to differentiate their product portfolio. For companies electing to only license key intellectual property (IP) from TeamF1 and “roll their own” end-products, TeamF1 also supplies several embedded networking and security software modules. Product customization services are also available upon request.TeamF1’s products support various embedded processor platforms including a variety of 32-bit and 64-bit CPU architectures (e.g. ARM
ARM architecture
ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...
, MIPS
MIPS architecture
MIPS is a reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . The early MIPS architectures were 32-bit, and later versions were 64-bit...
, PowerPC
PowerPC
PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
, X86 etc.) from different silicon vendors, and operating systems (embedded Linux
Embedded Linux
Embedded Linux is the use of Linux in embedded computer systems such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, media players, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics devices, networking equipment, machine control, industrial automation, navigation equipment and medical instruments...
, VxWorks
VxWorks
VxWorks is a real-time operating system developed as proprietary software by Wind River Systems of Alameda, California, USA. First released in 1987, VxWorks is designed for use in embedded systems.- History :...
, pSOS
PSOS
pSOS is a real time operating system , created in about 1982 by Alfred Chao, and developed/marketed for the first part of its life by his company Software Components Group...
, Green Hills INTEGRITY
Integrity (operating system)
INTEGRITY is a real-time operating system produced and marketed by Green Hills Software. It is royalty-free, POSIX-certified, and intended for use in embedded systems needing reliability, availability, and fault tolerance. It is built atop the velOSity microkernel and is intended mainly for modern...
, Mentor (ATI) Nucleus
Nucleus RTOS
Nucleus OS is a real-time operating system and toolset created by the Embedded Systems Division of Mentor Graphics for various central processing unit platforms. Nucleus OS is an embedded software solution and is in an estimated 2.11 billion devices worldwide.Development is typically done on a...
, ThreadX
ThreadX
ThreadX, developed and marketed by Express Logic, Inc. of San Diego, California, USA, is a real-time operating system . Similar RTOSes are available from other vendors such as VxWorks, Nucleus RTOS, OSE, QNX, LynxOS, etc...
etc.).
TeamF1 builds its solutions on software modules that can be mixed-and-matched for building a networking device. For example, TeamF1’s IPsec
IPsec
Internet Protocol Security is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session...
module can be integrated with a router/gateway
Gateway (telecommunications)
In telecommunications, the term gateway has the following meaning:*In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with another network that uses different protocols....
to enable capabilities of making secure IPsec tunnels. The modules are combined to form a SGS or MAPS based turnkey solutions.
SecureF1rst Technology modules for stand-alone licensing
- Embedded Network Security software modules
- IPsecIPsecInternet Protocol Security is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session...
- Secure Socket Layer (SSLTransport Layer SecurityTransport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...
) and Transport Layer Security (TLSTransport Layer SecurityTransport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...
) - Secure Shell (SSHSecure ShellSecure Shell is a network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers that it connects via a secure channel over an insecure network: a server and a client...
)
- IPsec
- Authentication Technologies modules
- Kerberos
- RADIUSRADIUSRemote Authentication Dial In User Service is a networking protocol that provides centralized Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting management for computers to connect and use a network service...
- X.509X.509In cryptography, X.509 is an ITU-T standard for a public key infrastructure and Privilege Management Infrastructure . X.509 specifies, amongst other things, standard formats for public key certificates, certificate revocation lists, attribute certificates, and a certification path validation...
- TACACS+TACACS+TACACS+ is a Cisco Systems proprietary protocol which provides access control for routers, network access servers and other networked computing devices via one or more centralized servers...
- LDAP
- FirewallFirewall (computing)A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....
and Network Address Translation (NATNetwork address translationIn computer networking, network address translation is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device....
) modules - High performance IPv4IPv4Internet Protocol version 4 is the fourth revision in the development of the Internet Protocol and the first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. Together with IPv6, it is at the core of standards-based internetworking methods of the Internet...
and IPv6IPv6Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
network stack and various associated protocols such as PPPPoint-to-Point ProtocolIn networking, the Point-to-Point Protocol is a data link protocol commonly used in establishing a direct connection between two networking nodes...
, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TPL2TPIn computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks . It does not provide any encryption or confidentiality by itself; it relies on an encryption protocol that it passes within the tunnel to provide privacy.-History:Published in 1999...
etc. - Alternate Queuing discipline framework module with queuing mechanisms – CBQClass Based QueueingClass-based queueing is a network router queueing method that allows traffic to share bandwidth equally, after being grouped by classes. The classes can be based upon a variety of parameters, such as priority, interface, or originating program....
, WFQ etc. - Layer-2 networking modules
- Link aggregation and LACP protocol
- Port Based Network Access module (PNAC – 802.1X)
- Spanning tree protocols (STPSpanning tree protocolThe Spanning Tree Protocol is a network protocol that ensures a loop-free topology for any bridged Ethernet local area network. The basic function of STP is to prevent bridge loops and ensuing broadcast radiation...
/RSTP/MSTP)
- Unified Threat ManagementUnified threat managementUnified Threat Management is a comprehensive solution that has recently emerged in the network security industry and since 2004, has gained widespread currency as a primary network gateway defense solution for organizations...
module- Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
- Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
- Gateway Anti-virus (GAVGateway Anti-VirusGateway Anti-Virus allows applications across the enterprise to check files for viruses by providing a SOAP-based virus scanning web service. Client applications attach files to SOAP messages and submit them to the Gateway Anti-Virus web service. The web service uses ClamAV to scan the attachments...
) - Web Content Filtering (WCFContent filteringContent filtering is the technique whereby content is blocked or allowed based on analysis of its content, rather than its source or other criteria. It is most widely used on the internet to filter email and web access.- Content filtering of email :...
)
- Wireless modules
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Support (EAPExtensible Authentication ProtocolExtensible Authentication Protocol, or EAP, is an authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections. It is defined in RFC 3748, which made RFC 2284 obsolete, and was updated by RFC 5247....
) module - A secure wireless LAN Access PointWireless access pointIn computer networking, a wireless access point is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards...
module - A secure wireless LAN client (supplicantWireless SupplicantA Wireless Supplicant is a program that runs on a computer and is responsible for making login requests to a wireless network. It handles passing the login and encryption credentials to the authentication server. It also handles roaming from one wireless access point to another, in order to...
) module
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Support (EAP
Cryptography modules
TeamF1’s technology modules and solutions are supported by a cryptographic library that has all the usual encryption algorithms needed by information security software packages. It includes support for many cryptographic ciphers (AESAdvanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Encryption Standard is a specification for the encryption of electronic data. It has been adopted by the U.S. government and is now used worldwide. It supersedes DES...
, Triple DES
Triple DES
In cryptography, Triple DES is the common name for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm block cipher, which applies the Data Encryption Standard cipher algorithm three times to each data block....
/DES
Data Encryption Standard
The Data Encryption Standard is a block cipher that uses shared secret encryption. It was selected by the National Bureau of Standards as an official Federal Information Processing Standard for the United States in 1976 and which has subsequently enjoyed widespread use internationally. It is...
, Blowfish
Blowfish
The blowfish, or Tetraodontidae, is a fish in the Tetraodontidae family.Blowfish may also refer to:* The Blowfish, a satirical newspaper at Brandeis University* Blowfish , encryption algorithm...
, CAST, RC-2/4/5 etc.), hashes (MD-2/4/5, SHA-1, SHA-256/392/512 etc.) and public key encryption
Encryption
In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information...
algorithms.